Edsurge

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Shiny new technologies can capture well-meaning educators like insects in amber, but the evidence is clear that digital learning can improve student opportunities and outcomes. Below I outline six strategic steps that will point school leaders as well as classroom teachers toward digital learning success: 1.

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Neo LMS

JULY 29, 2021

Despite claims that technology is negatively affecting learning schedules, edtech is a valuable tool for students. Today’s students can utilize the time they invest in studying in the best way possible to achieve their academic goals. Online learning gives proactive measures that make learning continue amidst calamities.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Digital learning platforms are not, however, simply a matter of reproducing a print-first approach via high fidelity ebooks. As the financial viability of printed textbooks declines little by little, the demand for alternatives like online learning content continues to grow. Those days are coming to an end.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 12, 2020

Students can study the math and physics of the slides, swings, or other playground equipment. Learners can draw vocabulary their peers guess, create positive messages around the school then interview students the next day to determine the impact, learn math with hopscotch, or sketch out math word problems. Digital Advent Calendar.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2018

Those were just a couple of the questions raised on Tuesday, February 27 when the #DLNchat community got together to discuss: What Is the Role of Libraries in Digital Learning Innovation? Curation is key,” tweeted Trish Briere, “but some good education on digital rights is also very helpful.”

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Students who attend online school today range from homeschoolers, to those seeking an alternative to in-person public schools, to learners who want to mix virtual schooling with in-person learning. Also, some districts have decided to keep an online option open for students who choose that method.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2021

Most anticipate the growing centrality of online learning in university life. As a longtime proponent of online higher education, I thought I’d take a stab at imagining a couple of effects digital education might have on teaching and learning in the college classroom. Liberating campus-bound faculty.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2020

Discover more ways to design engaging distance learning experiences by taking my new accredited graduate course , Online Learning: Best Practices to Leverage the Power of Distance Learning. Tips and Resources. “Take rest; a ?eld eld that has rested gives a bountiful crop.”

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Kitaboo on EdTech

MAY 19, 2024

EdTech has enabled the delivery of quality educational content through digital learning to learners from all corners of the world. It has made learning mobile, engaging, and interactive, encouraging students to take an interest in digital learning and retain it. What Is Digital Learning?

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Teacher Reboot Camp

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Noah and I sat down at the Friendly Place in San Antonio a few years back and he began to passionately explain and sketch out his digital badging ideas for an entire district. I had used badges for my online learning conferences, but hadn’t quite used badges with students, yet. You can read his blog at medium.com/@senorg.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2018

What role should employers have in the design or execution of digital learning opportunities? Those were a couple of the questions debated at #DLNchat on Tuesday, October 9, when we discussed how nontraditional education providers could influence the future of digital learning.

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Edsurge

APRIL 6, 2017

But if you ask Mark Brown, a professor and director of the National Institute for Digital Learning at Dublin City University in Ireland, problems such as falling for hype around new technology is an absolute moral dilemma. There are too many generalizations—online and blended learning isn't a single entity.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 21, 2020

As schools across the United States close or prepare to close to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Encyclopaedia Britannica is offering all schools’ and students free access to its popular LaunchPacks ® Science and Social Studies learning content. More online learning help. How to Eteach in a Covid-19 Pandemic.

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Neo LMS

JULY 24, 2018

Gamification and online learning environments. Naturally this is a bit of a whammy for educators; if we gave students the choice to study or not — they would for the most part choose not to. The perception that we are free to choose, or not do that task, ironically improves our motivation to do it. In the end.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Partnering with an experienced provider to offer high-quality online learning is one way traditional schools can give students more options—and it’s an important strategy for attracting and retaining families. Choices in modality Although some students fell behind during the shift to remote learning, others thrived.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 14, 2022

According to researchers from the foundation, the participants in the study described problems with online trainings that were incompatible with screen-reading software or visual adjustments like changing the font size, with quizzes that didn’t work with a keyboard and with educational images and videos that weren’t verbally described.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Educators navigating the new reality of hybrid and digital learning are making strides to partner with parents so that learning is seamless between home and school. Parents aren’t teachers but they are the experts on their children and can set up a positive learning environment at home. I’m going to take a break.

