The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2017

His laboratory is developing software to animate ASL avatars. For kids, captioning is almost a waste of time,” said Harley Hamilton, a computer scientist at Georgia Tech affiliated with the Center for Accessible Technology in Sign (CATS) , a joint project of the university and the Atlanta Area School for the Deaf. Photo: John Myer.

Assistive Technology 66

Assistive Technology Blended Learning Report Data 66

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Compared to white and affluent students, low-income and minority students have less access to nearly every type of educational benefit. Instead, teachers, aided by learning software, determine students’ strengths and weaknesses and tailor activities toward them. Ending Social Promotion.

Blended Learning 132

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 132

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Compared to white and affluent students, low-income and minority students have less access to nearly every type of educational benefit. Instead, teachers, aided by learning software, determine students’ strengths and weaknesses and tailor activities toward them. ” Ending Social Promotion. "You’re

Blended Learning 120

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 120

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

The centerpiece of Summit’s franchising effort, called Basecamp, is its Personalized Learning Platform, or PLP, a free, open-sourced learning management system that boasts a full curriculum for grades 6 through 12, including projects, online learning resources and tests.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

apps and software, with some classes much more tech-reliant than others. She added, “Facebook plays no role in the Summit Learning Program and has no access to any student data.”). Neither the Rhode Island Parent and Teachers Association nor the state’s two teachers unions oppose the implementation of personalized learning.

Personalized Learning 96

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 96

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Department of Education has placed restrictions on access to federal student aid for West Virginia public universities after the state was late submitting required annual financial statements for the third year in a row. “Now that MOOCs are mainstream, where does online learning go next?”

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

Some internet-access advocates say EBS is underutilized at best, and wasted at worst, because loose regulatory oversight by the FCC has allowed most of the spectrum to fall into the hands of commercial internet companies. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Facebook , an Online Learning Platform?” Upgrades and Downgrades.

Education 44

Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

Following up on ProPublica reporting , “ Florida to Examine Whether Alternative Charter Schools Underreport Dropouts.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” An op-ed in Forbes by University Ventures’ Ryan Craig : “Make Online Education Great (For The First Time).”

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46