Survey: Majority of School District Administrators Endorse Online Classes
News Release: Key challenges facing school districts, including budget realities and the need to improve student engagement, are driving district administrators to embrace online learning, according to a survey report released today from Blackboard Inc. and Project Tomorrow®.
Staff Picks: Philanthropy, EdWeek, Online Education, & Blended Learning
Tom Picks "Blended Learning Can Improve Working Conditions, Teaching & Learning" Tom says, "Blending the best of online and onsite learning has the potential to personalize learning for students and teachers with more collaborative and flexible environments." Karen Picks "How Philanthropy Can Improve & Accelerate the Shift to Digital Learning" Karen says, "The exact focus of monetary amounts and targeted funding is so important to fundraising making this article a highlight to read."
Cleveland Portfolio Plans Promising–With Digital Overlay
Richard Lee Colvin, EdSector, posted a good summary of Cleveland's struggle to make the portfolio approach work. We'd suggest a digital overly with more and better online and blended options for Ohio students.
Chic Thompson Challenges VSS Attendees to Break Learned Habits for Innovation
Chic Thompson, Author and President of Creative Management Group, spoke this afternoon at the International Association for K-12 Online Learning's (iNACOL) annual Virtual Schools Symposium (VSS) on the power of innovation and design in education through creative thinking.
Touching the education elephant
Here's a list of 10 interesting education-related experiences from the past week. I’m intentionally casting a wide net, but it’s all focused on innovations in learning. Blogging helps me make sense of what I’m experiencing. What’s your personal learning plan? How are you making sure you get multiple touches at the education elephant? How are you making sense of it all?
Trenton Looks to Go Bold
Students learning online were the stars of a NJ leg hearing yesterday. Former Gov Bob Wise, disrupter Michael Horn, online learning organizer Susan Patrick, and choice advocate Jeanne Allen provided backup.
Taking the Classroom Out of Physics With Mobile Devices
Despite the ever-growing penetration of mobile devices and wider acceptance of BYOD, I feel that a lot of the potential of mobile learning is being underexploited. Many of the solutions are focused on wrapping up content and disseminating it to students. As important this is, we should demand more.
Gov. Bob Wise: Bringing Content to the Classroom
Governor Bob Wise is speaking at the Arkansas Policy Foundation online learning forum. You can follow us on Twitter.
Experts Share Their EdTech Predictions For the New Year
The eSchool News Staff asked a handful of education and edtech experts such Susan Patrick of iNACOL, Michael Horn of Innosight Institute, Karen Cator of the U.S. Department of Education, Gene Carter of ASCD, and more their predictions for 2012.
Good Work in the Private Sector
US education needs more private capital and the horsepower of private enterprise to make the transition to personal digital learning. More broadly, we have an historic opportunity in this decade to extend quality secondary and tertiary education to every young person on the planet—certainly one of the most important milestones in human history—but that will take all three sectors working in collaboratively.