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Most countries surveyed said improving internet, computer access for students is a top priorityA new report comparing educational technology use of K-12 students in 21 countries found that, despite global economic uncertainty, many countries are still investing in technology to improve educational systems and boost student achievement. eSchool News Full Article
Apple on Friday rolled out a minor update to iBooks Author, its new tool for creating interactive ebooks. Though the 1.0.1 update weighs in at nearly 150MB, Apple says only that it “provides an updated version of the End User License Agreement.” While that hefty piece of legalese helps clarify some of the agreement’s contentious […]
Wednesday, at the first-ever Digital Learning Day Town Hall in Washington, DC, FCC Chairman Genachowski and Secretary of Education Duncan challenged states and the education and technology industries to get digital textbooks into the hands of all students in five years. Barriers to adoption of digital textbooks include: antiquated state procurement rules, lack of device […]
extbooks continue to account for a large chunk of college expenses — an average of $1,168 per student annually at four-year public colleges, according to CollegeBoard. Some U.S. universities are searching for ways to keep more money in students’ wallets by making affordable digital textbooks readily available.ConvergeFull Article
New students are more likely to drop out of online colleges if they take full courseloads than if they enroll part time, according to findings from a research project that is challenging conventional wisdom about student success.Inside Higher EdFull Article
A group of education leaders gathered last week to discuss the most important technology innovations of the last decade, and their findings suggest the classroom of the future will be open, mobile, and flexible enough to reach individual students—while free online tools will challenge the authority of traditional institutions.Wired CampusFull Article
WASHINGTON, DC (February 3, 2012) – In collaboration with the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) and the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), Gartner, Inc. has released the first two reports from the Closing the Gap: Turning Data into Action program, titled: Education Community Attitudes Toward SIS/LMS Solutions Implementation and Selection Approaches Toward SIS/LMS Solutions […]
The researchers asked 3,461 girls, ages 8 to 12, about their electronic diversions and their social and emotional lives. Stanford UniversityVideo
WGU President Robert W. Mendenhall testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on February 2, 2012, at a hearing on improving college affordability in the United States. Dr. Mendenhall was one of four higher education leaders who, along with U.S. Undersecretary of Education Martha Kanter, spoke of the need to […]
I. A statement of the special edition theme The theme of this special edition is issues and frameworks for K-12 online distance education, including teacher preparation and professional development, successful programs, principled practices, policy formation and implications, and the potential for understanding this phenomenon with emerging theoretical frameworks. Other topics could include the special needs […]