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Tenn. district partners with Discovery to transition to digital learning

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Tennessee’s Wilson County Schools and Discovery Education announced a new six-year partnership supporting the creation of authentic digital learning environments in classrooms district-wide. Director of Schools at Wilson County Schools. “Our

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State and District Leadership Discuss Digital Learning Opportunities

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SETDA’s latest research, Navigating the Digital Shift 2018: Broadening Student Learning Opportunities , highlights how state policies are supporting the transformation to digital learning. Of course, schools can’t make the switch to digital overnight.

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#DLNchat: How Will Net Neutrality Changes Affect Higher Education?

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JJ Johnson, among others, touted the importance libraries will continue to play in supporting equity of access to information, now maybe more than ever. Perhaps, some posited, access issues could inspire real change in our cultural attitudes toward net neutrality. But others were a bit more hopeful.

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Report: The way we buy digital instructional materials may need an overhaul

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A new report urges care when purchasing digital instructional materials, and notes that factors such as interoperability, accessibility, and device access should be considered during the process. When acquiring digital instructional materials, the cost associated with access to broadband and devices is a pivotal factor.

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Hotspots, YouTube, WiFi, Oh My! How Renton Prioritizes Infrastructure Over Devices

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Everyone is saying ‘we are in a digital world,’ so how do we support every student, especially those that might not have WiFi access at home?”. The customer service team would pass along this request to the digital learning team, which would make a decision about whether the website should be unblocked.

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Teacher-Student Digital Communication Makes for Good Learning

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For example, survey data showed: Student and teacher texting increased significantly during the sudden shift to digital learning because of COVID-19 school closures. Dr. Evans said they like the repository of information about assignment due dates, projects, and the location of curricula and tests. Join the Commmunity.

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Data Interoperability: Beyond Accountability and Reporting

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While teachers may understand the need to collect the information, they resent inputting the same data over and over again in every learning management system, educational application, and state and federal accountability report. Database analyst? Dr. Dean R.

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