Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Modest by comparison, Western Governors University, the largest in the U.S., Today, online education provides access to great masses of college students in the developing world, with Open Universities in Bangladesh, Iran, Pakistan, South Africa and Turkey together currently enrolling more than 7 million students.

Online Learning 121

Online Learning Learning Mobility Blackboard 121

The Web20Classroom

OCTOBER 22, 2010

When I hear educators talk about access and equity my mind immediately thinks of Internet access. Surprisingly there are still places in this country where schools are not connected to a high speed broadband connection (and are relying on dial-up still) or where they have no access at all. ( But then I started to wonder.

Broadband 100

Broadband Comparison Accessibility Mobility 100

Bryan Alexander

MARCH 20, 2017

Disadvantages: Challenges for students without access to needed technologies, including video recorders (how many don’t have smartphones?) and broadband. Requires support for accessibility, such as captioning. Beyond this +/- comparison, I wonder about combining text and video. Difficulty in searching video content.

Video 41

Video Blackboard Broadband Comparison 41

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2018

Several parents with children in low-performing schools view a child’s academic struggles as an individual responsibility — their child’s fault, or their own — but access to and understanding of school data can help them identify broader problems. For example, is only their child reading below grade-level or are a majority of the students?

Data 101

Data Laptops Report Accessibility 101

Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2018

Several parents with children in low-performing schools view a child’s academic struggles as an individual responsibility — their child’s fault, or their own — but access to and understanding of school data can help them identify broader problems. For example, is only their child reading below grade-level or are a majority of the students?

Data 110

Data Laptops Meeting Report 110

MindShift

JUNE 26, 2018

Several parents with children in low-performing schools view a child’s academic struggles as an individual responsibility — their child’s fault, or their own — but access to and understanding of school data can help them identify broader problems. For example, is only their child reading below grade-level or are a majority of the students?

Data 43

Data Laptops Report Accessibility 43