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Equity of Access

SETDA Says

OET Roundtable Blog Convened by SETDA, CoSN, & Digital Promise By Julia Fallon, Executive Director, SETDA Equity of Access As the COVID-19 pandemic has shown us, reliable, robust broadband access both at school and away from campus is required to equitably engage all learners no matter where they live and learn.

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Today’s Innovations are Tomorrow’s Practices: Adapting Learning to Meet Students

Digital Promise

When COVID closed the door on in-person schooling in spring 2020, one of the biggest concerns for school districts was how to address the needs of students who experience cognitive learning challenges and/or physical disabilities. As a sector, we have been espousing and advocating for student agency and personalized learning for years.

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Asynchronous Learning: The Key to Equity

EdNews Daily

By Kevin McFarland In this time of the Coronavirus pandemic and an all too sudden shift to virtual learning, equity of access has become perhaps the single largest obstacle to educating our children. Part of this problem can only be corrected with funding to bridge Internet and device access to communities in need.

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Friday 5: AR and VR

eSchool News

These tools add something special to learning, and the impact they have on student engagement is unparalleled. Plus, students are engaged in active learning with AR and VR tools. Equity of access is often one of the biggest problems when discussing advantages and disadvantages of AR and VR. What is meant by AR and VR?

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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. Indeed, the issues and tradeoffs that school leaders and teachers face in using technology in schools and for education — whether free or for a fee — are more complex than they have ever been.

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Teacher-Student Digital Communication Makes for Good Learning

edWeb.net

With remote learning still at play, students now rely on virtual engagement with their teachers to have questions answered and assignments clarified. With the appropriate tools and tech access, instructional assistance from afar can be academically beneficial. By Michele Israel. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. Communications Conversion.

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State Education Agency Considerations for Digital Learning: CARES Act & Beyond

SETDA Says

In support of state leadership, SETDA recently published the State Education Agency Considerations for CARES Act Funding as Related to Digital Learning. To support equitable opportunities […].