The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 23, 2018

We discuss what going to the next level in the classroom and in online learning means both at the secondary and college level. Today’s Sponsor: Advancement Courses. AND, if you are in need of PD, 10-Minute Teacher listeners get 20% off any online courses with code COOL20. Donor’s Choose. Dr. Tim Green.

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eSchool News

APRIL 12, 2015

LinkedIn to acquire lynda.com to better connect the global workforce, says company. Through a subscription to lynda.com’s service, individual members and organizations have access to a collection of courses taught by what the company says are industry experts, offered in various languages.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 8, 2018

We inadvertently learn from our daily social interactions, with most of our informal learning happens through online sources of information. For example, YouTube, social media, news websites, even self-help videos/blogs which are present in every possible genre. Seminars held online, are called webinars.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Blended and online learning is increasingly in demand by students. Demand for shorter, more focused courses is growing, and universities are finding themselves “unbundling” their core offerings in order to keep up. It seems that technical training is less relevant here than e-learning course design.

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2020

Raised on quick responses from smartphones, social media, instant messaging and immediate-access entertainment sites, today’s students live in an on-demand world. On the opposite end of the inconvenience spectrum are companies who have honed their customer service through thousands of interactions to create enterprise level support.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2022

Flipping the Classroom Professors who recorded video lectures for online learning during the pandemic are realizing they have a new resource at their disposal. That model requires that students adjust how they spend their time and how they perceive course materials. Flipped learning can be a big adjustment for professors too.

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EdNews Daily

JULY 24, 2016

The platform is built for social media, therefore, users can like, share and comment on articles. Yes, EdCast is also built for institutions, organizations and companies. We lead the way in Social Collaborative Learning (SCL). How does EdCast stand out from other online learning platforms?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Here are four areas we can start: Rapidly Train Our Teachers to Harness Tech Amid historic challenges, with no roadmap and often no experience in remote learning, educators worked tirelessly to keep students learning during the heigh of the pandemic. Sure, they can share it afterwards on social media and spread the word.

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Edsurge

JUNE 20, 2018

In 2017 Facebook claimed more than 4 million companies advertise on its platform, and more than 500,000 companies advertise on Instagram. Facebook this month announced broad plans to train one million people and small businesses in digital skills by 2020, under an initiative the company calls “Community Boost.”

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2018

A red carpet and a self-driving car were just a few of the things attendees saw on Tuesday at Intersect, the third annual conference put on by online learning provider Udacity. But it’s not the first time the company has promoted this strategy. Udacity focuses on industry,” Thrun said. Udacity's self-driving car.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

While not quite the “Year of the MOOC,” 2018 saw a resurgence in interest around the ways these massive open online courses are delivering free (and more often these days, not free) online education around the world, and how these providers are increasingly turning to traditional institutions of learning.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 10, 2015

They are not in the dark totally when it comes to technology, for example they use different devices for social media, but they seem to have trouble keeping up with digital learning. They seem to question the use and existence of a learning management system, because they prefer seeing lessons in ink rather than on screens.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 6, 2021

Even before the pandemic shunted them into online learning, many high school students failed to see a connection between their work in the classroom and their real-world futures. Young people whose education included a work-based learning experience — and with it a sampling of career opportunities they might never have imagined.

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eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2022

The quarantine period occurred mostly during the academic year of 2019/2020 and forced many institutions to halt in-person classes and move a considerable amount of instruction online. This shift meant students who did not already engage in online learning were constrained to learn by an online learning modality.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

Like, of course my kid knows how to do those things. I literally used to tell people that if we ever do something in early learning, it should be as good as what the Duck Duck Moose team does. Duck Duck Moose was the first company that could come up with really compelling apps that were good—arguably good—for kids, in 2009, 2010, 2011.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 26, 2018

Vivek Singh and his colleague, Ilya Mishra, are new contributors to Ask a Tech Teacher who specialize in online learning and educational technology (more on Ilya’s bio below). Blended learning overcomes this limitation by reducing the need for homework, and provides course content to students via the internet.

