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What’s next? Lessons from the lockdown on traditional education

Neo LMS

The biggest shift that we’re seeing is that online education has the potential to drop its “online” part and that more and more people will see it for what it is: simply education. Online learning is student-centered by default, having its own advantages and pitfalls. What does that leave time for?

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The 3 Biggest Remote Teaching Concerns We Need to Solve Now

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Privacy and Student Data During these pressing circumstances, many educators are curating and sharing digital tools, strategies, and tips for remote teaching with their networks. In fact, there are so many digital tools, apps, and online learning resources being shared, some educators are feeling overwhelmed.

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How Librarians Continue Their Work Digitally Even as Coronavirus Closes Libraries

Edsurge

To get a sense of what the widespread closure of libraries could mean, and hear some creative ways libraries are reaching out digitally, we talked with Jessamyn West, an educational technologist who runs the librarian.net blog and is author of "Without a Net: Librarians Bridging the Digital Divide."

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Equity Isn’t Just About Technology. It’s About Supporting Students and Families.

Edsurge

Howard, an assistant professor at the Department of Teaching and Learning at the University of Redlands in California. Maybe it is about learning new technology, but it also could be about reading a book together.” But access is maybe the first part of the digital divide. Teachers want to be there for parents.

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How Libraries Stretch Their Capabilities to Serve Kids During a Pandemic

MindShift

This summer, as communities continue to deal with COVID-19, both public libraries and school libraries are innovating new ways to provide services for communities that reach beyond physical books and buildings. And during tumultuous times, the need for information, access to literacy, and digital access have become even greater. .

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Elevating Innovation – SULS0205

Shake Up Learning

Discover the wealth of free online learning courses for educators offered through Verizon Innovative Learning HQ. It’s all part of Verizon’s commitment to help close the digital divide. Related: The Teacher’s Guide to Professional Book Studies About David L.

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Why the Education Expenses are Rising and How to Deal with it?

Evelyn Learning

Operational Cost Gone are the days when the things required to impart education were just different subject books, a professor, a blackboard, chalk, desks, and students. Universities and colleges are no longer just institutions of learning and teaching. Now, the time has changed. These problems are impacting the cost of education.

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