Wall Street Journal
With strong support from parents and many in the community, teachers challenged a flawed vision of education reform that has not helped school children in Chicago or around the country. ... A well-rounded and rich curriculum, regular opportunities for ...
Wall Street Journal
Yale reexamines role in online education
Yale Daily News
The role, Mitchell said, is designed to help faculty experiment with online learning opportunities that are currently offered across the university's three platforms: Coursera, Class2Go and VentureLab. “The potential to improve education through these ...
Can We Learn Anything Online? Yes! Even How to Play the Piano
Forbes
The Piano Encyclopedia, which I describe as the Rosetta Stone of the musiceducation sector, is revolutionizing the way people learn how to play the piano with their interactive Digital-Home Study Course “The Logic Behind Music.” ... practice booklets ...
Forbes
Small Companies Storm the Edutech Market; Teachers and Parents Needed To ...
Xconomy
Schools such as the University of Phoenix no longer stand alone as the only credible onlineinstitutions of higher learning. Another trend in online education is ... refreshing their memories or studying for exams. In fact, today, teachers all over the ...
Education Nation: In Arizona desert, a charter school competes
The Hechinger Report
In just four days of instruction a week — there's no school on Fridays — Carpe Diem's five teachers and four teachers' aides supplement the concepts their 226 students have learned through a computer program. Teachers also ... In Carpe Diem's case ...
The Hechinger Report
UQ to roll out e-learning courses
Virtual College
According to Professor Phil Long, director of UQ's Education Innovation and Technology, the university has been "exploring opportunities" alongside other institutions to work towards the development of a new online learning environment. The university ...
SW Michigan district changes online learning policies, awaits ruling on ...
The Republic
The head of a southwestern Michigan school district says he's awaiting word on an appeal of Michigan's $480,000 penalty over the state's finding that the district violated educational standards for online students in 2011-12. The dispute involves Gull ...
Myrtle Beach area parents turn to alternative education options
MyrtleBeachOnline.com
Experts say about one in four students attend some type of school of choice, which encompasses a range of options from private, magnet and charter schools to programs administered at home. Some parents in Horry and Georgetown counties ... children or ...
MyrtleBeachOnline.com
Voters will decide charter school amendment in general election
The Daily Citizen
Charter schools can be good for students who need different kinds of learning environments than traditional public schools offer, local school system leaders say, but their appeal vanishes when local school boards lose any say in how they're run ...
New teaching resources unveiled in bid to improve Wales' school standards
WalesOnline
A new website providing a “one-stop shop” for teachers in Wales goes live today as part of the Welsh Government's drive to improve school standards. Learning Wales will house all the latest teaching materials, ministerial announcements, news and notice ...
Education Nation: Taking math online
9NEWS.com
NBC - A new online learning program that "flips" the classroom is being implemented in Collier County, Florida classrooms. It's called the Kahn Academy and teachers, parents and students are all fans of the program. Inside a fourth grade classroom at ...
9NEWS.com
Free, not-for-credit classes now offered to UF students online
The Independent Florida Alligator
Instead of 50-minute taped lectures, Coursera has taken the material and split it into 10- to 15-minute segments with interactive quizzes at the end to personalize online learning, he said. UF spokesman Steve Orlando said he thought the program's goal ...
Social Media Take a Seat in Schools
HispanicBusiness.com
Brothers is among a growing number of Midlands teachers who interact with students via sociallearning technology platforms such as Edmodo, ), uploading video podcasts of lessons that might have been offered in the past as classroom lectures. Educators ...
Schools investing millions in new digital technology
Online Athens
In partnership with the University of Georgia's College of Education and others, the school district also is trying to land a multimillion-dollar federal grant that, among other things, will help teachersand students link up with the best online ...
Weld North Acquires Editure PD and JBHM Education Group
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
(KKR), announced today that it has entered the $3.6 billion education, school improvement services and professional development industry by acquiring a 100% interest in each of Editure Professional Development Inc. and JBHM Education Group. Both ...
