Huffington Post
"There's a sense that [online education] is a lot more mainstream now and we need to take a closer look at it," said Michael Horn, an advocate of digital learning at Innosight Institute, a think tank focused on education policy. "I don't think we need ...
What Campuses Can Learn From Online Teaching
Wall Street Journal
At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and other campuses, the upheaval today is coming from the technological change posed by online education. But that's only the half of it. Just as edX, Coursera, Udacity and other online-learning platforms ...
Education chief wants textbooks to go digital
Boston.com
The transition to digital involves much more than scanning books and uploading them to computers, tablet devices or e-readers. Proponents describe a comprehensive shift to immersive, online learning experiences that engage students in a way a textbook ...
Columbia Business School Launches Its First Online Executive Education Program
IT News Online
The program, in partnership with the Institute for Personal Leadership (IPL), offers a wider community of business professionals the opportunity to experience executive education in a dynamic onlineformat that provides an interactive learning ...
School reform becomes personal
The Spokesman Review
The school reform laws, enacted by Idaho lawmakers in 2011 at Luna's urging, include technology boosts, laptop computers for all high school students, a new focus on online learning, merit pay bonuses for teachers and rolling back most teacher ...
Early learning program explained for St John's Grammar parents on series of ...
Herald Sun
... first day of school. St John's Grammar in Belair wrote, produced and launched the seven-episodeonline video series this week. The "Learning Early Series" clips ... "Our experience has taught us that parents are often very uncertain of their new ...
President Sands and panel discuss online courses at President's Forum
Purdue Exponent
Acting president Tim Sands introduced a discussion on online learning on Tuesday, revealing that federal support for research at the University is down, a loss that the University plans to recover with revenues from online courses. Sands said that ...
Rutgers School of Business-Camden Earns Prestigious Award for Executive ...
News from Rutgers
CAMDEN — The Rutgers School of Business–Camden has been recognized by Chief LearningOfficer Magazine for its work with equipment manufacturer Caterpillar, Inc. in building a globallearning solution through its Executive Education Program. Rutgers ...
Canadian Startup Partners with Business School to Tackle Next-Gen Online ...
Techvibes (blog)
Canadian Startup Partners with Business School to Tackle Next-Gen Online Education Market. Posted by Techvibes Newsdesk on 2012-10-02 3:15:00 PM. A new partnership between ClevrU and NewMindsets, facilitated by MaRS Innovation and York University's ...
Florida Virtual Academy Charter Schools Approved in Palm Beach and Broward ...
Equities.com
WESTON, Fla., Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Palm Beach and Broward counties recently approved applications to open the state's newest online public charter schools known as Florida Virtual Academies (FLVA). The South Florida Virtual ... "Florida Virtual ...
UW joins other schools in posting courses online at no cost
KING5.com
SEATTLE -- The University of Washington and 29 other institutions of higher learning are offering free online courses this fall through a new company called Coursera. Sounds like an amazing deal, right? Here's the catch: They are non-credit courses ...
Florida Districts in Regional Educational Consortia Select Performance Matters ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
One of Florida's Race to the Top initiatives is that all districts will implement a local instructional improvement system (LIIS) to provide teachers and administrators with the information and resources they need to improve their instructional ...
Caveat E-Emptor -- Let the Online Student Beware
Huffington Post
With their predatory sales tactics, for-profit institutions tainted online learning by mass producing college degrees -- but, to their credit, were far more responsive to consumer demand than traditional higher education had ever been. Many public ...
Obama, Biden launch initiative for military kids
Daytona Beach News-Journal
The Obama administration has partnered with the American Association of Colleges for TeacherEducation and the Military Child Education Coalition to help military children as they face social, emotional and learning challenges in the classroom while ...
Lafayette Charter School receives School Health ConnectionTM Award
NUjournal
The program will also provide online learning tools, teacher training and a health fair for the entireschool community that will be based at Lafayette Charter School. This event will also include health screenings for teachers and parents as a means ...
FLOWERS: Internet, mobile phones, texting safety tips
Lufkin Daily News
As our students enter the “Digital Learning Age,” there are a variety of hazards they face online. The United States Attorney's Office released some staggering statistics regarding these hazards. It is not just middle-school or high-school aged ...
Tomorrow's College Tackles Higher Ed's Greatest Challenges: Grit, Funding ...
Education Week News (blog)
YES Prep Charter School Network has tapped the secret of college bound success by providing persistent educator support, delivering rigorous academics, and giving the right messages about hard work and perseverance. ... Since 1977, University of ...
How Technology is Improving Secondary Education
City Town Info Education Channel
The expanding and constantly innovating technology industry in America today has motivated high school teachers and company leaders alike to bring technology and computer science into the secondary school classroom as both learning tools and a means to ...
City Town Info Education Channel
Free Ivy League online courses
The Corsair
Coursera is a social entrepreneurship company, founded in the autumn of 2011, that hosts 195 freeonline courses from 33 elite universities from around the world, including Stanford, Princeton, Caltech, Duke, Brown, and other top schools. This ...
