Edsurge

DECEMBER 24, 2018

This article is part of a collection of op-eds from thought leaders, educators and entrepreneurs who reflect on the state of education technology in 2018, and share where it’s headed next year. The double-edged sword of technology is that it can be used to both obscure and amplify the truth. Authenticity matters.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

By the mid-1950s, schools would adopt localized, attached libraries in which librarians are considered qualified teachers, educating both students and instructors. Workshops on internet and information literacy. Access to audiobooks and online tutorials. Modern Librarian Roles and Responsibilities.

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2024

AI tutoring systems give students immediate feedback on areas of concern so they and their instructors can address problematic knowledge issues before they become severe. It is also a helpful outlet for students to find research for school papers or projects by gathering sources from the internet and collating them into a single document.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

As aspects of pre-pandemic life slowly emerge from nearly two years of masking, testing, and social distancing, educators are once again gathering at edtech conferences to experience the latest and greatest solutions, digital tools, and professional learning opportunities. Kami demonstrated its all-in-one digital learning platform.

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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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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

This included upgrading the country’s network infrastructure to improve access to the internet in schools. Cost and ease of use won’t matter much if students and instructors won’t be bothered to learn how to use a device. It also meant releasing funds to provide schoolchildren with laptops or smartphones to use during online classes.

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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

OCTOBER 13, 2023

For instructors who have had the opportunity to participate in pedagogy learning groups, there may be a lot of overlap in what they already know about teaching and what changes AI might bring to the classroom. Instructors across the disciplines question how and where their students will use AI.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Since the earliest days of colleges experimenting with teaching over the internet, the goal has been to replicate as closely as possible the physical classroom experience. And now that campuses are back from pandemic restrictions, many instructors are trying to incorporate those remote practices into their in-person teaching.

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Edsurge

JULY 27, 2020

According to the paper, 37 percent of survey respondents, or 177 students, said that if an exam wasn’t proctored, they assumed they could use the internet and collaborate. The most often cited justification was that the instructor is responsible for providing an environment without resources for cheating.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2020

The perpetrator later took control of the audio, and Ishmael, a senior policy manager of education policy at New America, recalls a male voice spewing misogynistic epithets. It’s essentially internet trolling on video conferencing, involving somebody who takes over the audio and video controls to broadcast inappropriate materials and remarks.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

All too often, they would wind up needing to ask their instructor a question about the assignment but had no time to receive an answer before the deadline passed. Mobile learning management apps enable students to do their schoolwork and attend class whenever and wherever they have an internet connection.

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Edsurge

MARCH 17, 2021

And the system uses a metaphor that students sit at “tables,” meaning that instructors can easily organize students into groups that can have their own breakout discussions. One instructor [trying it] is working in one of the larger University of California [campuses]. The system is aimed at colleges. Absolutely.

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Edsurge

MAY 14, 2021

As a result, instructors who have been doing some teaching in person are very comfortable with the idea of fully returning to campus. By contrast, Laredo educators who stayed home and taught exclusively online are more cautious about returning. Faculty have been sharing stories about what pedagogical practices worked best online.

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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. While some students haven’t had full access to computers or the internet, others have discovered that their laptops are too old or too slow to adequately handle the tools they’ve been assigned.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2019

But it could make for a practical addition to its growing suite of online educational tools, now used by tens of millions of teachers and students. Yet such a feature has been high on the wishlist of many educators, according to Zach Yeskel, a product manager for Google’s G Suite for Education and Classroom.

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k12 Digest

APRIL 2, 2025

James Pedersen discussedhisexperience withtechnology education.Heshared hisviews onemerging technologies, learning principles in K-12 education,technology, and digital learning resources,and many more. What are some of the key challenges and responsibilities you face in leading a technology-focused educational institution?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

So some colleges and instructors have started to think about how to help students get up to speed on their digital and technical skills. Fluent in Digital Culture — Not Academic Tools It’s understandable that many educators perceive members of Gen Z to be internet-savvy.