Schools Jump onto Free Online Course Service but Hedge on Certification
Campus Technology
So making the decision to join Coursera wasn't a big leap, according to Gary Matkin, dean of Continuing Education, Distance Learning, and Summer Session, and Larry Cooperman, director of UCI's OpenCourseWare. "It's another channel, another way of ...
Learning Curve: Film follows students at 'dropout factory'
Santa Fe New Mexican.com
The two-hour program follows four at-risk students at Sharpstown High School in Houston as they try to navigate personal minefields and meet the expectations of their teachers and principal so they can cross the finish line come graduation day. Not all ...
Stourport school wins £2k for online lesson
Kidderminster Shuttle
The video was made by students to help them remember Pythagoras' theory as part of CreativeLearning Week at the school. Mr Nock said: “We really wanted students to come up with a different approach. It's a subject that they often perceive as difficult ...
Pitt to offer free interactive course materials
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
The University of Pittsburgh said Wednesday it is joining a roster of universities that have begun making available free interactive course materials to millions of online learners. Pitt is among 32 schools that have formed partnerships with Coursera ...
EVSC's Virtual Academy offers online option for students
Evansville Courier & Press
PHOTOS BY ERIN McCRACKEN / COURIER & PRESS (File Photo) Sara Miller takes notes on her netbook as she and her classmates watch a video on chemical reactions in her honors chemistry class at Reitz High School on Thursday. The EVSC was one of 23 ... The ...
Charity website helps Philly teachers get the supplies they need
Philadelphia Inquirer
Mostly, they mean that teachers won't go broke paying for the school supplies and items they need for their classrooms or projects. DonorsChoose.org is an onlinecharity that helps teachers cover the hundreds if not thousands of dollars of their own...
Philadelphia Inquirer
Service learning class open to Ontonagon students
Your Daily Globe.com
ONTONAGON - Ontonagon Area High School juniors and seniors will tackle real-world problems in a service learning class approved by the school board. The class will be ... community. For the full story, pick up a copy of our print edition or subscribe ...
School notebook: 'The Waltons' fundraiser for charter school, 'fab' labs for ...
Daily Breeze
The aim is to help the public charter school raise enough money to transform an abandoned property in Gardena into a vibrant learning environment for middle school students in the area. Tickets for the ... The STEM program, funded by donations to the ...
National Thought Leader in STEM Education Selected as New Director of The ...
U.S. Politics Today
By engaging students in hands-on learning of Earth system science, GLOBE is an innovative way for teachers to get students of all ages excited about scientific discovery locally and globally. To date, more than 23 million measurements have been ...
Board of Education approves $14.5 million technology plan
Silver Chips Online
Ann Grotewold, a second grade teacher at Glenallen Elementary School in Silver Spring, believes the long-term effect of the new technology and Curriculum 2.0 will benefit student learning. "The technology will make both the Common Core and Curriculum ...
Queensland unis to teach online for free
Sydney Morning Herald
Professor Long said the centre had been considering it for a year, with the catalyst coming when Melbourne University said it would launch MOOCs online early next year in partnership with the United States start-up company Coursera. “We knew we needed ...
Sydney Morning Herald
Online Tutoring Platform Sofatutor Raises 'Mid Single-Digit Million Euro ...
TechCrunch
Sofatutor says it will use the additional capital to “tap new market segments and regions”, including expanding the age-range of the students it targets by covering the elementary school curriculum, meaning that it now spans the entire school ...
Tufts University Offers Master's In Nutrition For Distance Learners
Newswise (press release)
Newswise — The Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University today announced a Master of Nutrition in Science and Policy (MNSP) degree program that combines intensive on-campus residencies in Boston with online learning. The ...
Israeli student exam results available online following Supreme Court decision
Haaretz
Israeli student exam results available online following Supreme Court decision. Contrary to the Education Ministry's position, the public can now view and compare schools' achievements at the click of a button. By Talila Nesher | Sep.23, 2012 | 10:30...
