By Ray Schroeder
By Marc Parry, Chronicle of Higher Ed. Can community-college students benefit from a new form of hybrid learning, based on a mix of local instruction and edX content? Can colleges tap alumni as teaching volunteers? Can labs be reinvented ...
Online Learning Update
Blackmon: Charter issue too important for inaccurate discussion
Online Athens
According to state School Superintendent John Barge, since 2001, when the first state charter schools were established, the Georgia Department of Education has reviewed at least 52 applications for state — not local — charter schools, and approved 19 ...
Charter schools: Rapidly growing segment provides unique learning experiences
Memphis Commercial Appeal
From the sixth grade, the Soulsville Charter School teaches students that growth is necessary, discipline opens doors, and going to college is expected. Middle school students walk through halls in single-file lines and have to read during down time ...
Are you ready for an online course?
Boston Globe
For busy adult learners, already juggling the demands of jobs and families, what could be more appealing than online education? They can earn ... Online learning is not for everyone, they say, and success in such programs requires not only proficiency ...
Boston Globe
Learning about cyber-bullying Region 16 plans online safety class for parents 20pt
Waterbury Republican American
BEACON FALLS — School employees and volunteers in Region 16 want parents armed with the right tools to know how to monitor their children's online activity and report any bullying of their child or someone else's. The Region 16 Prevention Task Force ...
Library can help students succeed in school
Statesman Journal
You also can download e-books and audiobooks to your computer or other device. Does your child face barriers to learning? Learning disorders and other factors can prevent your child from an enjoyable and successful school year. The library has ...
Investment in higher ed still pays in today's economy
Boston.com
With the costs of higher education only expected rise, people should carefully consider the types of degrees they want to pursue, analysts said. The average debt at graduation for bachelor's degree recipients in 2011 was about $27,000, up about 50 ...
Learning the language of co-operation
The Age
Even in this digital age, presence matters. ... orientation there should be regular access to anonline Asia portal - that is, a web-based tool through which any public servant can access the latest research on Asia-related issues which are ...
Lack of choice is 'old school' in Memphis area
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Less than three weeks into the school year this fall, LaWanda Alston withdrew her 11-year-old son from Grizzlies Prep charter school Downtown and headed back to the city schools."I would try another charter," she said, "but my advice is .... Virtual ...
Microsoft Reveals the Most Innovative Schools in the United States
Yumanewsnow
“These U.S. schools and districts are inspiring examples of how school leaders can push boundaries and drive real change by captivating students' interest in learning through creative teaching with technology,” said Byron V. Garrett, U.S. Innovative ...
Ohio State University joins massive open online course movement
Plain Dealer
"Online is an approach to teaching and learning that we can't ignore," he said. "We have to pay attention to it and are looking at what it means to us as an institution and how to embrace it and maintain the quality of the education process that we ...
Plain Dealer
Learn To Code #1: Does Everybody Really Need To Program?
Forbes
Everywhere I turn, there seems to be a new way to learn how to program online. There are free resources like Codeacademy, Udacity, Coursera, Mozilla's P2PU, Google Code University, and MIT Open Courseware. There are also more and more high-quality ...
Schools will use MCAS data for teacher evaluations
MetroWest Daily News
The state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education last spring rolled out its improvedEducation Data Warehouse – an online repository of MCAS scores, student growth, classroom performance and student and educator statistics for each district ...
Globe Business infotech solutions empower educational institutions
Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines - The process of learning has changed with the advent of the Internet: there is now an unprecedented explosion of information and knowledge available to more people. ... from Globe Business provides high-speed, broadband Internet ...
Chattanooga senator slaps virtual school company for “results at bottom of the ...
PolitiFact
As the 2012-13 school year began, Berke brought attention to what he described as dismal results by the K12 Inc., the publicly traded online education company that is under contract with Union County Public Schools. In a letter to Senate education ...
United Way invests in children, strengthens Whatcom community
Bellingham Herald
But every adult who cares for a child knows that learning begins long before children come toschool. Researchers from the University of Washington are finding out how a child's earliest experiences relate to their cognitive development. Fascinating ...
Field trips becoming history at some Ohio schools
Canton Repository
Nowadays, in some schools, virtual field trips online have to do. A growing ... Field trip-based artseducation student programs at Cincinnati's Aronoff Center and Music Hall have dipped from 18,074 students during the 2007-08 school year to 9,177 ...
Samsung selected as one of preferred technology partner to implement UAE's ...
AME Info
Following the successful kick-off of the pilot project for the 'Mohammad Bin Rashid Smart Learning Initiative' by the UAE's Ministry of Education and the SmartLearning committee, it was announced that Samsung has been selected as one of the preferred ...
AME Info
50 shades of cheating: Defining right and wrong in the digital age
Anniston Star
And education officials think their institutions have clear “academic honesty” policies in place. Still, some local and national ... In Calhoun County, a new “bring your own device” policy encourages students to bring smartphones, tablets, laptops and ...
Students left to their own devices
Sydney Morning Herald
At the other end of the learning spectrum is Scratch, an open-source programming tool created by the MIT Media Lab, the research centre of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to motivate learning among upper-primary-school students through ...
Sydney Morning Herald
'Critical mass' key to affirmative action case
LubbockOnline.com
In the Michigan case nine years ago, psychologists, educators and most influentially the military flooded the court with briefs arguing a diverse learning environment helped prepare students, both whites and minorities, for jobs and citizenship. Many ...
Schools battling courts, cost for single-gender education
SCNow
The activities aren't different from what could be found in many schools every day, but they are unusual in that they are tailored to the predispositions of specific genders with regard to learning. Girls enjoy reading material and discussing it ...
