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Number crunch: Edtech data you can use right now

eSchool News

“We need to teach children to live both with and without technology; to take what they need from the abundance of information, but to ignore what is not necessary; to let technology support, but never supplant human interactions in teaching and learning.” Is it equitable?

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OPINION: How online and traditional teachers can work together to bring more students into the middle class

The Hechinger Report

That’s why we’ve committed to an online program called Alabama Destinations Career Academy. The main ingredient is teacher-to-teacher support. Because of our early investment in online learning, Chickasaw City Schools were prepared to continue the semester when signs of the pandemic first reached Alabama. They deserve it.

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IUT Conference 2018 – Holistic approaches to online collaborative learning design

Learning Confluence

Here are some essential artefacts to learn from in the meantime. When designing online learning consideration should be given to how a community can be built around subject content and objectives and how students will interact with the academic and with each other. technologies support connected and collaborative pedagogies.

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With $14M Fundraise, Noodle Wants Colleges to ‘Pick and Choose’ How They Build Online Programs

Edsurge

In those days, he says schools often lacked the in-house expertise to create and sell an online program from scratch, and looked to OPMS to provide, among various services, technology support, recruiting and marketing, and instructional design. Other OPM providers, including 2U, still use that all-in-one model.

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What the flip?

Learning with 'e's

Asking them to stay at home, watch a video and then do an assignment based on their own independent study isn't going to cut it. One very useful piece of information in the Wired article is the mention of the British Open University and their work around using online learning platforms such as Moodle to support their distance learners.

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Live Thursday Dec. 9th with Julie Young from Florida Virtual School

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Today, as the president and chief executive officer of Florida Virtual School, she directs the work of more than 1200 faculty and administrators, courseware developers, web design specialists and technology support personnel.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

Some studies suggest achievement gaps that exist beyond the third grade are difficult to close regardless of the intervention. These kids are surrounded by technology, and it just helps foster learning for these students.”. Studies show that low-income and minority students are less likely to use the Internet or own a computer.