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States assess their readiness for digital learning

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Statewide ed-tech inventories are helping state leaders assess their digital learning needs. New Jersey and Michigan developed individual state tech readiness tools in preparation for (online) assessment,” she said. It was the 100-percent response rate from the survey. New Mexico has a custom tool.

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How to Build an Online Learning Program Students Crave and Employers Want

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all students—not just digital natives—expect learning resources to be rich with animation or digital learning objects that make learning more realistic and relevant. Real world problems are exciting to solve but devilishly hard to assess, especially when there are many students involved.

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How this state is turning its virtual teachers into online learning experts

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Most teachers hired by Virtual Arkansas are brought on for their subject-matter expertise; few have ever taught an online course, let alone worked through the rigors of translating traditional curriculum to the online or blended environment. When you talk about online and blended learning, they don’t have the background for that.

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FOLLOW THE MONEY: FUNDING INNOVATION

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What are the one-, two-, and five-year goals for terms of digital learning? ? Because they have a stake in ensuring that students graduate digitally literate, they may be willing to partner in funding, device donation, connectivity sharing, or training. Or are there mobile laptop/tablet stations?) ?

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How Colleges Are Thinking Differently to Serve Adult Students

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So while online program can be extremely effective, having that blended program that connects to the local community and connects to people who are in the vicinity of where they live I think has some very, very big promise. Audience question]: I'm a representative of an e-assessment platform company [from the Netherlands].

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Why This Professor Believes OER Can Make STEM More Inclusive and Affordable

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Ask your library staff for OER training; most are happy to help. Read: Learn why James Wilson was recognized as a 2021 Lyryx OER Champion. Watch: CEO Dr. Claude Laflamme explains how Lyryx overcomes limitations experienced by many online assessment platforms. Wilson’s recommended resources. More from Lyryx.

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T&L’S ISTE 2018 BEST OF SHOW AWARDS WINNERS

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EXPLORELEARNING GIZMOS ( WWW.EXPLORELEARNING.COM ) Gizmos are online simulations that help students to make connections and draw conclusions with an interactive design that supports a manipulation of variables and “what-if” experimentation. Gizmos help prepare students for rigorous new standards and online assessments.