Digital Learning, Report and Technology Support

Closing the Digital Learning Gap

Digital Promise

JANUARY 8, 2019

And, accessibility technologies support learner variability and people with disabilities by ensuring navigation and information display is available in multiple ways. However, even as technology has evolved to more effectively support learning, our education system faces another great divide: the Digital Learning Gap.

Digital Learning

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Personalized Learning and Digital Tools Weave Strong Fabric for Student Success

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 3, 2018

According to Project Tomorrow’s 2017 Speak Up Research Project for Digital Learning , 56 percent of parents of school-aged children are concerned that their child isn’t learning the right skills in school to be successful in college or a future job. Technology impacts instruction in a positive way, the report states.

Personalized Learning

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Integrating Digital Tools for Adult Learners: Four Critical Factors

Digital Promise

JUNE 27, 2017

According to a Tyton Partners study , there is increasing demand for education technology among adult education program administrators and educators. A recent report from SRI also found that educators see great potential for edtech while learners enjoy using edtech tools. Support the evolving role of the instructor.

Tools

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Technology’s Role in Putting Learning Science Research To Work

Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Digital curriculum can make practice private, which reduces students’ fear of giving a wrong answer and allows them to persist through problems until they get it right. Various digital learning tools can help students develop social and emotional competencies such as self-awareness, social awareness, and responsible decision-making.

Learning

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Broadband Provides More Equitable Access to Education and Workforce Preparation

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Digital learning not only plays a crucial role in preparing today’s students for the jobs of tomorrow, it also has an important role in providing equity and access to education, especially in smaller and remote school districts. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Screen Time in School: Finding the Right Balance for Your Classroom

Graphite Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

According to a 2019 report from Common Sense Media, 8- to 12-year-olds averaged just under five hours of screen media a day, and teenagers viewed about seven and a half hours daily. The sheer amount of time that young people spend with digital media -- outside of school -- is staggering. Perhaps something in-between?

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Cengage sees digital outpace textbook sales for first time

eSchool News

JUNE 1, 2016

New milestone marks first time that more digital units are sold than print textbooks. For its fiscal year 2016, Cengage Learning reported that digital unit sales outpaced print textbook sales for the first time. For the 12 months ending March 31, 2016, Cengage Learning activated 3.5

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Half of school leaders expect significant impact from ESSA

eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2016

Survey questions ranged across the education spectrum and included the impact of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), technology-supported learning, increasing graduation rates, and serving special needs students. Material from a press release was used in this report.

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Activate Instruction migrates content to Gooru

eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2015

In recent years, K-12 education has moved toward competency based education which focuses on supporting students to learn at their own pace, which requires highly personalized and technology-supported instructional methods like Gooru. Material from a press release was used in this report.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

National data show that almost 70 percent of eighth graders are not considered proficient in reading based on 2022 test scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as The Nation’s Report Card. While progress has been made, ensuring equitable access to technology remains a priority.

Trends

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65 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

National data show that almost 70 percent of eighth graders are not considered proficient in reading based on 2022 test scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as The Nation’s Report Card. While progress has been made, ensuring equitable access to technology remains a priority.

Trends

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Nearly 60% of Teens Use Their Own Mobile Devices in School for Learning

The Innovative Educator

MAY 3, 2015

The ultimate learning experience for students is both highly collaborative and extremely personalized, supported by mobile devices and digital content, reports Project Tomorrow in their latest Speak Up report. Elementary schools may also be exploring various types of blended learning.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Overall, there is a risk that a “ digital learning gap ” is forming on top of the achievement gap that already exists. In 2013, as part of an effort to head off the digital learning gap, Middletown began to provide every student with a personal device and to equip teachers with the skills to personalize learning for every student.

Blended Learning

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout

Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Overall, there is a risk that a “ digital learning gap ” is forming on top of the achievement gap that already exists. That’s why Middletown is investing as much in professional learning for teachers as it is in devices and broadband. A daily 30-minute intervention period was added for all elementary students.

Blended Learning

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout

OPINION: Some warning flags for those embracing personalized learning powered by education technology

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Third, there are many concerns involving personal data and the business-models of digital learning. Some personalized educational technologies misuse children’s data for commercial purposes. Rethinking the use of personal data for children’s learning must be a priority for post-pandemic education.

Personalized Learning

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Closing the Digital Learning Gap

Personalized Learning and Digital Tools Weave Strong Fabric for Student Success

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Integrating Digital Tools for Adult Learners: Four Critical Factors

Technology’s Role in Putting Learning Science Research To Work

Broadband Provides More Equitable Access to Education and Workforce Preparation

Screen Time in School: Finding the Right Balance for Your Classroom

Cengage sees digital outpace textbook sales for first time

Half of school leaders expect significant impact from ESSA

Activate Instruction migrates content to Gooru

64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

65 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

Nearly 60% of Teens Use Their Own Mobile Devices in School for Learning

Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

OPINION: Some warning flags for those embracing personalized learning powered by education technology

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