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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.
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Blended Learning: New Solution to an Old Problem
Digital Learning Now offers a state policy framework that is America’s best hope for attacking education inequity. We have the roadmap, we have examples, and we have the technology to provide every American student with a good education. The question is do we have the will?
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SmartTech Roundup
iNACOL is not only the online learning association. Susan Patrick has made the organization the leading advocate for competency-based learning. Susan and unusually competent sidekick Chris Sturgis launched CompetencyWorks yesterday. Check it out and contribute. Here's our summary. (Tom is an iNACOL director.)
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Conclusions from the Ohio Digital Learning Summit
The Ohio Digital Learning Summit in Columbus was sponsored by KnowledgeWorks Foundation, Fordham Institute, and Nord Family Foundation. Karen Cator, Bryan Hassel, and Susan Patrick spoke about the shift to online and blended learning. Tom closed the session with six observations.
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Digital Learning: The Future of Schooling?
Local, state and national experts are gathering this week in Columbus, Ohio to examine digital learning at a national summit entitled, Digital Learning: The Future of Schooling? The event is co-hosted by KnowledgeWorks, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, and the Nord Family Foundation.
EdTech
Skype Announces Collaboration to Provide Education Resources
Skype announces today it's latest education initiative, a collaboration with Penguin Group, New York Philharmonic, Science Museum London, Peace One Day, and Save the Children to provide educators access to digital content and expert speakers via video calling.
EdTech
iNACOL & Partners Launch CompetencyWorks to Further Competency Education
CompetencyWorks, a collaborative project led by the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) and other partners to advance competency-based education, launches today. CompetencyWorks is a place for thought leaders to share best practices, evaluate tough issues, view state policies and learn about new resources and research.
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The Juilliard School & Connections Education Launch First-Ever Juilliard eLearning Courses
Starting in the 2012-2013 school year, The Juilliard School and Connections Education are launching JUILLIARD eLEARNING, for K-12 students and educators everywhere. Juilliard eLearning is the world-famous conservatory’s first-ever group of online courses, presenting an exciting new option for teaching music and related courses, with distribution and implementation by leading provider of online learning solutions, Connections Education, part of the global education company, Pearson.
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Q&A: Helping Homework-Trapped Students Succeed With Technology
Dr. Kenneth Goldberg., the author of The Homework Trap, shares with Getting Smart the value of competency-based learning, technology and the flipped classroom model in helping students overcome discouragement and fear of homework to build confidence and learning success in the classroom.
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Report: Study Warns That Bricks May Hinder Learning
About one third of all students in brick and mortar schools leave unprepared for college and work. “What we're trying to do as a center is to send out a note of caution because bricks appears to have disastrous effects on education in most locations,” said Dr. Lernen.