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Lessons and Leadership During the Switch to Online Learning

edWeb.net

During a recent edLeader Panel , sponsored by The ProEthica® Program, the superintendent of one of America’s largest school districts spoke with a former state superintendent and other education leaders about key issues affecting students, parents, and educators, including digital access and equity, online privacy, and funding.

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Overcoming security and privacy concerns with e-learning

Neo LMS

took at least one online course. It’s important to note that those impressive numbers don’t include remote students at the elementary or high school level. Without modern technology and near-constant connectivity, online learning wouldn’t be possible.

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4 Items on Instructure’s To-Do List After the Sale of the Canvas LMS Provider

Edsurge

Possible uses of the service include measuring impact of new teaching technologies, engaging students at risk of dropping out and predicting how students perform in courses. But of course, like everyone else in edtech, the rush of schools to online learning could change priorities for Instructure.

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How Education is Becoming the Front Lines for Debating the Role of Algorithms

Edsurge

add caption here This week’s podcast is brought to you by “The State of Online STEM Education'' an upcoming national survey of the online STEM landscape created by Every Learner Everywhere and Online Learning Consortium. They weren’t relating that to their own work with students. I hadn’t thought about that.

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Tart Retorts and Tools: Overheard at SXSWedu

Edsurge

Tools and Courses WHO’S USING WHAT? FOR THE ELL'S: McGraw-Hill today launched ELLevate English , a customizable online course for English Language Learners in grades 7-12. New edtech accountability tool CatchOn launched on Tuesday. but will eventually be brought to the U.S. at a later date. Who Said What?

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How can schools protect student data without training teachers in privacy basics?

The Hechinger Report

“The first line of defense in protecting student privacy are our teachers, and we’re not making sure that they have the tools to keep that data safe,” said Amelia Vance, policy counsel for the nonprofit Future of Privacy Forum. Teacher preparation programs also pay scant attention to keeping student data safe. “I

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16 Great NonProfits Working to Support EdTech in Schools

Tom Murray

The organization’s vision is that every student in every school should have the opportunity to learn computer science. Code.org ® believes computer science should be part of core curriculum, alongside other courses such as biology, chemistry, or algebra. Organization: International Association of K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL).