eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting stay-at-home orders meant that students and teachers alike were forced to shift to online or hybrid learning overnight. Now, more than a year later, educators, students, and parents have been able to reflect on their experiences with online learning. . Allow learning to happen anywhere.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 14, 2020

I began our session by asking participants to tell me the first three words that came to mind when they heard the phrase “blended learning.” This word association activity creates clarity about what the group is thinking about a particular issue or topic. I also used Mentimeter to ask open-ended questions.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

From the very start of digital education, the big question has always been: ”How can students learn effectively, if they’re not face-to-face with their instructors?” Most authoring software also integrates assessment tools, testing learning outcomes. Most authoring software also integrates assessment tools, testing learning outcomes.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

After listening to educators, parents and caregivers from across the country, Savvas Learning Company today introduced a range of platform enhancements and new K-12 educational products aimed at making distance learning more impactful. Savvas Realize Optimized for Distance Learning.

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eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2020

Combining independent online learning with face-to-face instruction. Scott Nolt, a high school history teacher in North Carolina, has been using blended learning for years as a way to teach his students without daily direct instruction. Here are some examples of what these types of models look like.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

How those plans have been implemented so far—and the extent to which distance learning is in effect—depends on who you ask, or their socioeconomic status. According to Brenan, 79 percent of parents in households earning $90,000 and above say their child is partaking in online distance learning from their school.

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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. I made that up and any other number you get, someone made it up.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

Abrupt shifts to virtual and hybrid learning laid bare the vast inequities that exist in the U.S. The move to online learning also made people wonder: Are there practices we can continue when the pandemic abates? Hands-on learning will make a big comeback. education system. Paget Hetherington, VP of Marketing, Gaggle.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 28, 2020

Related content: A teacher learns that online learning requires flexibility and patience. We had one day to plan, prepare, and compile three weeks of hard-copy lessons and activities to send home to families. Over the weekend, we were still unsure of what next steps would include.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Combining independent online learning with face-to-face instruction. Scott Nolt, a high school history teacher in North Carolina, has been using blended learning for years as a way to teach his students without daily direct instruction. Here are some examples of what these types of models look like.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Without this bridge, online learning loses its meaning and becomes disconnected from in-person learning. Help teachers implement activities bridging the reality of their students' life and distance learning expectations.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Here, we discuss five key features that every LMS must have to deliver a successful learning experience—no matter where it takes place. Easy Access For Students As districts across the country transitioned to distance learning, it was easy to identify the number one pain point: simplified access for students.

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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. Which learning activities are most important to do together?

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eSchool News

JULY 7, 2020

Infobase is now positioned to connect educators with the solutions they need to fill learning gaps, provide social-emotional learning support, and successfully utilize distance learning technology through the COVID-19 pandemic and into the future. Closing Learning Gaps and Using Technology to Enhance Learning.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2020

For many, it seems the sudden changes in recent months—prolonged school closures, emergency distance learning and the politicization of school reopenings—have only pushed them closer to a breaking point. Even before the pandemic, teachers were feeling burnt out and demoralized.

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Edsurge

MAY 25, 2020

With some schools already announcing they will not reopen normally in the fall, and many others considering their options , educators are hoping to take advantage of the summer to improve on this spring’s sink-or-swim plunge into distance learning.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This interactive technology fosters a collaborative and participatory learning environment. Additionally, technology in education in 2024 has expanded the possibilities for distance learning. This has become especially crucial during times of disruptions, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, where remote learning became a necessity.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2020

Having worked on helping sustain education amid crises in over 20 countries, I’ve learned that one of the first things you do, after finding creative ways to continue educational activities, is incorporate life-saving health and safety messages. Thankfully for most countries with shuttered schools today this is not the case.

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Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2020

Come summer, assuming enrollment numbers stay consistent, the department will implement distance biology classes for 350 students using Hands-On Labs equipment. The sudden jump to online learning has upturned education disciplines around the globe. Labster expects to lose money getting so many schools online.