Haaretz
UQ joins MOOCs movement
The Conversation
UQ joins MOOCs movement. The University of Queensland has become the latest institution to embrace open online learning, committing to offer up to 12 courses in a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) format over the next two years. ... Many universities ...
Princeton Replaces Tilghman as Ivy League Searches New Leaders
San Francisco Chronicle
Coursera, founded last year by two Stanford computer- science professors, puts university classes online, with the aim of educating millions of people globally for free. ... Attributes that will be in the minds of any search committee include the ...
Robert Hernandez: Reboot journalism school? Take control of your education ...
Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard
When I taught my first Intro to Online class, I introduced my students to the term “Google it. ... Since you are in an incredible learning environment, you can use the expertise and context from your j-school to make sure you are fishing correctly (and ...
Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard
Lead-Exposure Problems Spotlighted in Detroit
Education Week News
Reginald's school, for instance, suggested that he be held back a year in 3rd grade. Eventually, he was also diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, and moved to a smaller charter school. Through a strict home routine and a ...
Education Week News
BC schools to promote student self-discipline
Vancouver Sun
Six school districts have embarked on a project that views self-regulation as the key to addressing the mental, physical and psychological diversity in classrooms that sometimes disrupts learningand creates a stressful environment for teachers ...
Adapt Courseware Hires C-Level Education Technology Veterans
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
Brodsky and Bowman are playing key roles in the deployment of Adapt Courseware at highereducation institutions nationwide. Adapt Courseware, which integrates with a variety of LMS solutions, delivers complete, customizable, online learning experiences ...
Virtual School MOOC – Research into the Teaching of K-12 Online ...
By mkbnl
Tags: cyber school, education, high school, massive open online course, MOOC, research, virtual school, vsmooc12. The fifth topic in Introduction to K-12 Online Learning Research is “Research into the Teaching of K-12 Online ... The growth in online learning and policies that govern it warrant the need for teachers to be prepared to teach online (Archambault, 2011). Professional organizations, such as theInternational Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL), the Southern ...
Virtual School Meanderings
HTML - Digital Culture & Education
By Christopher Walsh
Published Online: In press. Full Text: HTML, PDF (404 KB). Abstract. To better understand how students' familiarity with digital media in their daily lives can be harnessed in learning environments, a survey about their informal and educational ...
Digital Culture & Education
MobiMOOC - free online m-learning course happening now!
By geoff
Massive, Open, Online courses. Several notable startups have waded in (Coursera, Udacity, edX, Ted-ed), and the early results look impressive. But did you know that Mobile Learning was one of the early adopters? MobiMOOC 2011 started ...
moblearn: an agent for change
Vanderbilt To Begin Offering Free Online Courses - Higher Education
By cmaadmin
The Tennessean reports the school will offer five courses that are taught by faculty members, but they can't be used for college credits. The program is part of the digital learning consortium calledCoursera, an online platform developed last ...
Diverse
Online Learning: New Opportunities for University-School Partnership
The Obama administration set a goal that, in order to sustain a workforce for the global information society, 60 percent of high school graduates in the United ...
garyemiller.blogspot.com/.../online-learning-new-opportunitie...
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) | Center for Teaching ...On September 19, 2012, Vanderbilt announced a new partnership with the digital learning ...
cft.vanderbilt.edu/teaching-guides/online-education/moocs/
Developing Skills For Online Learning Success
It also provides you with learning opportunities within the comfort of your home. You can work on your online lessons while working, going to school or taking ...
www.theamericanacademy.com/.../Developing_Skills_For_On...
Free Online Learning | Pearltrees
How Coursera, A Free Online Education Service, Will School Us All. Stanford Online. New Global University To Be Both Free and For-Profit. Learning. EdX.
www.pearltrees.com/lisehache/free-online.../id5960600
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