Google Offers Open Source Online Education Software

Google gets into online learning with open-source Course Builder ...
By Ki Mae Heussner
After offering its own online course, Power Searching with Google, the search giant is releasing the technology it used to support the class as an open source online learning project. ... Google, which supports education through its Google in Education initiative, is speaking with the team at edX (the open source education collaboration between Harvard and MIT), he said, adding that other universities, including Stanford, Indiana University and a group of universities in Spain, are ...
GigaOM 

Google Unveils Open Source Online Education Software
PC Magazine
Online education startups such as the Khan Academy, as well as new efforts by MIT, Stanford, and Harvard have helped spur interest and add legitimacy to the notion of remote learning. Now Google is lending its brainpower to the rapidly growing space by ...

Partnership expands online education
Wausau Daily Herald
The Wisconsin Virtual School, a 13-year-old online school operated through the CooperativeEducational Service Agency No. 9 in Tomahawk, is part of Wisconsin Digital LearningCollaborative, which was recently formed through the state's Department of ...

Online education company with ties to Maine under investigation in Florida
Bangor Daily News
AUGUSTA, Maine — As Maine moves forward with exploration of virtual charter schools and greater use of digital learning, K12, an online education company that was in line to provide curriculum for a Maine virtual charter school until it withdrew its ...

Virtually, Anything Goes with Online Education
The Indypendent
How does learning take place? In these online "academies," even the youngest of students sit in front of their home computers. Their parents serve as "learningcoaches," following instructions they read on screen. Remotely located teachersmonitor and ...

The Indypendent

College may never be the same with open online courses
Press & Sun-Bulletin
The embrace of online education by elite institutions also will help “reduce the stigma” of distanceeducation, and put new competitive pressure on for-profit colleges, which have dominated the distance-education sector, Moody's says. But that's ...

Technology and money prove education and school systems are no longer ...
Examiner.com
In fact, the visualization of learning through videos already available online in nearly every facet ofeducation and training allows students to rewind over and over subject matter they do not grasp immediately. More and more colleges and universities ...

Charting A Realistic Course for Educational Reform
GPB (blog)
He has also served as a virtual learning consultant for several schools, universities, and corporations, and he can be reached at jhuett@gmail.com. Below is a post from Jason on education reform through online learning. I cannot count the number of ...

GPB (blog)

Khan Academy President: K-12 education not focused on 'unleashing students ...
MLive.com
Sinah, president and chief operating officer of the online learning website Khan Academy, says the traditional classroom model forces students to learn at the same pace – a system that lets some fall behind and holds others back. “It fundamentally isn...

MLive.com

Expanding parent options for high school credit
North Lake Tahoe Bonanza
In July 2011, Nevada passed a law that allowed parents to have more choice in their child'seducational future. The law stipulates that a parent may choose online learning/external course offerings to supplement their child's high school curriculum ...

Bermudian Springs welcomes new teachers
Gettysburg Times
Bermudian Springs School board members welcomed new district teachers and their mentors to this month's meeting, which was followed by a reception. New teachers include Khelia Dunkerly, first grade; Katherine Hutchison, learning support; Shannon Myers ...

E-learning solutions provider Vriti ropes in former RCom exec Anil Pande as CEO
VC Circle
Intel Capital and Jafco Asia-backed e-learning solutions provider Vriti Infocom has appointed former Reliance Communications executive Anil Pande as its CEO. Earlier, Pande was head – VAS at Reliance Communications, responsible for aligning VAS with ...

A brand new learning initiative
Kirriemuir Herald
Unlike other free online resources, the Britannica Online School Edition has specifically been created to ensure that students can research safely online without accessing inappropriate or factually inaccurate material. It is split into three distinct ...

School District 93 to host 1:1 Learning town hall meetings
Suburban Life Publications
The meetings will cover topics such as what 1:1 Learning means for District 93's students,teachers and other stakeholders, the reasons District 93 chose now as the best time to begin to move towards this initiative and how District 93 will implement 1 ...

