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The Challenges of Broadband Access in Rural Schools

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Rural school districts face many unique trials, and access to educational technology is no different. But in order to take advantage of edtech, they first need broadband access. Telecom companies often forget about rural areas because they don’t have high population density. But the obstacles aren’t just about location.

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4 Ways Edtech Entrepreneurs Can Earn Trust and Unlock New Opportunities With Education Customers

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The broader post-secondary landscape, including higher education and workforce development, has also quickly embraced online learning and up-skilling opportunities to better engage students and employees remotely.

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The Past Decade Forecasts a New Wave of Economic Opportunity in Education

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Our primary and secondary education systems formed around teachers imparting knowledge. But computing power, device adoption, pervasive broadband and exponentially networked collaboration platforms of the past decade have already moved us to a world of information abundance. Distance reduction allow companies to compete worldwide.

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Predictions of Print Textbooks’ Death Remain Greatly Exaggerated

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higher education courseware in 2015, down from 50 percent the year before, according to a 2018 report from Macquarie, an investment bank and financial services company. higher education courseware business despite gains in digital—all because of secondary textbook market’s impact. It’s a coexistence. Blended is best,” he said.

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Triumphs and Troubles in Online Learning Abroad

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and Canada for some time, and even today the company is in second place, with DTL Brightspace, a Canadian firm, close behind. Poor Internet Access Cripples Online Higher Ed When the pandemic careened across the globe in spring 2020, U.S. Branded eventually as Blackboard, it was the market leader in the U.S. During the global crisis, 1.6

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Looking Back on Three Years of the ConnectED Initiative: Did It Deliver?

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Back in late 2013, Barack Obama and the White House launched the ConnectED Initiative , an effort to bring almost $2 billion worth of high-quality broadband, technology and professional development to schools and districts across the U.S. Did companies fully deliver on their ConnectED promises? corporations, from Apple to Adobe.

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Essential Guide to Digital Citizenship for CIPA and E-Rate

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The Schools and Libraries Program of the Universal Service Fund, more commonly known as E-rate, is a federal program through which schools and libraries can apply for funds to purchase hardware, internet access, and telecommunications to connect their students to learning opportunities.

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