EdNews Daily

JUNE 3, 2017

If you are a teacher looking for a summer gig, or unique ways to make extra money over your break, please find 10 companies hiring now. In fact, a survey of assessors revealed: 80 percent said the work was better than other professional development activity. Coordinate scheduling for the meetings with students over email.

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Digital Promise

MAY 28, 2021

According to a December 2020 survey, more than 70 percent of teachers in Verizon Innovative Learning Schools reported feeling prepared for distance learning, with 93 percent crediting the program with making aspects of remote instruction easier to implement. The Halo Award is not the only recognition the program has received this year.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2022

colleges, according to a new survey of more than 300 such leaders published today by Quality Matters and Encoura Eduventures Research. That may mean hiring more staff who have expertise in digital course design and instruction—and reevaluating whether to pay for help from outside companies or bring services in-house.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2022

Leigh Zeitz from the University of Northern Iowa surveys his students. Advancement Courses - Podcast Sponsor. Advancement Courses is my preferred professional development provider. I recently wrote about this on my blog called 7 Reasons Advancement Courses Has Excellent Teacher Professional Development.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 2, 2022

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 1, 2022

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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2021

A new survey shows that college students’ attitudes correlate with their personal experiences with online learning. The survey from the College Innovation Network asked nearly 700 students enrolled at four higher ed institutions to answer questions about what online learning has been like for them during the 2020-21 academic year.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 21, 2023

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2023

He makes the equivalent of about $7,000 per course, per term. A way to help impatient college students better connect to jobs American adjuncts earn a median of $3,700 per course , an amount that has declined significantly when adjusted for inflation, the American Association of University Professors, or AAUP, says.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2021

An English professor at Southern Connecticut State University, Cynthia Stretch is used to meeting after hours with her students, many of whom work full time while in college. Related: More colleges and universities outsource services to for-profit companies. This story also appeared in The Washington Post. And not only in Connecticut.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2020

They say you should never meet your idols, because they’ll probably disappoint you. The company makes no guarantee that your shoddy backhand will improve after taking a course led by tennis sensation Serena Williams, or that you’ll make palatable risotto after watching Wolfgang Puck. But what about learning from them?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 31, 2022

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2020

Nine lawsuits filed in March, April and May against major textbook companies and retailers take aim at their bulk deals with colleges to offer online course materials, sometimes referred to as “inclusive access” programs. If one singular publisher did this alone, it wouldn’t necessarily drive up prices.

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Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2024

Meet with a professor on Zoom to talk about academic plans. Attend student government meetings. Students who study on campus tend to come for career and tech courses, learning about, for example, welding, or scientific diving, or aquaculture. Cook breakfast for a classmate celebrating a birthday. Swim in the ocean as snow falls.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 17, 2019

How to power through a difficult parent-teacher meeting comes to mind, but there are many challenges that teachers learn how to handle in time. You can do this by gathering a focus group of teachers from a district or school, by handing out surveys or by observing them while they work. Open the way to communication. PD never ends.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

employees working from home and interacting with colleagues and customers remotely at the peak of the pandemic, many companies began to invest in digital transformation initiatives to address gaps in cloud adoption and cybersecurity. Surveys suggest that employees stay longer at companies that offer formal training pathways.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

A recent NEA survey found that 28 percent of educators reported that they were more likely to leave the profession. In an educational context, we expect Learning Engineers to pioneer new ways to leverage technology and data to deliver instruction that meets each individual student’s learning needs. But it hasn’t come without a cost.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 7, 2023

The company has launched Gale Community For Educators , a new Facebook community designed with K-12 educators in mind. Members can make their voices heard in regular opinion checks, prompts and surveys. FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. Through these specialized programs, teachers can: enhance their skills. Learn more at [link].

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Edsurge

JUNE 15, 2022

We’ve created award-winning high school programs , re-imagined college courses and leveraged technology to meet the ever-growing mental health needs that have been exasperated by the pandemic. Of course, educators can’t, and shouldn’t work from home. But there is a wise lesson to be learned from this.

