Remove Accessibility Remove E-rate Remove iPad Remove OER
article thumbnail

Self-Paced E-Learning Market Evaporating, Report Finds

Marketplace K-12

Future revenue in the $33 billion e-learning market is expected to fall precipitously in the United States and internationally, but sales of other types of digital learning products are predicted to rise, according to a market research report released recently. Unstable Economies Impact E-Learning Market. percent and negative 1.1

Report 58
article thumbnail

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

Edsurge

According to the fact sheet that the White House recently released, here’s what we know: Adobe has delivered creativity and e-learning software to over 950,000 students and teachers at more than 1,450 schools and launched more than 20 district-wide Adobe & ConnectED programs. 17), he can count securing a $1.5

Adobe 60
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Here’s how districts stand out from the crowd

eSchool News

The growing ubiquity of internet access and pervasive use of online information has changed the learning landscape forever. billion increase in E-rate funding over the last 18 months. The digital-first district where OER meets iPads. Teachers and students at one district are replacing print with digital.

E-rate 60
article thumbnail

The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Steve Jobs wouldn’t let his kids have iPads. The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used.

Pearson 145
article thumbnail

Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“ Apple and Maine education officials are allowing school districts to trade in iPads for laptops after teachers and students say the computers are better for schoolwork,” according to The Sun Journal. Elsevier has acquired SSRN , an online open access repository. ” Funding and Acquisitions (The Business of Ed-Tech).

article thumbnail

Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. The program will focus on nonprofits that help refugees, which will be able to apply for fee waivers to access the Coursera course catalog.” ” Amazingly dumb.

article thumbnail

Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via E&E News : “ Cabinet heads told to praise Paris exit. Via KPCC : “ LAUSD may try again to give an iPad or computer to every student.” “Some Thoughts on OER ” by Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein. Via Pacific Standard : “ Suicide Rates Have Increased Across the U.S.