eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

By encouraging curiosity and self-directed inquiry, this approach fosters a deeper engagement with the subject matter and cultivates lifelong learning skills. Furthermore, flipped classroom models have gained popularity for their effectiveness in promoting active engagement and personalized learning experiences.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Their report , titled “Access and Engagement to Education Study,” surveyed over 1,400 parents and professionals in the U.S. The challenges faced by most students and families reeling from the shift to online learning was heightened for children with visual impairments, says Rosenblum, many of whom have additional special needs.

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Assistive Technology Survey Accessibility Mobility 169

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning. In August 2020, they launched a “Tech Check” survey to collect that data. By May 2021, the campaign had accounted for roughly 70 percent of all Oakland public school students through the survey.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 9, 2021

These tools help create instructional content, interactive lessons, polling surveys, activities, and students’ opportunities to ask questions and communicate effectively. Flipped classroom models empower students to do classroom work at home using multimedia presentations and online learning platform resources.

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Flipped Classroom Software Tools Classroom 97

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

By October 2020, nearly 20 percent of adults who reported home schooling their children were Black, 24 percent were Hispanic or Latino and 48 percent were white, according to data from the Household Pulse Survey by the U.S. Census Bureau. Related: As schools reopen, will Black and Asian families return? “I They’re average.”. The Hidalgos.

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eSchool News

APRIL 30, 2015

Annual survey finds that students say digital learning supports self-directed learning and collaboration. The information comes from Project Tomorrow’s annual Speak Up survey, which polls students, parents, administrators, and educators about their technology use in and out of school.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2021

Jersey City Public Schools, which only opened for in-person learning at the end of April, long after many other districts, seemed unsafe for learning even before the pandemic. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, virtual learning has worked for her son, who has autism and ADHD. Murphy said during his May announcement.

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Learning Social Media Survey Policies 126

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning well. Miami-Dade County Public Schools has distributed some 100,000 tablets and other mobile devices, and more than 11,000 smartphones that double as Wi-Fi hot spots. Coronavirus gave many just days. We flipped this switch almost literally overnight.

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Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 70

iLearn Technology

JANUARY 12, 2021

Each day we were in remote learning, I sent a daily email with a video message for the community, links to all of our teacher’s daily plans, links to tech-support, and a daily check-in survey so parents could share how remote learning was going in their house. Obviously, 2020 wreaked havoc on that daily tradition.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Sean Oakes, the founder of Backpack Interactive, a design company that focuses on educational technology, said if developers test their products at all, they generally do so remotely, gaining insights into the user experience by watching screen captures of students using their products or by simply soliciting survey responses.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2020

In surveying students after disasters, Lai said she generally finds that up to half report post-traumatic stress symptoms. When Louisiana schools shut down due to Covid-19 in mid-March, Calcasieu Parish teachers scrambled to transition to online learning. Students faced barriers to virtual learning.

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Online Learning System Exercises Data 135

iLearn Technology

JANUARY 11, 2021

Each day we were in remote learning, I sent a daily email with a video message for the community, links to all of our teacher’s daily plans, links to tech-support, and a daily check-in survey so parents could share how remote learning was going in their house. Obviously, 2020 wreaked havoc on that daily tradition.

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Video Libraries Survey Chromebook 36

eSchool News

OCTOBER 14, 2016

For example, Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) President Paul LeBlanc features heavily into the book’s discussion of a leader willing to rethink higher education admissions and learning experiences beyond the “average” 18-year-old customer that his university had traditionally targeted.

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Survey System Examples Mobility 40

Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

SchoolMint Secures $8 Million: San Francisco-based SchoolMint , a provider of mobile and online enrollment and school choice systems for Pre-K-12 public, charter and private schools, said their recent Series A round brings total funding to close to $8 million.

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Knewton Edmentum Company Professional Learning 40

User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

From Obstacle to Opportunity: Using Government-mandated Curriculum Change as a Springboard for Changes in Learning and Teaching: Jon Andrews. Applying Heutagogy in Online Learning: The SIDE Model: Eric Belt. This “free-agent learner” student profile accurately depicts the way many of today’s students are approaching learning.

