Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

It’s a problem that many educators have been grappling with for years, but one that has been exacerbated—and made more public—by COVID-19: Many students lack sufficient internet connections at home to be able to complete their schoolwork. It has reverberations throughout the higher education and workforce pipelines, too.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Registration is now available for courses designed to help educators address learning challenges in remote instruction, explore education technology tools and develop both synchronous and asynchronous instruction for learners.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Earlier this year, I mused that COVID-19 and the resulting reliance on distance learning would be a catalyst for radical innovation. I rambled on about Chromebooks and more kids having internet access, about school bus delays and the potential of edtech, but that’s not what she’s looking for. I didn’t have a good answer.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Filling the Gaps In October, Alice Owens, executive director of the Texas K12 CTO Council, hosted a virtual meeting with about 220 school technology leaders in the Lone Star State. Two recurring themes were the need for more widespread internet access and tech support for families. “It I'm not sure we can or even should.”

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Edsurge

MAY 4, 2020

“In short, online learning is a delivery modality that supports mastery of content, regardless of how short or long a student has been in a seat,” explains Kerry Rice, a professor at Boise State University in Idaho who has studied effective distance learning at the K-12 level. “So That’s my number.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

K-12 tech innovation is driving a paradigm shift in education, embracing interactive tools, personalized learning, and digital resources to prepare students for the challenges and opportunities of the evolving global landscape. What are the educational technology trends in 2024? How has technology impacted K-12 education?

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2020

When our school buildings closed, districts and teachers were tasked with creating remote learning plans for their students. And we learned quickly that barriers to fruitful distance learning were greater for some students than others. First, educators had to rethink infrastructure. It’s a lot bigger now.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Internet access might be available to a student but is inadequate for distance learning if they cannot stream video without interruption. The guide included a budgeting tool to assist districts in determining their technology needs based on counts of students and teachers and inventory on devices, software, and connectivity.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The pandemic transformed an educational system that’s been slow to evolve. Students’ kitchens became their classrooms, parents became co-teachers and tech support, and the internet became a lifeline to learning. Educators had to radically rethink how we educate our children. this is really important.’”

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Edsurge

MARCH 17, 2020

embed] EdSurge: Should schools be prioritizing home internet access for remote learning right now? With serving such a large diverse community, equity is at our foundation, and we know that while some of our families have access to technology and internet at home, not all do. It has been lightly edited for clarity.

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Edsurge

APRIL 11, 2020

Education technology developers are also invited to identify research that “evaluates the effectiveness of specific distance education practices or products on student outcomes.” Department of Education and shared over the summer with schools and districts, as well as state and local policymakers across the country.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2020

Even when students are all in the same time zone—such as for most K-12 schools and community colleges—getting to a live online class on time can be challenging for those who live in households where there aren’t enough computers or tablets for every learner, or where the internet connection isn’t robust enough. Department of Education.

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Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2020

Many schools are trying to figure out if they should transition to online or distance learning during a shut down. I agree with the Washington State department of education, which argued that most schools won't be able to switch to online; they should just close and pick up in the summer or September.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 19, 2020

Below is a short curation of the most useful articles, links, resources, and webinars to help you through this challenging environment: Online articles: Resources, tips and more for remote and e-learning (teaching online) — from Educational Technology Guy. Distance Learning Strategies for Education Leaders, Part 1.

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Edsurge

MAY 14, 2021

Every institution’s administrators are asking similar questions, weighing what has been learned about online pedagogy with the heartfelt desire to reconnect students and faculty in person. Administrators expect that some portion of students will opt to continue distance learning, even as classes open up.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

In the United Kingdom in particular, the Open University is among the greatest online learning success stories. Launched in 1969 as a distance-learning college, broadcasting courses on television, it is the largest university in Britain and one of the biggest in Europe, with more than 175,000 students and more than two million alumni.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

The Learning Policy Institute calculates the cost of distance learning at about $500 per student for a total of $3.7 How vendors and programs embed parent and family engagement into remote learning technology and plans may be an important differentiator in the coming years. billion for all public schools, at least.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2021

He says privacy concerns are his biggest issue with the approach, and that some students have “spotty” internet access that can make the systems hard for them to use. Sollenberger argues that the best way to maintain academic integrity is for professors to redesign their exams and assignments when they do distance learning. “I

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2020

Nonetheless, the core principles of the model are immensely relevant for both part-time and full-time distance learning during the pandemic. It essentially asks: What activities are best for independent learning versus learning together?