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Nik Peachey

MAY 17, 2013

Some of the advanced interaction types are particularly interesting, especially the html feature which enables you to embed interactive media objects such as videos or digital books into your forms and then build interactive activities around them. In fact it's a pretty sound way to create online learning materials with a built in LMS.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

There is an art and science, of course, to finding students on the internet. Recruitment officials are trained to exploit the remarkable firepower of social media, vast databases, and other highly effective digital tools. Too often, colleges have adopted a division-of-labor approach with their recruitment and retention efforts.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 18, 2020

As soon as courses jumped online, students began DIY-ing campus life. But even as they evaluate new tools and platforms, there is a deepening recognition that putting courses online — even when well executed — is far different from going to college. That difference is not just about the course content.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Over the past 10 years, new learning management systems (LMSs) have sprung on the scene to rival the Blackboards and Moodles of old. And with certain established companies like Pearson pulling out of the LMS ranks , where do you start? It affects whether or not the LMS supports student learning.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2018

was the question first posed to the #DLNchat community by Aneesa Davenport, social media and analytics manager for EdSurge. As Deirdre Woods shared, such rates “are generally in the range of 5-25% for non-credit classes.” “Instead of looking at completion rates, we should find out from learners whether a course met their needs.

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Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2017

LEAVING THE AMAZON: At last year’s SXSWedu, Amazon’s Education team and the company’s General Manager of K-12 Education, Rohit Agarwal, launched the " Inspire " platform, with promises to support the open education resources space. But 76 percent of kids prefer to get their news from social media (especially from Facebook).

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Edsurge

JULY 18, 2016

Anytime, Anywhere: Online Learning The number and variety of online PD providers has grown to the point that there is something for everyone. There are, of course, more formal options available. The variety of material ranges from teacher produced content like BloomBoard to self-paced courses at Capella University.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 14, 2024

Participants are encouraged to use #library2024 and #aiandlibraries on their social media posts about the event. Previously, she worked for several Fortune 500 companies and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Public Library Association and was on the Black Caucus of ALA Executive Board. in Entrepreneurship.

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 27, 2016

What can we learn from the open and free social media tools we use? Do we pay indirectly by giving away our information, is this leveraged to make money through advertising clicks, and do we become assets and commodities of the companies that run the social media services?

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Marketplace K-12

JULY 25, 2016

Schoolie’s school quality data will be incorporated into GreatSchools’ website in the coming months, and “will help parents more efficiently compare and evaluate academic rigor and understand how well schools provide access to a well-rounded education,” the companies noted in the statement. The amount of the investment was not disclosed.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Students are not really learning!”. Students’ care more about social media and games than their school work. Continue reading for suggestions on how to correct your course! You could enroll in a degree program, a certificate program, or in stand-alone courses. This makes it impossible for me to keep them engaged.”.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 20, 2014

When did you first become involved with research into distance education and online learning? I used distance education courses to complete a Masters degree and soon was involved in distance education delivery for a local community college. Terry: Of course the proliferation of web 2.0 with students and share my ideas.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Students are not really learning!”. Students’ care more about social media and games than their school work. Continue reading for suggestions on how to correct your course! You could enroll in a degree program, a certificate program, or in stand-alone courses. This makes it impossible for me to keep them engaged.”.

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Learning with 'e's

JULY 12, 2018

Very soon thereafter, social networks and then social media began to arrive. The companies that survived this period, such as eBay, Google and Amazon, quickly adapted to this idea, with new marketing strategies that leveraged new tools such as social filtering, recommender systems and tagging. Rapid growth ensued.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5 Education’s Proto-Platforms.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 24, 2020

Second, encouraging parents to conduct a security audit in the content management or learning management system you are using. Third, I talk about increasing awareness of social media manipulation by countries. Sponsor: See 10 Professional Development Courses to Improve Your Online Classroom which I shared recently on my blog.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The company has built several tools to do that, including a customizable reading challenge platform and a mobile app, reading challenge templates, and diverse book recommendations. Eduverse.com is a revolutionary online learning environment providing a safe and secure ‘metaverse’ for K-12 schools.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 16, 2015

My field was ArtificialIntelligence , but I started experimenting with online tutor groups, producing web pages, etc and migrated into educational technology (as many people did). I chaired the OU''s first big elearning course in 1999 with 12,000 students which really demonstrated the potential for elearning.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

Other programs provide a standalone workshop or course about education technology. Businesses and organizations are providing free access to digital tools and apps for teaching and learning (see THE Journal’s ever-growing list of Free Resources for Schools During COVID-19 Outbreak ).

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 16, 2020

Participants are encouraged to use #library2020 and #smallruralindependent on their social media posts leading up to and during the event. Before that she worked in business development for OCLC, making connections between Silicon Valley companies and libraries. Janessa Esquivel Library Media Technician Sr.,

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iLearn Technology

JANUARY 16, 2017

What it is: I’ve written about StackUp before here but, over the last three years, the company has grown up enough that it warrants another post! His traditional resume failed to document the thousands of hours that he spent online in self-taught learning about the automotive industry. The problem?

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