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Jeff Bezos Wants to Go to the Moon. Then, Public Education.

Edsurge

And while the number of students enrolled in virtual high schools (mostly run by for-profit corporations) has increased exponentially , most of us expect the vast majority of students to happily return to in-person learning after the pandemic ends. And that is a very interesting question; it’s a very common one.

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PLEs, MOOCs and connectivism

Learning with 'e's

''Students should be at the centre of learning'', declared Stephen Downes , ''because there is no other place they could possibly be.'' Downes was speaking at the ELI 4th International Conference on e-Learning and Distance Education held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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Cash Awards Honor Faculty and Institutions for Innovative Use of Digital Tools

Edsurge

Fulé and her colleague Don Carter, the university’s director of e-learning, launched the. When Wallinga returned to campus from last fall’s Accelerate conference, he brought back a check, a trophy, and newfound respect. For some students and courses, Fisher combined EWA with tutoring and modular courses. The result?

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Learning Analytics 2018 – An updated perspective

IAD Learning

Learning analytics has been a hot topic for a while in the education industry. Not by chance, learning analytics and all its related technologies (measuring learning, artificial intelligence, adaptive learning, personalized learning, etc.) Are learning analytics something new?

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A school district is building a DIY broadband network

The Hechinger Report

Eric Bredder (second from left), a teacher at Monticello High School, confers with students using the CNC milling machine, one of several computer-guided fabrication tools used by his classes. We can extend the learning day. Photo: Michael Craddock. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — We can flip the classroom.

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35 edtech innovations we saw at FETC 2023

eSchool News

This year’s Future of Education Technology Conference landed in New Orleans, and the conference was abuzz with post-pandemic learning recovery tools, solutions to promote equity among students and parents, strategies for digital access, student mental health, social and emotional learning tools, and more.

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School of Me: Letting students study what they want, when they want is the latest education trend

The Hechinger Report

A fifth grader works on a digital lesson as part of a blended learning program. Photo: Meghan E. They decided to “personalizelearning for every child, which means that they tailored lessons to each student’s needs, interests and learning pace. What is personalized learning?

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