Can technology help teach literacy in poor communities?
Project to provide children with tablets loaded with literacy apps reports encouraging results in Africa, U.S. MIT
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Download Report: Virtual Schools Report 2016: Directory and Performance Review
The fourth edition of the National Education Policy Center’s annual report on online and blended learning schools provides a detailed overview and inventory of full-time virtual schools and blended learning schools, also called hybrid schools. Little rigorous research has examined their inner workings, but evidence indicates that students differ from those in traditional public schools, and […]
Tech Tools, Image Libraries Transforming Art History Classes
Over the course of an academic year, AP Art History teachers must get their students to respond emotionally and intellectually to artworks that are often found in galleries or historic sites thousands of miles away. Education Week
Capella University Acquires Hackbright Coding Bootcamp for $18M
About a year ago, media outlets lit up with news that coding bootcamp Dev Bootcamp had gotten acquired by Kaplan, Inc. But today, the “mergers and acquisitions” news beat takes a slightly different turn with Hackbright Academy. EdSurge
It’s time GW finds its footing in online learning
There’s a change in tide for higher education. The way students learn isn’t always in conventional, face-to-face classrooms anymore: More students are taking classes online, especially graduate students. The GW Hatchet
Participatory Learning Through Social Media: How and Why Social Studies Educators Use Twitter
The microblogging service Twitter offers a platform that social studies educators increasingly use for professional development, communication, and class activities, but to what ends? The authors drew on Deweyan conceptions of participatory learning and citizenship aims of the field as lenses through which to consider social media activities. To determine how and why social studies […]
Teaching students using technology: Facilitating success for students from low socioeconomic status backgrounds in Australian universities
Australian higher education has adopted a widening participation agenda with a focus on the participation of disadvantaged students, particularly those from low socioeconomic status (LSES) backgrounds. As these students begin to enter university in greater number and proportion than ever before, there is increasing interest in how best to facilitate their success. A recent national […]
Comparative Analysis of Pedagogical Strategies Across Disciplines in Open Distance Learning at UnisaODL at Unisa
Re-engineering technological strategies in teaching and learning in an open distance learning (ODL) environment is paramount as the demand for access to quality higher education escalates drastically on a year to year basis. The organisational framework requires change in order to accommodate the increasing number of students. In view of the changing higher education landscape […]
How people learn in an asynchronous online learning environment: The relationships between graduate students’ learning strategies and learning satisfaction
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between learners’ learning strategies and learning satisfaction in an asynchronous online learning environment, in an attempt to shed some light on how people learn in an online learning environment. One hundred and sixteen graduate students who were taking online learning courses participated in this study. […]
Student communication and study habits of first-year university students in the digital era
This paper reports on research into how first-university students communicate with peers and professors and their general study habits and to examine the possible relationship between students’ use of digital technologies. The research is positioned in the interpretive paradigm. We conclude that most students feel comfortable with digital technologies and they see Facebook/MySpace as more […]