Should Online Learning Replace Classroom Learning?
The question of whether online learning should replace classroom learning is a complex and contentious issue.
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Prioritizing social growth during online learning
The expansion of online education has been a real boon for busy parents, teachers, and students. Online learning lets children learn from the comfort of their own homes…
5 tips to keep online students motivated
A student's motivation in school is a key driver of their academic success. Yet, the demanding nature of high school classes mixed with a teenager’s natural craving for…
Museum of Science, Boston enters metaverse with “Mission: Mars” Roblox experience
The Museum of Science, Boston is making its first move into the world of immersive online education with its launch of “Mission: Mars,” an educational experience on Roblox,…
How to establish rapport with online students
My experience with online education began 19 years ago after I took a break from teaching in the brick and mortar setting to give birth to my daughter.…
How online education serves special needs students
Over the past few years, the pandemic made online education the de-facto schooling format for nearly all Americans. While it proved viable for many, it also exposed some…
4 tips to make virtual learning fun for students
While COVID-19 vaccines are now widely available, the Delta variant of the virus is raging across the country and forcing schools to navigate continued risk. Because of this,…
PresenceLearning Becomes New Corporate Partner of ASHA
(Rockville, MD – July 27, 2021) The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) announced today that PresenceLearning, a provider of live online ... Read more
3 ways students can be ready for college and a career
The pandemic has made clear over the past year that how one looks for a college, how one prepares for a career and, ultimately, the importance of education…
Catholic Independent Schools consortium renews VHS Learning partnership for 19th year
Even without the current need for remote learning, quality online education options can expand the curriculum available to students and ... Read more
3 ways to prepare students for college and a career
The pandemic has made clear over the past year that how one looks for a college, how one prepares for a career and, ultimately, the importance of education…
7 Mindsets and K12, Inc. Virtual Schools Expand Partnership
7 Mindsets, the pioneer in delivering social emotional learning (SEL) solutions that include mindsets, equity and multicultural pedagogy, is taking ... Read more
Codecademy Expands Online Coding Education
Codecademy, the online education platform empowering millions of people to learn code, announced two new initiatives for students and teachers, ... Read more
“Technology Tools for Online Education” Mini Book and Udemy Course Released
“Technology Tools for Online Education,” a mini book focused on teaching education leaders how to harness their smartphone, leverage the ... Read more
Online STEM Summer Camps for High School and College Students
Numerade—an online education platform founded with a mission to provide equitable access to high-quality STEM instruction—today announced the launch of ... Read more
Easy way for teachers to hold “Office Hours”
Numerade—a fully free online education platform founded with a mission to close the educational opportunity gap by democratizing access to ... Read more
Education.com unveils guided curriculum for math, reading
Education.com, an online education destination for teachers, parents, and homeschoolers looking to help their kids succeed in school, announced a ... Read more
Low-income California Latinos get computers from Latino Community Foundation for health, education
As part of a campaign to help increase low-income and monolingual Latinos' access to online education, as well as health care information, some groups in California are providing…
Professors in deal to design online lessons for A.P. classes
To ease the way for students grappling with certain key concepts, professors at Davidson College in North Carolina will design online lessons for high school students in Advanced…
How to bring quality online education to a global student population
From the outside, it is a nondescript building in downtown San Jose, California. But inside, 20 ninth- and tenth-grade students and seven educators are creating a new educational…
Ed-tech firms shaping education policy
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Online education degrees skyrocket
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Report questions efficacy of full-time virtual schools
A report released last week by university researchers is the latest to question the academic merits of full-time virtual schools run by K12 Inc.—and by extension, the promise…
Apple unveils interactive textbooks, revamped iTunes U
Apple might make the heavy backpack an endangered species.
Online ed passes grade for many K-12 students
For kids who can't or don't want to be in traditional public school classrooms, cyberspace is an alternative—and it's free, Investor’s Business Daily reports.
Competition offers $10K for 21st-century education ideas
How can technology be leveraged to deliver a world-class education affordably to students in developing countries? That's the question a new competition asks, and the best idea will…
Wal-Mart to offer its workers an affordable online education
Wal-Mart is dipping its toe into the online-education waters, working with a web-based university to offer its employees in the United States affordable college degrees, reports the New…
Exam lets prospects ‘test drive’ online education
Prospective students returning to college after a lengthy layoff can gauge their basic English and math skills beforehand to make sure they’re ready for online classes with a…
Online college for union members in the works
The National Labor College will make about 20 online courses available for the AFL-CIO's 11.5 million members next fall in an effort to help workers adapt to a…
Has Google developed the next wave of online education?
Combining text, audio, and video chat with features like drag-and-drop documents and interactive polls, Google Wave is a free web program that could add unprecedented depth to student…
Opinion: Virtual schools are a critical piece of education’s future
Technological innovations might be categorized along a continuum from sustaining to disruptive. In education, a sustaining technology might be a SMART Board, which in most applications is a…