What’s New: Consumer Education Show Announcements for Schools
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this year showcased some new products for schools and parents. Here are some highlights: Tech & Learning
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No school, no problem: Bettendorf high schoolers have first ‘eLearning’ days
Last week’s bone-chilling cold snap may have shut down the Quad-Cities, but for Bettendorf High School students, the learning didn’t stop just because school was closed. Bettendorf is one of the only schools in the area to have “eLearning” days; the district first used the plans in the high school last week to keep students […]
E-Learning Landscape In 2019
With access to education having been made much easier through eLearning, the marketplace is now mature and making greater strides. As connectivity as well as people’s aspirations increase, eLearning is set to witness a sharp rise too, both in terms of numbers as well as innovations. Pretty much whatever one wants to learn can be […]
Galileo Global Education Selects Blackboard Learn Ultra to Drive Student Success
Galileo Global Education has grown significantly over the past few years, adding several institutions in different regions and further expanding its offering, which now spans applied arts, fashion, design, digital/Internet, business and medicine. While cultural diversity and variety of pedagogical practices are key differentiators of the educational programmes, Galileo’s leadership recognised that implementing a common […]
Go Big: data in education
Big data, machine learning and artificial intelligence in education is not an arms race, but a smarts race, according to Yaz El Hakim, Director of Learning Experience at Kortext. Universities are becoming far more sophisticated in their use of data. What were ‘data silos’ on Excel spreadsheets in different, non-conversing departments, are evolving and being […]
Cengage Offers College Students Free Access to Career Resources with Cengage Unlimited Subscription
BOSTON, February 7, 2019 — The majority of current and former college students (77 percent) are worried about having the skills needed for a job, and many (65 percent) say finding a job is more difficult today compared to their parents’ generation, according to a recent survey conducted by Morning Consult on behalf of Cengage. […]
ProQuest Launches ProQuest One Academic
ProQuest yesterday announced the launch of ProQuest One Academic, a new resource that utilizes a single user interface to offer access to the full collection of journals, newspapers, magazines, and other content in the ProQuest Central database; every ebook in the Academic Complete collection; the 66,000 streaming videos included in Alexander Street’s Academic Video Online […]
With Code Jumper, experts look to jumpstart computer science interest for kids who are blind
WORCESTER, United Kingdom — It’s a warm day in early June and a group of students have gathered in the IT classroom at New College Worcester to show off their coding skills. But instead of poking at tablet screens or typing into laptops, these students are taking out brightly colored plastic pods, connecting them together […]
Pearson Realize™ Selected as Google for Education Premier Partner
NEW YORK, NY – January 22, 2019 – Pearson, the world’s learning company, today announced Pearson Realize™, its single sign-on platform for accessing thousands of learning resources, assessments, student data and management tools, is now a Google for Education Premier Partner. Pearson Realize is one of the first products from a major education company to […]
Download Report: Artificial Intelligence Applications to Support K–12 Teachers and Teaching
Artificial Intelligence Applications to Support K–12 Teachers and Teaching Recent applications of artificial intelligence (AI) have been successful in performing complex tasks in health care, financial markets, manufacturing, and transportation logistics, but the influence of AI applications in the education sphere has been limited. However, that may be changing. In this paper, the author discusses […]