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Edsurge

MAY 29, 2020

To date, much of the discussion around the digital divide has focused on the lack of devices and internet access: Only 56 percent of U.S. When it comes to education, even partial or occasional access to technology isn’t sufficient when students have to contend with shared devices, bad connections and data caps.

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

The district has been quite open about how challenging this migration to video distance learning has been for their teachers,” says Boyd. The study is part of an ongoing series, “ Privacy Not Included ,” which previously looked at fitness trackers, pet apps and internet-connected “smart” toys for children.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Tracy Mitrano , an attorney who used to be the director information technology policy at Cornell University , holds an opinion on the issue that’s common among academics. She believes there’s a lot at stake for higher education if net neutrality is reversed, especially when it comes to distance learning and hybrid education.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

But education students still need to work on lesson plans, and kids still need summer activities. Some kids have no internet. But there’s another factor that’s impeding remote learning. And the ISTE Standards for Educators , from the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE is the parent organization of EdSurge).

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Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2019

We’re adding a year-long continuum of informative programming to support entrepreneurs and tapping experts from all corners of the education innovation space to share their knowledge at events presented live and broadcast over the internet. Teaching & Learning. Technology in Grades K through 12. Workforce Learning.

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Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2021

At the onset of the pandemic, distance learning provided a unique opportunity for working students: Without having to spend time getting to campus, and with the ability to log in to Zoom from anywhere, time on the job could extend to virtually any point of the day.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2020

households with school-aged children have access to the internet. A major sticking point is not the access gap, but provisions under three federal laws: the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). As of 2017, about 86 percent of U.S.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

During Fall 2016, CAC is delivering 89 courses over ITV, according to Deanna Broking, coordinator at CAC’s Distance Learning and Services department. Every effort is made to provide a wide range of subject areas via ITV in order to offer the best learning experience possible to CAC students.”

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Ten years ago, when we began building equitable, offline-first education technology for the 2/3 of the world who didn’t have internet access, many people told us to just wait and the gap would close naturally. billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed.

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Edsurge

JULY 8, 2020

Millions of students have been home for months now and are unwitting participants in a real-time distance learning experiment.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

It will surely seem retro—perhaps even countercultural—in an era of massive open online courses and distance learning to build an actual school in an actual building with as few screens as possible. Almost as soon as the university’s teaser trailer hit the internet, parody videos popped up.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

These chats were extremely vital this past year during distance learning. For me, it is addressing the fact that not everyone has the same infrastructure or access to high speed, consistent internet. Some students were really locked down at home. They appreciated these connections and experiences more than ever.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

Accessibility and Equity The pandemic has revealed that many students don’t have internet access or the tech tools they need to learn remotely. Privacy and Security Compliance Plenty of schools and colleges scrambled to set up unvetted distance learning tools, only to be embarrassed when naked strangers Zoombombed classes.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Clever techies have stepped up to the challenge with their ingenious gadgets, transforming remote students into tangible beings with a heartbeat, devising uncanny innovations, most now surprisingly part of mainstream education, right on campus. The term MOOC was coined by others in 2008.)

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 29, 2020

We’ve embraced it when we can control the screen enough for it to be a piece of educational technology rather than a gaming device. As a result, we forget that not all children have access to internet-enabled hardware. Often, the conversation around screen time is done from a middle-class perspective.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Educational technology solutions that are engaging, effective, and easy-to-use for students, teachers, and chief academic officers will continue to play a crucial role in the year ahead. The role of schools in providing accessible and equitable education will come into focus. –Joy Smithson, Ph.D.,

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2017

How are we going to use the technology for teaching and learning? It wasn’t really about distance learning. We help personalize education. Blackboard helps turn the internet into a helpful environment for teaching all ages. I don’t think we had this big, disruptive sort of vision.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Ten years ago, when we began building equitable, offline-first education technology for the 2/3 of the world who didn’t have internet access, many people told us to just wait and the gap would close naturally. billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed.

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