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Hapara

JULY 3, 2023

Teach learners how to collaborate appropriately online When learners are in the classroom, it’s a good idea to have structures in place for how to collaborate in positive ways. It’s the same for online learning. Students need to be taught how to collaborate respectfully online.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 2, 2020

Another fun option would be to have students experience what it is like to be an inventor , learn more about or include one of the daily wonders available through Wonderopolis. The Full STEAM Ahead project, which is provided through MIT, offers week-long digital and non-digital learning opportunities for students in grades K through 12.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Though not exactly new, e-learning is being quickly embraced by more and more people as a complement or alternative to traditional classroom learning. Part of this rapid change is because the full range of e-learnings possibilities are now widely recognized.

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Edsurge

MAY 4, 2020

Adding to the cacophony are experts who say that focusing too much on time runs contrary to the fundamental nature of remote learning. “In So you can think of it in this simplified way: In traditional classrooms, time is constant while learning is variable. Thus, the guidance issued directly from districts has varied considerably.

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eSchool News

MAY 26, 2016

Successful online and blended learning programs in a recent survey are those that prioritized better teacher-student relationships, used an online curriculum as a primary instructional source, and used a combination of in-person and virtual instructional support.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2018

Many college leaders have looked to online course delivery as a way to reach more students at a reduced cost, in hopes of increasing access to higher education. But so far questions remain about whether high-quality online programs can be delivered for less cost than traditional classes.

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Put everything related to your class in your digital hub, including: Instructions for digital learning activities. Instructions for non-digital activities. Digital learning hubs also benefit teachers because you can schedule assignments and plan for substitute teachers. Virtual meeting links .

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 21, 2020

As schools across the United States close or prepare to close to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Encyclopaedia Britannica is offering all schools’ and students free access to its popular LaunchPacks ® Science and Social Studies learning content. More online learning help. How to Eteach in a Covid-19 Pandemic.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 26, 2021

Reframing “Think Global, Act Local” in an age of lockdowns & online learning. Dynamic Approaches to Learning in the History/Social Studies Classroom – Nate Gildart. Using Feedback to drive teaching and learning in the IB – Jen Olmsted. – Laurence Myers. Bulosan, MA.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

This past Wednesday (February 6) was the second annual Digital Learning Day. New Milford High School joined thousands of other schools and educators across the country to showcase how digital learning is changing education. So what did you do on Digital Learning Day 2013?'

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

If this spring semester of impromptu remote learning has taught us anything, it’s that not everyone takes immediately to online learning. Whether you are a teacher, a parent, or a curriculum developer or instructional designer, some things can be done right now to make distance learning not only educational but fun and engaging.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

The speakers all pressed that digital learning, and in particular online charter schools, are falling short for students and teachers. There has been a huge explosion of online learning and edtech in our schools… and online education is privatizing education through for-profit companies and their apps,” said Haimson.

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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 22, 2020

Study in real-time eLearning exceeds borders, covers distances between people, and fills their knowledge gaps at the same time. Technology allows you to teach and learn from any part of the world with Internet access and electricity. But the truth is, not all students, educators, and institutions are ready for digitalization.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2020

For the better part of a decade, many schools have been implementing blended learning models that integrate online learning with brick-and-mortar instruction to rethink time, space and staffing. It essentially asks: What activities are best for independent learning versus learning together?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

In education technology, a litany of surveys published this decade have touted the growing adoption of digital learning tools. Recent studies by Deloitte and the Gates Foundation have shed light into how educators engage with edtech. But as the usage and positive perception of digital learning tools grow in U.S.

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The metaverse is most commonly associated with extended reality technology (virtual reality and augmented reality), as well as with social media capabilities and the use of digital avatars controlled by users. Additionally, the use of avatars within the metaverse delivers something akin to student-centered learning.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2021

Without reliable access to the internet and devices like laptops or cell phones, college students probably aren’t going to succeed in online learning. A new survey shows that college students’ attitudes correlate with their personal experiences with online learning.

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Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2018

But how should instructors foster rich, inclusive dialogues with diverse students—and do so online where everyone might be anonymous? At the Online Learning Consortium’s Innovate conference this week, a panel of digital learning specialists shared how they are working to address some of these challenges at their own institutions and beyond.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Students who took multiple community college courses that used only free or low-cost OER materials earned more credits over time than their peers who took classes that used traditional course materials such as textbooks, according to a new study. Students saved an average of $65 per OER course at colleges participating in the study.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 25, 2019

Nowadays students of all grades complete their homework, communicate with their peers and teachers, check their grades and conduct research for assignments online. Learning is more digital than ever and it will only continue in that direction. Digital security threats can come from new and unexpected sources.

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