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Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2020

When the Sloan Foundation had the bright idea to stimulate digital education at the nation’s colleges and universities a quarter of a century ago, it christened online learning as “asynchronous learning networks,” an eccentric name for what is now known simply as online learning.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2020

As professors and K-12 teachers adjust to the sudden move to online teaching, one question keeps coming up: How much of class time should be done live—known in education parlance as “synchronous” teaching—and how much should be done so that students can do the work at their convenience—or “asynchronous” teaching. Department of Education.

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Edsurge

APRIL 7, 2020

Once distance learning had gone into effect, we heard from one educator who shared, “ My vision of finally having someone else take care of my own kids’ education, even virtually, was smashed to smithereens. For most students, a successful distance learning experience will require a solid partnership between teachers and families.

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

That means students who need academic accommodations aren’t necessarily at a disadvantage when in-person classes shift online. However, educators should make sure to translate the accommodations they’ve likely already made in the classroom into their distance learning plans, Del Tufo says. We Are Civil Communicators (grade 12).

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2020

Adopting an expansive framework that enables districts to approach the provision of online learning through a “test and refine” paradigm—one in which proposed accommodations are evaluated for whether they’re able to help students better access learning content and improved or replaced until they do—doesn’t mean they have to start from scratch.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 18, 2018

Accessibility Through Online Learning Programs. The Utah Education Network , in collaboration with the Utah State Board of Education , has compiled a site housing r esearch databases, lesson plans and platforms for distance learning , according to the report.

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Edsurge

JULY 15, 2020

Their site includes curriculum, project-based learning ideas, independent activities, parent tools, sample schedules, live classes and events—in effect, a full ecosystem for remote learning. They plan to focus on what they’re calling the four P’s of learning: project-based, problem-based, place-based and personalized.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 27, 2020

We educators understand online learning, probably have taken classes this way, but we haven’t yet wrapped our brains around how to make it work in OUR classes. In fact, the biggest question I get from teachers in my online classes and on my blog is: “How do I do it?” Pedagogies for distance learning.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2020

It sounds like a drastic measure: moving every school to online learning in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus. Across the region, schools have moved classrooms to the cloud in what’s become a massive experiment in distance learning, impacting local and international schools alike. Here in the U.S. Well, sort of.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

But education students still need to work on lesson plans, and kids still need summer activities. She’s the co-founder and co-editor of the Journal of Online Learning Research , which publishes peer-reviewed studies about K-12 online education. This year, camp is canceled due to COVID-19. Another obstacle is time.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Online education has been touted as a way to increase access to education. But it’s increasingly unclear if online learning is living up to its promise for students, even as digital learning makes its way into more institutions’ offerings. This has all left us asking: Who does online education really serve?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 18, 2021

However, due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus and the global lockdown, distance learning became vital in 2020. That led to a rise of different e-learning platforms and solutions such as learning management systems (LMSs) , learning experience platforms (LXPs) , learning analytics platforms (LAPs ), and so on.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The National Center for Education Statistics reports that enrollment in distance learning courses was steadily rising even before the COVID-19 pandemic and continues to do so (Digest of Education Statistics, 2021). This trend underscores the growing popularity of online education as a means of accessing higher education opportunities.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The National Center for Education Statistics reports that enrollment in distance learning courses was steadily rising even before the COVID-19 pandemic and continues to do so (Digest of Education Statistics, 2021). This trend underscores the growing popularity of online education as a means of accessing higher education opportunities.

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Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2022

As an advocate for virtual reality, Pomerantz believes “it’s potentially an incredibly powerful education technology,” especially for doing classroom activities that would be too expensive or dangerous to do in real life. But he says it’s not clear yet what a so-called metaversity campus environment adds to the learning experience.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Many institutions are looking at increasing the number of online students through a combination of course availability, carousel offering, sequencing, and timing rather than increasing caps in online courses. Lowenthal et asl 2019) In person classes allow for real-time communication, non-verbal cues, and spontaneous group activities.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Many institutions are looking at increasing the number of online students through a combination of course availability, carousel offering, sequencing, and timing rather than increasing caps in online courses. Lowenthal et asl 2019) In person classes allow for real-time communication, non-verbal cues, and spontaneous group activities.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2023

Asynchronous online courses that follow the academic schedule for beginning and ending of the course and are structured with firm due dates for assignments, tests, and course activities may or may not offer students opportunities to connect with others taking the course at the same time. Interactive Learning Environments 30, no.

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