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16 educators share their digital learning strategies

eSchool News

Digital learning tools are invaluable when they’re used by confident educators. In fact, when used appropriately, digital and mobile learning resources engage students–and they can even help boost achievement. Related content: Digital learning is helping this school close achievement gaps.

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3 must-haves for a mobile learning environment

eSchool News

Our initiative to address digital equity issues began with the rollout of Kajeet SmartSpots for students who needed home Internet access. To address both digital access and the district’s commitment to keeping students connected to school, we started looking at wi-fi on buses.

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Metaverse Education: What’s Next for Virtual Learning?

ViewSonic Education

In general, education in the metaverse relies on the use of avatars, digital representations of users, which students can use to interact with one another. Educators can also interact within these digital learning spaces using their own avatars, resulting in a classroom situation within a virtual learning environment.

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Triumphs and Troubles in Online Learning Abroad

Edsurge

as the leader in digital learning, representing the most adventurous innovations. 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.

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3 Resources to Help Connect Students and Families

Digital Promise

Students were excited about learning. Something else that was immediate and dramatic: the gap between students who had Internet access at home, and those who didn’t. “You can’t just send them home with an assignment or some research to do, because they have no access.”

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Duolingo IPO Shows Investors Think Edtech Is Still Growing.

Edsurge

billion—which is a good moment to reflect on how mobile learning has entered classrooms and how the company has expanded from just an app. Duolingo officially goes public today, with the app-based language tool now has a valuation of outstanding shares at about $3.7 billion, making its total valuation more than $4.7

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What You Need to Know About E-rate

Digital Promise

E-rate helps schools and libraries get affordable Internet access by discounting the cost of service based on the school’s location – urban or rural – and the percentage of low-income students served. With approaches like these, digital learning doesn’t stop when students leave the classroom.'

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