The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2020

State and federal agencies have advised schools to create online learning plans to minimize the disruption to student learning. Their students have internet connections at home, laptops they can work from, teachers who know how to design online lessons and a strong foundation of in-school blended learning experience.

Broadband 145

Broadband Flipped Classroom Online Learning Smartphone 145

Doug Levin

MARCH 5, 2017

Ever wonder how stories covered by popular edtech outlets – such as edSurge, eSchoolNews, Tech & Learning, and THE Journal – get selected? Here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why.

EdTech 170

EdTech Coursera Data Case Study 170

TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 1, 2021

You can read more about our affiliate and sponsored content policies here. Much of this has to do with fluctuating learning priorities where critical thinking and problem-solving skills for a future-ready, tech-savvy student body are given precedence. One such company is XP-Pen and their series of tablets.

Tablets 88

Tablets Classroom Khan Academy Chromebook 88

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2022

They suggest that online higher education may work better than pre-pandemic research showed, and that it is evolving decisively toward a combination of in-person and online, or “blended,” classes. Not everyone loved online learning during the pandemic — especially in the early stages, when it was at its most haphazard.

Education 76

Education Survey Dropout Learning 76

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

PBL… Blended and eLearning – Part 1: Important Questions for the New School Year. How do I facilitate PBL in blended learning environment?”. The sudden shift in the learning environment last year may have provided an obstacle for the way we wanted to see this happen. Planning Blended Learning for another year.

Blended Learning 192

Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 4, 2018

Elearning design needs to engage and persuade the learner to know how to engage with the content and learning. Dr. Laurie Korte talks about e-learning design that engages learners and common mistakes of e-learning and blended learning classrooms. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show.

Strategy 173

Strategy Learning E-rate Course 173

MindShift

MARCH 6, 2018

based education company that is part of a nonprofit consortium in the state. Still, as more rural schools look to virtual programs for help, there’s little evidence that online learning is equal to or can exceed outcomes from traditional in-person instruction, and some experts are urging caution — along with greater attention to quality.

Online Learning 31

Online Learning Learning Course Report 31

Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

Exactly how many schools are actively engaged in iZone projects is unclear: The NYCDOE press office disclosed that 50 schools abandoned the iZone’s iLearn program between 2015 and 2016 to develop their own blended and online learning materials or to use outside resources including Google Classroom, Schoology, or Canvas.

iLearn 63

iLearn Policies Blended Learning Schoology 63

Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

I have a bit more to say about some of these topics, so stay tuned… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye these past two weeks – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes.

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Each of us has seen headlines about an online school providing an unaccredited program that looks like a “diploma mill,” or a completely mismanaged school administration that was not prepared for high student mobility or other realities of online learning. If I taught to the middle, I could lose the ends.

Dropout 60

Dropout Competency Based Learning Differentiated Instruction Online Learning 60

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

They created 2Rev as an education design lab—a place where designs for innovative learning models could be developed and tested. From 2008 - 2011, the company worked on projects spanning early childhood, grades K-12, higher education and the workforce, while simultaneously crystallizing its philosophy.

Competency Based Learning 60

Competency Based Learning Company Learning Blended Learning 60

Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2021

Hybrid classroom technology purchases may also relate to other priorities on the list, such as addressing the needs of low-income students or planning for long-term school closures (including how to provide online learning ).

Technology 163

Technology Classroom EdTech Software 163

The Innovative Educator

MAY 3, 2015

Over the last few years of the Speak Up survey, more students and administrators have signaled the importance of being able to access mobile devices in the classroom, whether through Bring Your Own Device policy consideration and implementation or through school-provided technology.

Mobility 40

Mobility Blended Learning STEM Survey 40

Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 21, 2016

Pearson today announced that it is responding to rocky conditions and poor performance in international markets by laying off 4,000 workers and putting a greater focus on adaptive courseware and classroom products, as well as blended and online learning. Ramping Up Online Programs.

Pearson 40

Pearson Company Education Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2017

“The first line of defense in protecting student privacy are our teachers, and we’re not making sure that they have the tools to keep that data safe,” said Amelia Vance, policy counsel for the nonprofit Future of Privacy Forum. Amelia Vance, policy counsel, Future of Privacy Forum. “It appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

Training 40

Training Data Student Data Privacy Policies 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

.” Shares in for-profit higher education companies were up on news of Trump’s election. “ Higher Education Policy Under Trump ” by Sara Goldrick-Rab. ” Via AFR : “ Peter Thiel’s company Palantir Defense could win contracts under Donald Trump.” ” asks Bryan Alexander.

Education 54

Education Common Core Company Facebook 54

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 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. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. Photo: Chris Berdik.

Broadband 88

Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 88

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

” The group in question: the Council for National Policy. ” Via Univision : “How White House advisor Stephen Miller went from pestering Hispanic students to designing Trump’s immigration policy.” Citing Border Policies , Safety.” ” That’s Gail Heriot. NPR on MOOC Micromasters.

Education 45

Education Company MOOC Khan Academy 45

Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

I wrote “an explainer” of sorts on Thiel and his politics, and I listed the education companies that he’s invested in. Have any ed-tech companies, particularly those funded by Thiel or Zuckerberg or Y Combinator, spoken out about this? You can fill out a form online to offer some names.

Education 40

Education Company Pearson E-rate 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2016

Too many students in virtual and blended learning schools are performing poorly, according to a new National Education Policy Center report , released last week, by Gary Miron, a professor at Western Michigan University, and Charisse Gulosino, an assistant professor at the University of Memphis. Officials at K12 Inc.,

Blended Learning 40

Blended Learning Learning Advocacy Report 40

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

” They’re suing the company. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” edX is offering an online master’s degree with Georgia Tech : an OMS (online master’s in science) in Analytics. Via Salon : “ Noam Chomsky : You can’t educate yourself by looking things up online.”

MOOC 40

MOOC Education Robotics Report 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. The rise of online learning has accelerated it, and school technology providers have been fierce advocates. Now, with computer-assisted teaching allowing for tailored exercises and online lessons, it is making a resurgence. The students at M.S. Photo: Kyle Spencer.

Learning 106

Learning Common Core System Groups 106

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. Read more about blended learning.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2016

They noted the menu of research reports, graphics and videos, and the “About” page describing the site as a project of a “nonprofit research organization” called the Employment Policies Institute. Sign up for our newsletter to get a weekly update on blended learning. appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

Social Media 40

Social Media Learning Facebook Analysis 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

. “Although this litigation is brought under the ADA, with the DOJ driving it, when we are talking broadly about educating children with disabilities, the disability-rights community is incredibly concerned about Secretary [Betsy] DeVos and her views and policy directions,” Barkoff said. Read more about Blended Learning.

Education 79

Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 79

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

The logical extension of such policies – permitting students to take individual courses wherever they wish, by using online options – has already begun to take root in about a dozen states. It remains to be seen whether a Trump Administration will boost them further, using federal policy. The editors.

Policies 40

Policies Course Accessibility Company 40