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Paying to Turn in Homework? ASU Prof's Viral Email Raises Questions About Online Textbook Model

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That raises the question: is the move to digital homework systems creating a new kind of digital divide at colleges? Textbook companies defend their new model, arguing that digital titles help students learn better than past methods and are sold for far less than traditional textbooks.

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Funding School Services in the Midst of Multiple Crises

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The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund follows the same formula as Title I, so it can be used to help bridge the digital divide for students from low-income families. Susan Gentz is a partner at K20Connect, a consulting consortium of experts focused on education leadership, technology and policy.

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65 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

The future of education is changing, and global workforce demands will be influenced by the need for knowledge around and skills in fast-growing technologies such as AI. Here’s what they had to say: Text-based AI interfaces provide an opportunity to help close the digital divide…and avoid an impending AI divide.

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How AI could transform the way schools test kids

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Big test makers like Pearson are already doing this, he said.) That said, the technology isn’t there yet, and educators and test designers need to tread carefully , experts warn. It plans to evaluate students on their ability to use AI tools and to recognize AI-generated information. It’s considering whether AI could score tests.

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Education Stimulus Funding: The Who, What, and Why

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Districts must use the money on evidence-based programs that help stem learning loss, close the digital divide, and address social and emotional learning needs. Lisa has served on the Board of the SIIA Education Technology Industry Network and is on the Advisory Council for the ERDI Alliance for Education Impact.

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November 7 - Ed Tech News, Our Weekly Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Audrey is a writer for the NPR education technology blog MindShift , for the data section of O’Reilly Radar , and for the Edutopia blog. CodeNow: Teaching Programming, Narrowing the Digital Divide Pearson and Knewton: Big Data and the Promise of Personalized Learning The Open Course Library & the Quest for the $30 College Textbook'

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via Campus Technology : “ Southern New Hampshire U to launch Competency-Based Master’s in Online Ed.” ” Via Campus Technology : “ Unizin Partners with edX , Cengage.” ” “Chirons will lead us out of the AI Technopanic ,” says Pearson , “and you can be a chiron.”

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