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Do We Need New Regulations to Govern the Use of EdTech?

Doug Levin

Largely unexamined in the large-scale shift to digital learning in education are the accompanying ethical considerations. Who owns student and teacher data? There should be no ambiguity about student (and teacher) data ownership, collection and sharing, and much more stringent penalties for failures to protect it.

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Hotspots, YouTube, WiFi, Oh My! How Renton Prioritizes Infrastructure Over Devices

Edsurge

Everyone is saying ‘we are in a digital world,’ so how do we support every student, especially those that might not have WiFi access at home?”. The customer service team would pass along this request to the digital learning team, which would make a decision about whether the website should be unblocked.

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#DLNchat: How Will Net Neutrality Changes Affect Higher Education?

Edsurge

Net neutrality changes in speed could impede access to vast amounts of data that researchers depend on for their work. JJ Johnson, among others, touted the importance libraries will continue to play in supporting equity of access to information, now maybe more than ever. Research was also of concern.

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Tenn. district partners with Discovery to transition to digital learning

eSchool News

Tennessee’s Wilson County Schools and Discovery Education announced a new six-year partnership supporting the creation of authentic digital learning environments in classrooms district-wide. Director of Schools at Wilson County Schools. “Our

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Data Interoperability: Beyond Accountability and Reporting

edWeb.net

This new role for educators is a direct outcome of the data-driven classroom and the quest for accountability. While teachers may understand the need to collect the information, they resent inputting the same data over and over again in every learning management system, educational application, and state and federal accountability report.

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State and District Leadership Discuss Digital Learning Opportunities

edWeb.net

SETDA’s latest research, Navigating the Digital Shift 2018: Broadening Student Learning Opportunities , highlights how state policies are supporting the transformation to digital learning. Of course, schools can’t make the switch to digital overnight.

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Teacher-Student Digital Communication Makes for Good Learning

edWeb.net

For example, survey data showed: Student and teacher texting increased significantly during the sudden shift to digital learning because of COVID-19 school closures. Student data privacy and online safety are significant concerns. As students frequently use tech devices to communicate and learn, they are at cyber risk.