Students prefer lectures to tweets
ScienceBlog.com (blog)
Twelve universities across Quebec recently signed up to be a part of the first cross-provincial study of perceptions of ICT integration and course effectiveness on higher learning. This represented the first pan-provincial study to assess how ...
Local cases point out dangers of Internet
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
The "1:1" digital curriculum program, which is gaining popularity in numerous districts in northeast Indiana, is said to increase students' motivation, engagement and comprehension in learning. But officials at Huntington ... It is much more common for ...
CSCOPE features to help schools across state
Times Record News
CSCOPE, the online Texas public school curriculum with a name that sounds like an unpleasant hospital exam, has become the preferred remedy for what ailed Texas schools — and saved the state money in the process. The adoption ... Some teachers have ...
Opinions sought on enhanced provision in Schools
Mearns Leader
An online survey is available at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GRCY82V for parents to share their views until Friday, December 7, while school staff will receive a consultation pack to discuss their views as a team. In addition, consultation events ...
GTUC to launch a mobile computer
Ghana News Agency
Accra, Oct. 6, GNA – Ghana Technology University College (GTUC) together with theLearning Nugget, a UK technology company, would soon launch a 10 tablet (mobile computer), expected to transform teaching and learning in Ghana and West Africa.
Ghana News Agency
My role in the Age of Collaboration
gulfnews.com
The Collaboration Age is about learning beyond the four walls of a classroom. It's about a collaborative effort to create and share with “others,” people whom we don't know and probably never will, but who share similar pursuits and passions. It's ...
Tuition-assistance proposal modeled after Garrett County, Md. program
The Herald-Mail
By JULIE E. GREENE julieg@herald-mail.com HM Media. 4:08 p.m. EDT, October 6, 2012 ... In studying local educational data, one fact stood out to Education Forum officials: Only 18.7 percent of Washington County residents age 25 or older had at least a ...
What's an education for?
Jamaica Gleaner
Public discourse is impoverished when our school system marginalises critical reasoning and instead focuses on rote learning and the absorption of technical information. I am happy for the reintroduction of civics. But from primary school, we should be ...
Jamaica Gleaner
LIVE AND LEARN
Columbia Daily Tribune
You also can use the results to ensure that your child is developmentally on track for school success. Résumé Basics 1 to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. Get tips on writing résumés and cover letters and find online resources to help you develop a professional ...
iPads in the classroom
Boston Globe
WHEN MY BOSTON COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMEN encounter this or any other unfamiliar word while reading on their iPads, they need only touch the screen for a nanosecond before Wiktionary flashes a definition: “love of novelty.” The confusion lifts and ...
Joining forces to pull top-notch journalism into the digital age
Philadelphia Inquirer
The digital age is changing almost everything about journalism - who a journalist is, what a story is, which media should provide news when and where people want it, and how we engage with communities. The only thing ... Students learn by doing actual ...
Philadelphia Inquirer
Homegrown engineering-degree program takes off in Lynchburg
Lynchburg News and Advance
He's one of eight students in the charter class who earned their associates degrees at CVCC and then used online learning tools to take UVa classes while working at Lynchburg-area companies like Areva, Babcock & Wilcox and Delta Star. The program has ...
Business Briefcase for Sunday, Oct. 7
Rapid City Journal
According to a news release about the event, Fuller spent most of his school years struggling with the challenges of a severe learning disability that was not identified until his sophomore year in college. That same dedication helped him become a ...
Going for gold for the CommonWaid Games
Fife Today
As well as the health benefits to children of introducing them to new sports and encouraging participation, the games' emphasis on learning about the cultures of the countries tapped into the school's emphasis on joining up various aspects of the ...
Fife Today
The Hybrid Classroom: How Online Learning Can ... - Getting Smart
Last week we discussed Ithaka S+R's “Interactive Learning Online at Public ... Though educators have been researching digital classes for years, this study is ...
gettingsmart.com/.../the-hybrid-classroom-how-online-learnin...
Online learning initiative reinventing medical school courses - Office ...
Online learning initiative reinventing medical school courses. Brian Tobin description of photo. Professor Neil Gesundheit works with student Morgan Theis to ...
med.stanford.edu/ism/.../online-1008.html?...
The Costs of Blended Learning: A case-by - COLSD
Center for Online Learning and Students with Disabilities ... I can see the spam now – a blender made to look like a school with, “Click here to cut 75% of your ...
centerononlinelearning.org/the-costs-of-blended-learning-a-ca...
(Re)Searching for Online Learning 2.0 Growth … Are MOOCs The ...
Independent news source & thought center for the online education community. ... source and thought center about digital learning and education innovation.
www.wiredacademic.com/.../researching-for-online-learning-2...
Coursera co-founder discusses digital learning platform's rapid growth
Since its launch roughly a year ago, the online learning consortium Coursera has grown to more than 1.5 million registered users. This rapid expansion speaks ...
engineering.vanderbilt.edu/.../coursera-co-founder-discusses-d...
New HSPH Online edX Course Will Reach Worldwide Audience ...
EdX is a nonprofit global venture aimed at advancing online learning and generating a wealth of information about how students learn and how to teach them ...
www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/.../hsph-online-edx-course.html
NoNameSite Announces SoCo Online Learning Program - TopCoder
NoNameSite Announces SoCo Online Learning Program ... at Core of Learning Program Seeking to Engage High School Students and Increase STEM Interest ...
www.topcoder.com/.../nonamesite-announces-soco-online-lear...
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