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Edsurge

MAY 11, 2020

Developing my first online courses alongside my department was very much a humbling experience. The pandemic, of course, created unusual circumstances, but moving is always an interesting experience. What are your students expected to know and be able to do at the conclusion of your course? What can you hold on to?

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Kameshwari Shankar watched for years as college and university courses were increasingly taught online instead of face to face, but without a definitive way of understanding which students benefited the most from them, or what if anything they learned. This story also appeared in The New York Times. This is action research on steroids!”

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2021

That should come as no surprise, considering a recent CollegeBoard survey calculated that undergrads spent $1,240 on average for books and supplies during the 2020-21 academic year. But thousands of students are starting the semester without having to worry about course material expenses at all.

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eSchool News

JUNE 14, 2016

Created to assist executives and curriculum and technology directors in guiding the transition to digital curriculum and content, the survey also offers schools the chance win national awards. The Learning Counsel’s 2016 Digital Curriculum Strategy Survey and Assessment Tool is now available online. Transition barriers.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The statistics were gathered over the past 12 months in three national surveys conducted by ECMC Group and VICE Media. We must take this opportunity to hear their concerns and provide pathways that will meet their educational needs now and into the future.”. The first survey of 1,177 high school students was conducted Feb.

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2019

Scheduling isn’t for the faint of heart, as anyone who’s tried to find a time and room for a team meeting well knows. That’s a tall order for any organization—and especially for a small company like Coursedog , which claims its scheduling software can help colleges and universities.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2023

The survey questioned a representative sample of nearly 1,200 parents of children ages 2 to 12 in the United States about their beliefs and behaviors related to parenting and different kinds of play, including free play where a child is independent, and guided play, where an adult provides support.

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 3, 2017

These companies are hiring now. In fact, a survey of assessors revealed: 80 percent said the work was better than other professional development activity. Varsity Tutors is a nationally recognized company that connects students with personalized tutoring services in both academic and test prep subject areas. Summer is here.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2017

Des Moines Area Community College in Iowa echoes Teti’s wish, but says edtech companies need to look beyond traditional higher-ed models and think about what kinds of problems two-year institutions and trade schools face. Community colleges can expand their reach by offering online courses for remote and working students.

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2018

Caffeinated founders paced the lobby in colorful T-shirts splattered with their company logos, polishing their pitches for their on-stage presentation and meetings with potential investors. What he has yet to find—but which he says Y Combinator would be willing to invest in—are companies that can help support and run new school models.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Its current members include school districts, intermediate units, public agencies, non-profit organizations and companies. We couldn’t be more thrilled to have this respected company as the newest partner in our work.”. EdisonLearning’s expertise and perspective will enrich the knowledge of all members and educators across the country.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

When COVID-19 forced college courses online, Stuart Middleton, a senior lecturer at the University of Queensland in Australia, was having trouble connecting with his remote students. So he decided to try to meet them where he heard they were happy to spend time — on TikTok. Sixty-seven percent of U.S.

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Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

It’s often said that online courses offer students increased flexibility—supposedly a positive quality. Yet another way of putting it might be to say that online courses shift the burden of creating structure off of institutions and instructors and onto students themselves. rather than, ‘Turn this in,’ is more meaningful.”

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

A 2016 survey of such programs found that only about 4 percent of respondents offered field experiences such as student teaching in K-12 online settings. Publicly available research also comes out of Michigan Virtual, a two-decade-old nonprofit that provides professional development for teachers and online courses for students.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2021

She’d married not long after graduating from high school in 1981, had three children soon after that, and then gone to work for McDonald’s to make ends meet after her marriage ended. But after 27 years with a company with education benefits — benefits Thomas pitches to other employees — she still hadn’t taken advantage of them herself.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2017

At a recent meeting of educational technology policy advisors, a well-informed university CIO casually declared that MOOCs were history. Increasingly, MOOCs are being packaged into series of courses with a non-degree credential being offered to those who successfully complete the series.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 29, 2021

SAN DIEGO – Before the Covid-19 pandemic, Morehouse College offered fewer than nine online courses. Covid “was such a boon to our industry,” said Anant Agarwal , founder and CEO of the online course platform EdX, which has more than 160 university partners and more than 2,000 free courses.

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