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In rural Maine, a university eliminates most Fs in an effort to increase graduation rates

The Hechinger Report

But after about half-an-hour, the lecture stops and Dobrin presents his students with a menu of options. “Is As an example, Pearson offers a course in the criminal justice program. One of the learning outcomes for Policing in the Community might be “to understand the laws regarding domestic violence,” Pearson said. Dobrin asks.

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Most Popular of 2015, No. ten: Are digital textbooks worth it?

eSchool News

Writer Mary Axelson’s reporting was engrossing, and her case studies struck a chord with readers: While the original story ran across four pages, an unusually-above average number of you read it all the way to the end. The next year, they flipped that model by buying online social studies books with some hardcopy backups.

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9 Key Classroom Management Skills Backed up with Research

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Active Engagement of Students: Through teacher-directed opportunities to respond (TD-OTR) Active engagement is about ensuring that students are not just physically present but are mentally engaged in the learning process. Student-Centered and Teacher-Centered Classroom Management: A Case Study of Three Elementary Teachers.

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STEMxCon - Today Is the Final Deadline for Proposals; Great Keynotes + Sessions; Need Volunteers!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

If you haven''t been a volunteer moderator before, there''s nothing quite like the camaraderie and the excitement that develops jumping in and out of session rooms and helping presenters and participants have a great experience. Derek Barkalow, Ph.D.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The Hindu Business Line : “ Pearson India set to launch K–12 online private school.” ” The class: “Big-Time College Sports and the Rights of Athletes, 1956 to the Present.” ” Via Times Higher Education : “ Online courses ‘more time-consuming’ to prepare for , study says.”

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The Business of Education Technology

Hack Education

Pearson cut 4000 jobs – 10% of its staff. The word is a crystallization of ed-tech ideology: through technology, teaching will become radically individualized as learners’ lessons are reduced to the smallest possible piece of content, then presented to them algorithmically. K12 Inc got a new CEO.