Those interested in the details of launching virtual learning options for schools, districts, regions, or states likely have more questions than answers. Where do we begin? What kind of personnel will we need? What providers and resources are available? How do we hire and train teachers? What are the costs involved?
A Bill of Rights and Principles for Learning in the Digital Age
January 24, 2013EdSurge discusses a Bill of Rights and Principles, newly developed by a group of people passionate about learning, serving today’s students, and using every available tool to respond better to the needs of students in a global, interactive, digitally connected world....
Digital Content: What Does the Future Hold for Education Systems?
January 23, 2013GETideas.org hosted this GooglePlus hangout on the future of digital content. The online discussion featured a panel of education experts, including Nicole Allen, affordable-textbooks advocate, Student PIRGS; Una Daly, communication college outreach director, OpenCourseWare Consortium; and Cable Green, director of global...
Explaining Inequalities in School Achievement: A Realist Analysis
January 22, 2013In Explaining Inequalities in School Achievement, author Roy Nash argues that a realist framework for the sociological explanation of educational group differences can, and must be, constructed. A move to such an explanatory framework will allow society to take into account the...
Education 3.0: Seven Steps to Better Schools
January 14, 2013In Education 3.0: Seven Steps to Better Schools, renowned educator and technology expert Jim Lengel provides a refreshing and hopeful picture of what schools should look like, including a groundbreaking seven-step process for envisioning and building them that draws on the...
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June 1, 2011
The Chronicle of Higher Education discusses the emerging infrastructure that may enable students to pursue higher education “à la carte” via free online resources.
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May 23, 2011
This video features Oliver Quinlan‘s presentation from TeachMeet Midlands at the National College Nottingham, U.K. In this talk, Quinlan shares how he and his class have been using structured e-learning resources via Google sites to support sentence-level work.
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May 23, 2011
This edited volume covers the range of critical trends in the use of computers and other devices for classroom teaching, online learning, professional development, school improvement, and student assessment. Spotlight on Technology in Education draws on expert sources including teacher-leaders, librarians, researchers, and trainers who share their best advice on helping students to evaluate Web resources and leverage the Internet and computer programs for collaborative experiences and engaging, motivating lessons.
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May 12, 2011
KQED MindShift interviews Rian Meadows, an economics instructor at Florida Virtual School (FLVS), the first-ever statewide virtual public high school in the U.S.
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May 11, 2011In this eLearning Africa interview, Michael Trucano, the World Bank’s Senior ICT and Education Policy Specialist, elaborates on how learning, skills development, and innovation can be further unleashed in Africa with the support of ICTs, including affordable high-speed broadband, e-books, gaming, and interaction instruction via mobile phone.
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May 10, 2011
This Schools & Degress feature discusses how the availability of online learning and tools for ever younger students is becoming a new focus today, especially as the world becomes increasingly dependent on the skills honed through electronic communication, social media, and abbreviated calculations of how our world works. Tools that build critical thinking through games, encourage collaboration, and provide real-time assessment and remediation have become a secret weapon for many schools in helping to prepare their students for the real world.
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May 4, 2011
In this Teacher Reboot Camp entry, Shelly Terrell explains in detail why mobile learning makes sense (and save cents) in schools. In sum, m-learning is low cost, requires little training, offers features that promote autonomy, and promotes the notion that learning takes place everywhere.
