The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2020

State and federal agencies have advised schools to create online learning plans to minimize the disruption to student learning. Their students have internet connections at home, laptops they can work from, teachers who know how to design online lessons and a strong foundation of in-school blended learning experience.

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Broadband Flipped Classroom Online Learning Smartphone 145

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2018

based education company that is part of a nonprofit consortium in the state. Holmes County, where half the students live below poverty level , is following a national trend by using online resources to offer more advanced high school courses to its students. Department of Education, students took 317,000 online courses.

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Online Learning Learning Course Blended Learning 66

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Personal hotspots, which allow students to connect a laptop or tablet with a cellular data connection, have been the most popular solution because they are relatively inexpensive and easy to use. We have to do something about that, especially now that so many of our students are learning remotely,” Muri said.

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Broadband Learning Accessibility Company 144

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Teachers are revered , most families spend about a third of their income on their children’s education, and most students spend at least an hour a day on some kind of online learning. It’s also a place where companies are racing into technologies that raise tough ethical issues. That means many of the tutors live in the U.S.,

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Technology Education Company Conference 115

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2020

One soft-spoken student, who often wore a camouflage jacket and weathered boots to class, said he wanted his own trucking company. But as the news about the virus became increasingly grim, Rand was told to begin preparing for distance learning. Engineering, aviation and nursing were all on the table. Subscribe today!

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Report Laptops Company Online Learning 87

MindShift

MARCH 6, 2018

based education company that is part of a nonprofit consortium in the state. Holmes County, where half the students live below poverty level , is following a national trend by using online resources to offer more advanced high school courses to its students. Department of Education, students took 317,000 online courses.

Online Learning 31

Online Learning Learning Course Report 31

Bryan Alexander

JULY 8, 2019

Cybersecurity threats, aging IT systems, increased demand for online learning and classroom technology, and difficulty attracting and retaining IT talent are putting pressure on many colleges, not just WCC. Will I be able to call them up on the day before my lab and say, ‘Can you come and update 24 laptops before tomorrow?'”

Trends 107

Trends Laptops Technology Industry 107

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Virtual Learning: A Human-Centered Approach. A virtual learning center is different than distance or online learning. Hughes emphasized, “This is not distance learning. This is human-supported learning because it is virtual.”. In the RSU 3 Virtual Learning Center , every avatar has a real person behind it.

Technology 120

Technology Blended Learning Laptops Course 120

Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2019

INACOL—the International North American Council for Online Learning—would henceforth be known as the Aurora Institute , a name taken from the Latin word for “dawn.” The organization wants to focus on other approaches to improve education, such as personalization, that go beyond online learning. One reason for the shift?

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Education Advocacy Conference Laptops 80

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

What’s different about the trend today is that educational technology companies are eagerly marketing software under the “personalized learning” label. KIPP Morial, a school in New Orleans East, exemplifies how the personalized learning trend rolled out in charters across the Crescent City. DeVonté Trask, 11.

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Personalized Learning Software Data Report 98

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2018

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Tuesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. They can’t access online encyclopedias. They basically can’t access online anything. Subscribe today!

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E-rate Broadband Laptops Company 53

Fractus Learning

APRIL 9, 2021

Flipped classroom models empower students to do classroom work at home using multimedia presentations and online learning platform resources. The app integrates with Google Drive, Classroom, and Sign-On, simplifying the online learning environment for Google districts. Zoom for Education. SurveyMonkey.

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Flipped Classroom Software Tools Classroom 97

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Bryan Alexander

JULY 8, 2019

Cybersecurity threats, aging IT systems, increased demand for online learning and classroom technology, and difficulty attracting and retaining IT talent are putting pressure on many colleges, not just WCC. Will I be able to call them up on the day before my lab and say, ‘Can you come and update 24 laptops before tomorrow?'”

Trends 40

Trends Laptops Technology Industry 40

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

Some internet-access advocates say EBS is underutilized at best, and wasted at worst, because loose regulatory oversight by the FCC has allowed most of the spectrum to fall into the hands of commercial internet companies. The hardware on the towers then blasts that connection about 10 miles into the valley below. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 91

Neo LMS

JUNE 16, 2020

Students use laptops, tablets, and myriad software to complete in-class work and at-home assignments. In a survey of 1,000 long-time high school teachers, 73% say their classrooms use laptops and tablets daily. As a result, educators must stay on top of trends and pursue ongoing learning in technology.

Technology 230

Technology Education Laptops EdTech 230

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Do you know that feeling when you are told your questions about student privacy are unfounded by a representative of a company that earns 86% of its total revenue from advertising? But the iPads will be discontinued next year in favor of the Dell Latitude Education Series (3160) touchscreen laptop computer.

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EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

. — On most afternoons, Jeremiah Smith, founder of an afterschool and summer program called the Rosedale Freedom Project, can be found sitting side-by-side with his students as they peer at laptops, trying to get through their assignments. The program he’s referring to is an online learning platform, Edgenuity.

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Edmentum Education Course Online Learning 111

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Tuesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. We’re the buyer and there are tons of companies out there. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter.

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Data Report System Laptops 89

The Innovative Educator

MAY 3, 2015

This year’s report, Digital Learning 24/7: Understanding Technology – Enhanced Learning in the Lives of Today’s Students , provides landmark findings on the efficacy and value associated with popular digital learning initiatives: blended learning, online learning, school-assigned mobile devices and STEM learning.

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Mobility Blended Learning STEM Survey 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

That had largely been relegated to online math lessons, part of separate periods of personalized-learning time when students are free to work through computer-based lessons in any subject they chose, at their own pace. Related: Why one Mississippi district ditched textbooks for laptops.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The same forces that transformed classrooms have accelerated the adoption of more digital learning in workplace training—advancing a trend that was already underway. And the number of active students in short-form offerings brokered by the company has grown ten-fold from the end of 2019 to the end of 2020.

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Learning Training Digital Badges Coursera 172

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. The idea for the company came out of Steven’s own sense of frustration and boredom in science classes. Subscribe today!

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Robotics Chromebook Education Company 102

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Here’s what they had to say: The demand for online learning will continue to grow in 2022 and possibly lead to the creation of virtual schools, which would introduce new AR and VR learning processes. –Remco Bergsma, CEO, MiEN Company. Edtech companies that fail to prioritize accessibility will be left behind.

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EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 111

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Here’s what they had to say: The demand for online learning will continue to grow in 2022 and possibly lead to the creation of virtual schools, which would introduce new AR and VR learning processes. –Remco Bergsma, CEO, MiEN Company. Edtech companies that fail to prioritize accessibility will be left behind.

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EdTech Learning Data Classroom 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

” Via Politico : “Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has increased her financial stake in a ‘neurofeedback’ company that says its technology treats attention deficit disorder and the symptoms of autism. “Now that MOOCs are mainstream, where does online learning go next?” ” $100,000.

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Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Tony Bates looks at “Brexit and online learning in Europe.” Steve Dembo recently announced that he’s leaving the company after 10+ years. “ Amazon Unveils Online Education Service for Teachers,” The New York Times writes about the online retailer’s forays into “ OER.”

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MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

opens door for student loan companies to ignore state authority.” This isn’t really financial aid per se, but it’s part of the larger suite of financial products that schools (and the companies they partner with) push. ” Via Wired : “Tech Companies Try to Retrain the Workers They’re Displacing.”

Education 46

Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

” No disclosure in the article that Edsurge shares investors with both these companies. No disclosure , no surprise, that Edsurge shares investors with this company. Via The Next Web : “ Facebook is letting Groups create online learning courses – what could possibly go wrong?” million total.

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Education MOOC Report Company 48