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2022

Limited time offers like flash sales are just one example of the kinds of marketing gimmicks that have become common in the past few years as the internet has become flooded with online course providers promising to help people learn new skills to get ahead in their careers or personal lives.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2020

Key to making Getsetup’s classes hum are the instructors, called guides, who are all retired teachers or professionals with teaching backgrounds. Some are members of the National Education Association, the largest union in the U.S. Then the coronavirus hit. It’s something that he’s taking seriously.

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Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2020

“Many teachers have been trapped outside Wuhan due to the sudden lockdown of the city, and they may not have instruments at home such as the piano, as well as access to stable internet connection.” Sun has found materials online about music and cut them into 20-minute videos for her students. “We

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Edsurge

JANUARY 6, 2023

What Could Web3 Mean for Education? By Rebecca Koenig Some entrepreneurs predict that a new digital world is being born, one where internet users retain ownership of their online activities, thanks to blockchain technology that reduces the control of education institutions and corporations.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

And as one-to-one device programs gain traction ( hitting over 50 percent in 2017 , and climbing into the 80 and 90 percent range during the pandemic ), it’s safe to assume that more students will be asking their questions to Google before their instructors. It’s not difficult to see a child’s reasoning behind this.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

This year’s Future of Education Technology Conference landed in New Orleans, and the conference was abuzz with post-pandemic learning recovery tools, solutions to promote equity among students and parents, strategies for digital access, student mental health, social and emotional learning tools, and more.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2023

After all, it’s tailor-made to craft the kinds of essays that instructors ask for. In the past, any new approach to cheating has spread slowly, often in secret on dark corners of the internet. So professors have been quick to respond. It's been a very loud alarm bell for people in teaching and learning … at all levels,” he said.

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Edsurge

JULY 18, 2020

Along the way, we focused on five areas that we felt were necessary to serve our community of young people: Mitigate the Digital and Connectivity Divide Access to computers and a dependable internet connection is critical to delivering any form of online learning.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2017

His first class was on internet history, technology and security. His passion for open access courses is rooted in his belief that the internet has an important role to play in education.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2018

These default features force online instructors to use a style of teaching that feels more like shouting to the masses than engaging in meaningful conversations. We can’t meaningfully listen to the deafening roar of the internet. But we can learn from a collection of people with perspectives different than ours.

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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?” I’d send instructors off into virtual classrooms, practically on their own, with little or no support. Sink or swim. All you need is your imagination.”

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Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

What are some of the accessibility needs college students have that instructors, researchers and course designers should be thinking about when moving courses online? Do they have internet connections? And are there any common ones that pop up in many classrooms or that instructors maybe encounter more often?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The instructor likened the protection from cyber hacking to the strategies that one might take when approaching their vehicle at night in an isolated area: “Think about when you place your key sticking outward between your fingers, just in case someone tries to attack you,” explained the instructor. Wait, what?!” exclaimed a student.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Some education experts have already penned that the vote is likely to pass , potentially raising the cost of accessing learning and student-success tools, prioritizing commercial and entertainment traffic over education and research, and slowing the pace of research and innovation.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

That was the message by state higher ed leaders who gathered this summer at the Reagan Institute Summit on Education in Washington, D.C. The top problems they identified were decreased student enrollment at colleges and insufficient access to and understanding of digital technology among students and instructors. she asked.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 16, 2024

And that’s true even when instructors force students to put away their smartphones. Her argument is that our internet-connected devices have changed the way people relate to others, even when devices are temporarily removed. What are some things that institutions and instructors can do? Let's talk about solutions.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2019

A lot has changed—they were using fax machines back then and now we have the internet. All of this data was compiled into these statistical reports that were accessible by instructors and administrators and I was kind of overwhelmed by that. So some updates are in order. Can tell us about that? Learn more here.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2019

More colleges are using it for online learning, since it can make students and instructors more present to each other than most other media. Videoconferencing requires robust internet connection that not all students have access to, and even downloading video clips can be challenging on some connections.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The instructor was really supportive. I have also held class discussions about how AI works and how it is trained with information from the internet. I'm doing them a disservice if I don’t learn about AI. What elements of the course structure and content were particularly effective in facilitating your learning about AI?

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