Personalized Learning
Interactive Online Stats Proves Faster & Cheaper Than Traditional Version
The new research from the nonprofit organization Ithaka was seeking to prove the viability of a less expansive application of “machine-guided learning” than the new MOOCs are attempting -- though one that nevertheless could have real implications for the costs of higher education.
EdTech
Q&A: Voice Comments Improve Writing Feedback
Turnitin, a plagiarism software provider, launched Voice Comments, a new way for instructors to provide feedback on students’ writing, this May. Today, Turnitin’s Senior Education Manager, Jason Chu shares the ways that Voice Comments will improve personalized learning for students.
Personalized Learning
Parents Are First Line of Defense In Preventing “Summer Learning Loss”
With summer fast approaching, now is the time for parents to start planning ways to keep their children’s minds and bodies active during their vacation months.
EdTech
Improving Urban Education Options: A Digital Portfolio Approach
There are three key strategies to improving urban schools: bring high expectations to life, create and portfolio of quality options, and phase in personal digital learning
EdTech
P2PU School of Ed Launches More Courses and Groups
Here's an update from our friend Karen Fasimpaur on P2PU School of Ed-- a free, open, peer-centered professional development for K-12 teachers. They are launching their third round of courses and groups. Visit with Karen at ISTE in June.
Personalized Learning
Q&A: What’s GoingOn At Your University?
GoingOn, an academic social networking platform, allows educators and administrators to keep student informed about unique opportunities in their major, courses, interests and more. Jon Corshen, CEO of GoingOn, joins us today to discuss the ways that social networking is expanding opportunities for students, bridging gaps in collaboration and integrating increased back-channeled conversation in and out of the classroom.
Personalized Learning
Educurious: Engaging Minds & Changing Lives
Educurious set out to make kids work harder, learn more, and love it. With support from the Gates Foundation, the Seattle nonprofit created high school biology and English courses that are compelling and challenging. Results from a handful of pilot sites indicate that it’s working.
Personalized Learning
SETDA Releases Report On K-12 Infrastructure Needs
Today the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) released The Broadband Imperative: Recommendations to Address K-‐12 Education Infrastructure Needs. This report examines current trends driving the need for more broadband in teaching, learning and school operations; provides state and district examples of the impact of robust deployment of broadband; and offers specific recommendations for the broadband capacity needed to ensure all students have access to the tools and resources they need to be college and career ready.
Personalized Learning
Connections Education Opens Blended High Schools
Connections Education (www.ConnectionsEducation.com), a leading provider of high-quality, highly accountable online andblended learning, will open high schools in Fall 2012 that offer students acomprehensive high school experience (including 18 Advanced Placement and many more honors level courses), in a more personalized, innovative and flexible school setting. The new Nexus Academy schools are tuition-free, open enrollment public high schools focused on college prep.
Personalized Learning
Q&A: Video Tutoring Improves Textbook Learning
Textbook Tactics matches 10-15 minute videos and assessment questions to high school and college course textbooks. Tutors can harness the platform to deliver select playlists for students, meeting their learning needs anytime, anywhere. Shawn Cox, the founder of the video-tutoring platform Textbook Tactics, joins us today to discuss how parents and students can leverage technology to receive faster, cheaper and more effective tutoring instruction.