Teachers' Insurance Partners with Discovery Education to Launch Professional ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
"We're excited to bring this program to New Jersey's teachers. With the largest professionallearning community, Discovery Education is dedicated to inspiring learning through digitaltechnology and we think New Jersey educators will be able to benefit ...

Greenwich teacher's apps brings learning to students' fingertips
Greenwich Post
The two have teamed up to create Atom Builder and Clean Slate Hamlet — free computer apps that endeavor to bring 21st Century education up to speed. Co-founders of a company called Slate & TABLETS, Matt, a chemistry teacher at Greenwich High School ...

High Stakes in Chicago
National Review Online (blog)
The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) has responded with a tantrum and on Monday launched a strike that's capturing election-season headlines. The dispute has national import because its outcome will have national ... Today's one-size-fits-all teacher ...

National Center For Missing & Exploited Children And Sprint Make Learning ...
Embedded.com
NSTeens.org, has been expanded to help tweens (8-12 year olds) start the school year right. The new content available ... texting and online gaming. NSTeens videos include activity cards to helpteachers build the videos into their lesson plans and ...

State investigating whether online school illegally used uncertified teachers
The Republic
The Florida Department of Education is investigating K12, the nation's largest online educator, over allegations the company uses uncertified teachers in violation of state law and has asked employees to cover up the practice. K12 officials asked state ...

Minnesota's online math tests earn high marks
Pioneer Press
Last school year was the first time the Education Department allowed districts to administer the test online up to three times. The electronic tests ensure students are presented with different questions each time, and teachers no longer have to wait ...

State investigating virtual school provider K12
Ocala
He noted another concern: Midway through a semester, parents might realize their child's educationis being sacrificed and will take them out of the virtual charter school. “We will be expected to correct the lost learning opportunities when the ...

MeeGenius Teams Up With Sesame Street For Exclusive E-Book Partnership
IT News Online
12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MeeGenius, the digital home for children's books, today announced an exclusive partnership with Sesame Workshop to bring six Sesame Street e-book titles to the web, iOS and Android platforms. The first release Celebrate School ...

A Platform for Good Helps Parents and Teens Connect, Share and Do Good
PYMNTS.com
The Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI), an international nonprofit organization dedicated toonline safety, today launches A Platform for Good (PfG) – an interactive website designed to help parents, teachers and teens connect, share and do good ...

CUSD ready for school with new computers, modern classrooms and motivated ...
Compton Bulletin
... motivated teachers. From staff reports. COMPTON—Compton Unified School District is ready for the new school year after working to improve educational practices, install updated equipment, and create productive learning environments for all students.

WHA's Alternative Learning Program is on the move
Walker Pilot Independent
The Walker-Hackensack-Akeley School District's Alternative Learning Program (ALP) will be moving to a new location this fall. At Monday night's meeting, the WHA ... An online service is needed to view this article in its entirety. You need an online ...

Learn Norwegian from an Online Language Star
The Nordic Page
One of her followers even called her The 'Kate Bush' of the Norwegian learning world. Talking to The Nordic Page, Michelle Alexandra tells us about her online fame and the Norwegian teaching experience. Michelle, born to a Norwegian mother and ...

The Nordic Page

A Craigslist for Learning and Teaching Skills. Will Wishbulb Debut in Your City?
Ecopreneurist
A Craigslist for learning a skill or teaching one would be so great to build communities. Wishbulb, an online startup plans to do just that. Wishbulb allows users to connect with other people in their area that are looking to learn or teach just about ...

Studyhall Launches A Peer-To-Peer Learning & Collaboration Network For ...
TechCrunch
Sorry, teachers, it's not for you. Yet. A number of startups have emerged in the last year looking to dethrone the old guards of higher education technology, like Blackboard. Yet, while manyeducational platforms are limited in what they offer students ...

Courses at the library offer fall learning for everyone
Springfield News-Leader
Library Community Courses premiered at the Christian County Library nearly five years ago as a way to offer basic computer classes to the public and fulfill the library's mission of providing free lifelonglearning opportunities to the people of ...

