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Two teacher unions are suing the Education Department and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos over the agency’s delay of rules meant to protect students earning degrees online. The Hill
At first look, “Athena,” the latest release of Moodle Partner eCreators’ custom Moodle experience “Learnbook”, hits all the right notes. But only diving deeper into pages, menus and customization options reveals how a clean and seamless layout is just the tip of the iceberg in the thorough attention to detail put in by the Melbourne-based […]
Learn about the future of AI and machine learning with VP Product, Architecture and Engineering Nirav Sheth! See AI at work in a Webex Assistant demo. CISCO
Researchers claim that industry-supplied data to FCC overstates broadband availability and misleads local policy officials. edscoop
The ubiquity of touchscreen, mobile tablet technology has resulted in a plethora of “apps for learning” yet few leverage the learning sciences as a design driver. This paper describes our approach to integrating the learning sciences with best practices in app design: a design framework that involves researchers and developers in a co-development process to […]
It’s one of the cruelest ironies in education: today’s schools must build and maintain robust high-speed, fiber-optic internet connections. But the process involved in finding funds for these upgrades can feel like a laggy dial-up modem, slow to a crawl—when it’s not cutting out completely. EdSurge
In February 2018, the Education Week Research Center fielded an online survey to a representative sample of more than 500 school leaders, including principals, assistant principals, and deans. The margin of error is plus or minus 4 percent. The topic of the survey was technology. Specifically, the questionnaire focused on screen-time, personalized learning, social media, […]
It is no secret. The news media is full of reports about problems with cyber schools. Some recent examples include: National Education Policy Center
What needs to happen to move your school or district toward an effective implementation of personalized learning? According to EdSurge Fusion conference speaker, Dr. Scott McLeod, there are Four Big Shifts that propel “deeper learning schools” along their personalized learning journey. EdSurge
Washington, DC — Ninety-one percent of educators rely heavily on general web searches and nearly half rely on vendor reports for information on education technology tools, according to a new survey of tech-savvy teachers and administrators conducted by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and the Jefferson Education Exchange (JEX). Jefferson Education Exchange
