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Education in the Era of COVID-19: Why Connection Matters

Digital Promise

With digital learning likely to stretch into the fall due to COVID-19, how can we ensure every student has equitable access to powerful learning opportunities? The crisis has shone a harsh light on the digital divide in the United States, surfacing thoughtful debate and long-overdue discussion around the equity gap.

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6 Benefits of Immersive Learning with the Metaverse

ViewSonic Education

Broadly, the metaverse refers to the creation of virtual worlds or spaces in which social interactions can occur. As a definition published by Boston University explains, it is an example of “learning by doing,” and some of the related activities can include field trips, laboratory experiments, and studio performances.

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21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

The CoolCatTeacher

Research note: As Wall (2021) indicates, there is a definite connection between trauma and student behavior as well as student learning. Most importantly, you’ll learn how to address these issues of inequity, including targeted strategies to help you bridge the digital divide and create an even playing field for all students.

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Rufus Glasper to Community College Leaders: “Online is Not Evil”

Edsurge

Online education is definitely one of the challenges, but it's also an opportunity,” says Glasper, who before taking his current job was a long-time chancellor of the Maricopa Community College system, one of the largest community college districts in the nation. Where do you see the digital divide today in terms of education?

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How Long Should a Remote School Day Be? There’s No Consensus

Edsurge

In an effort to provide more definitive answers, districts, schools and a handful of states have begun issuing guidelines on shaping the school day into something both manageable and productive for students. That seems to be referring to actual screen time or formal assessment or assignment work.”

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What Could Web3 Mean for Education?

Edsurge

The metaverse should probably reference them,” says Patel, who previously held positions at workforce-training companies Thinkful, On Deck and Maven. The phrase that originated in a science-fiction novel refers to an immersive virtual reality that blurs the boundaries between digital and physical spaces. and between the U.S.

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How not to write about HyFlex or online learning

Bryan Alexander

If that’s true, he has my full sympathy, should definitely call for more support, and write about this in the article. Listen to the problems Schaberg identifies in that final section: the digital divide; students not having a good physical location to be on camera; missing the physical campus.