Weinberg Foundation Celebrates First "Library Project" Grand Openings
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
"The grand openings of these wonderful new spaces complete the first chapter of what the Weinberg Foundation hopes will be a long story of improved literacy and learning for Baltimore City Public Schools students. ... Baltimore Elementary and Middle ...

OnCourse Learning purchases Georgia company
Bizjournals.com
“CompuTaught is so pleased to now be part of the most respected online pre-license and continuingeducation provider in America,” said Bud Hunsucker, CompuTaught vice president of business development and school operations, in a written statement.

How analytics can make education a learning experience for teachers
GCN.com
For example, an online high school curriculum known as Connected Chemistry helps studentslearn key concepts in molecular theory and gasses. However, it also allows teachers to minelearning patterns to see how students master chemistry, statistics, ...

Kids online: Learning, playing and (Oh, man!) - Orlando Sentinel Blogs
By lesliepostal
I remember a friend with children a few years older than mine warning me that once school work means going online, it becomes much harder to figure out if what they're doing is useful, wasteful or downright harmful. Of course, you can hover, ...
Moms At Work - Orlando Sentinel

Cyber school over classroom | The Ferris State Torch
By Rachel Szucs, Copy Editor
Online education might be OK for college students, but fully online K-12 is detrimental to young minds. by Rachel Szucs ... They need the guidance of adults and the reinforcement and encouragement of teachers willing to shape young minds and to learn new things in a way that is fun, engaging and relatable. ... Even middle school and high school are more about learning to think critically, work in teams, learn good study habits and be a responsible, accountable adult. That's why...
The Ferris State Torch

Online Learning on a Roll: Picture a Steamroller that Accelerates ...
By James A. Bacon
She signed up for a free, online course with Coursera, the online teaching enterprise that recently forged an agreement with the University of Virginia along with a dozen other prestigious universities. Sophia is one of several learners ...
Bacon's Rebellion

Penn names new head for online learning - SETH ZWEIFLER, the ...
By Ray
Online, Continuing, and Professional Education Update by UPCEA ... Rock's main responsibility will be to oversee Penn's ongoing partnership with Coursera, an online learning platform that offers free, non-credit classes. Penn first announced ...
Online, Continuing, and Professional...

Glogster EDU Sparks a Global Call to Action: Education, It's Time to ...
By eSchool News
Glogster EDU, an online education platform, launched an initiative today to unite educators across the globe in pursuit of a common goal: update current education methods to fit the interests of modern-day learners. On the multilingual ...
eSchool News

85,000 students signed up for U of T's first open online computer ...
By Michael Kennedy
“The landscape of online education is an exciting new frontier, and we're thrilled to be taking a leadership role in exploring it,” said Sven Dickinson, chair of the Department of Computer Science. ...Suzanne Stevenson, vice-dean of teaching and learning in the Faculty of Arts & Science, has been one of the champions of MOOCs at U of T, not only because she sees it as a chance for the university to share its excellent teachers with the global community but because she believes it will...
University of Toronto Media Room

School Mandates for Online Learning - Applied Educational Systems
It's interesting to note that certain states have implemented online-learning requirements for graduation. Michigan led the way, Alabama followed suit, and ...

Morning Bell: Expletives, Online Learning, IUSB Numbers ...
IU unveils plan to expand online education statewide – The school will invest ... Morning Bell: Expletives, Online Learning, IUSB Numbers, Legislative Fatigue?

Online High School Diploma Courses | Distance Learning | Work ...
Earn a real diploma through the free high school class that is crafted for adults intersted in pursuing distance education online to quickly achieve academic ...

Guidelines for Learning - The Oaks Private School
The purpose of TOPS ONLINE is to provide a supportive distance learning environment for students needing an alternative pathway to successful academic ...

Schools Struggling to Provide Online Learning With Insufficient E ...
Recently, many public schools have sought E-Rate discounts to help tackle the burden of provideonline learning services to students. However, E-rate ...

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