eSchool News

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

As reporter Linda Jacobson noted in the article, online learning has long been used in schools for subjects they couldn’t otherwise offer. But even courses we think of as fundamental—physics, for example—have long been glaring areas where schools haven’t had qualified teachers. She cited A.P. Calculus and Latin as examples.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2020

Since the 1990s and the rise of online video conferencing, though, it has been possible for educators to choose which activities in their distance-education courses to conduct synchronously and which to leave as asynchronous. Mike Caulfield is one of the people stressing the value of minimalist online course construction at this time.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report. With about a day planning, [teachers] shift right into distance learning,” Rooney said. Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report Washington Elementary is a K-8 school in Lindsay, an agricultural community in California’s Central Valley. Ushering in a new model.

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Edsurge

MAY 8, 2017

As a former New York City high school teacher, I know that parent-teacher conferences seldom provide parents with enough time to process what their children learned, what they’re interested in, and what needs improvement. Of course, I replaced names with ID numbers). How to integrate social emotional learning —plus a guide to SEL.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

In 2011, Rubin and Kern co-authored and released, Designing The Future of Learning, a white paper focused on the transformation taking place in the educational system. Participants took an online course in the InspirEd platform to prepare for a virtual symposium designed and facilitated by 2Rev.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

We’re hoping you don’t see the report as something you read once and file away, but that you start using it to really start stimulating conversation.”. NMC/CoSN Horizons Report: K-12 Edition). Technology could be a productive part of this shift by changing where and how students engage with learning.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

MARCH 10, 2020

This entry is an attempt to compile a useful -- but by no means exhaustive -- list of CBE related books that I personally feel have been either extremely illuminating in pragmatic ways (detailed models, insightful anecdotes, clear "how to's") or it inspired me to stay the course. Often the same book did both! Stack and Jonathan G.

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