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Education Learning Resources Tools 268

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) divides up the spectrum into allowable uses, such as for TV, radio, satellites and mobile data. If some kids can go home and learn, discover and backfill information, while other kids’ learning stops at school, that’s a huge problem.”. That’s why, for example, 92.9

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 94

Kitaboo on EdTech

MAY 7, 2024

Engage with potential participants through discussions and surveys to gain insights into their tasks, motivations, and preferred learning methods. Trends in eLearning Content Development Adaptive, personalized, and self-paced learning: Learners today seek greater control over their learning journey.

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Training eBook Trends Blended Learning 52

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 22, 2018

And all that mobile computing has turned us into a nation of multitaskers who do nearly everything while gazing at one or more screens. The constant checking of mobile devices has triggered a wavelet of recent classroom technology bans, especially at the collegiate level. It’s not just young people who are smartphone obsessed.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Colorado vendors and school districts are required by the state to facilitate safe online learning experiences. When it was time to reopen for in-person learning, the district used AllHere to provide timely, empathetic nudges and offers of support to help families address any challenges they might have faced returning to school.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2014

In our community’s next webinar, the Joan Ganz Cooney Center will share the results from Learning at Home: Families’ Educational Media Use in America, a report from a national survey of over 1500 parents of children ages 2-10. See the schedule in your local time zone and join the sessions here.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 15, 2014

The program combines exceptional resources including the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, world-class local institutions, and an international network of forward-thinking museums and museum professionals, with Drexel’s strengths in applied education, arts administration, business, information science and online learning.

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Conference Libraries Game-Based Learning Learning 53

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

“ Can We Design Online Learning Platforms That Feel More Intimate Than Massive? The company provides “interactive lessons and content on a mobile platform to low-skilled workers.” Via Edsurge : “New Survey: Students See Anxiety and Time Management Among Top Challenges to Finishing Degrees.”

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Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Everest Education has raised $1 million from unnamed investors for its “personalized learning” platform. “Engagement” app Check I’m Here has raised $1 million in Series A funding from Jeffrey Vinik, Ronald Schlosser, and 500 Mobile Collective. But rah rah rah! ” “The U.S.

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Education Report MOOC E-rate 40

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” ” Via NBC News : “How to Thrive: Arianna Huffington Launches E-Learning Series.” MarcoPolo Learning has raised $8.5 ” (Wow. million total.

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Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

“The UK government has published its 2016 HE White Paper, entitled Success as a Knowledge Economy: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice,” the Times Higher Education reports. From iNACOL: “ Promising State Policies for Personalized Learning.” Data, Privacy, and Surveillance.

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Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

They contend that their schools expand on Montessori’s vision by adding new digital technologies to “personalize learning,” as well as to surveil students. Indeed, young people prefer learning from YouTube than from textbooks — according, ironically, to Pearson. Stanford University psychology professor Carol Dweck.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

One survey conducted this year (by Learning House) did give a boost to the argument online education is becoming more competitive. One study published this year confirmed what many professors will tell you: that teaching online is more time-consuming than teaching in a traditional, face-to-face setting.

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MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 55

Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

” Via the Journal Sentinel : “More than 300 Kettle Moraine parents sign petition against online learning platform.” ” “ Personalized learning ” now includes working on a goat farm apparently. Via DML Central : “Scientists Seek Genetic Data to Personalize Education.”

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Education Microsoft MOOC Coursera 44

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

monthly subsidies toward cellular phone service or mobile broadband. Pretty sure this is the best MOOC story of the week: “ Russian Underground Launches Online Courses in Card Fraud ,” Infosecurity Group reports. Spoiler alert: it’s about learning how to teach differently.). Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Khan Academy Elsevier Education MOOC 46

Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

” “ Personalized learning ” equals cutting the teacher workforce in Oklahoma. Via KQED’s Mindshift : “ MIT’s Scratch Program Is Evolving For Greater, More Mobile Creativity.” Via Patheos : “ BYU-Idaho Professor Fired After Defending LGBT Rights in Private Facebook Post.”

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Education LMS Robotics E-rate 46