Arne Duncan Calls For Textbooks To Become Obsolete In Favor Of Digital
Huffington Post
South Korea, which consistently outperforms the U.S. when it comes to educational outcomes, is moving far faster than the U.S. in adopting digital learning environments. One of the ... Proponents describe a comprehensive shift to immersive, online ...
Teaching Digital Citizenship
Technapex
The ways students learn are changing rapidly in this digital age, and with all the exciting new technology students can access, there also comes responsibility for students to conduct themselves appropriately when using technology. ... The digitalage ...
Technapex
Class in Session: The Henry Ford Hosts Educator Open House October 6
Midland Daily News
Opening at 8:30 am, educators will be provided information on the unique and engaging opportunities ahead for the 2012-2013 school year during educator overview sessions with our Chief LearningOfficer Paula Gangopadhyay. ... While exploring The Henry ...
Warren Hills Regional School District welcomes teachers back to school
Warren Reporter
From new graduation requirements to an updated curriculum, Warren Hills has been making adjustments to better serve their students and uphold their commitment to “challenging and empowering a dynamic, diverse student body in a supportive learning ...
Fortis Extends Its Pledge Of Educational Confidence To New Students Through ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
The program also will be honored for spring 2013 high school graduates who are guaranteed access to the Pledge, even if it is not extended again, by enrolling before January 1 for classes that start at Fortis in summer 2013. ... A leading post ...
Students at PSD Global Academy getting online, classroom experience
The Coloradoan
Her experience at Poudre School District's Global Academy has been such that high school senior Alexis Swaim would love nothing more than to return after college to educate the school's students as her teachers have done before. The Johnstown resident ...
Red Comet's Online Program for High School Classes Receives Top Rating from ...
PR Web (press release)
Overall, seventy nine percent of the surveyed students said they were 'very satisfied' with Red Comet's online learning program. Eighty seven percent said that it was very easy to get started with the online high school classes. Ninety one percent ...
PR Web (press release)
Career Education Chairman, President & CEO Steven H. Lesnik Joins APSCU ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — Career Education Corporation (CEC) (NASDAQ: CECO), a global provider of postsecondary education programs and services, today announced that its Chairman, President and CEO Steven H. Lesnik has accepted an appointment to the ... of ...
Why Education Needs a New Brand
Scientific American
We've seen charter schools like KIPP work tirelessly to close the achievement gap, schools that overturn antiquated systems of learning, and businesses like United Technologies step in to fund over $1 billion in tuition reimbursements. ... If we could ...
Registrar pursues online projects
The Dartmouth
New technological initiatives from the Office of the Registrar will facilitate online learning for students and professors and eliminate long lines and thousands of pages of paperwork over the course of the year, according to College Registrar Meredith ...
Changing demographics lead to UW System enrollment drop
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A drop in the number of high school students and competition from for-profit and online universities are factors pinching enrollment at some University of Wisconsin System schools, forcing them to fine-tune their recruiting efforts. The issue is ...
Fiery debate focuses on Idaho school reforms
The Spokesman Review
Luna dismissed that as a personal attack, and said his plan, which includes technology boosts, laptop computers for all high school students, a new focus on online learning, merit pay bonuses for teachers and rolling back most collective bargaining ...
Compass Learning's Innovation and Content Honored with Two 2012 EDDIE ...
MarketWatch (press release)
... and Improving Productivity of Teachers. AUSTIN, Texas, Oct 02, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The ComputED Gazette recently named CompassLearning Odyssey (Middle School Science) and Renzulli Learning as winners in its 17th Annual Education Software Review ...
My Turn: Smart needs art
Juneau Empire
We, in Juneau, have the unique opportunity of celebrating, teaching, and learning in a place-based manner. ... Take a break from the rain, and enjoy a “hallway gallery walk” by visiting a local school, to see for yourself, how SMART requires ART ...
How Makers Are Desktop-Fabricating a Revolution of Things
Gizmodo
But learning how to use workshop tools—band saws, table saws, drill presses, and the like—was just part of a mid-twentieth-century American education. The bad kids ... School budget cuts in the 1990s were the nail in the coffin; once the generation ...
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tom Kitt, and BRING IT ON Team Set for Amber Charter ...
Broadway World
Luis Miranda, one of New York City's most respected community leaders, founded Amber Charter School in 2000 and served as its board chair until 2011. Today Amber serves 435 students from kindergarten through 5th grade. The school, based on E. 106th ...
Leaders in urban, STEM and international education are IU School of Education ...
Indiana University
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The Indiana University School of Education honors three outstanding alumni who have, among them, had a great impact on issues of urban education, STEM education and international higher education programming. ... This year's ...
The Cordova Times - Ahead of the game
Cordova Times
When he was an elementary school teacher, Keith Zamudio used to forbid his students from using spell checkers and confiscated calculators during maths exams. These, he believed, were cheating tools that prevented students from learning. Zamudio is now ...
University of Phoenix Awarded Military Friendly Schools Title from Victory ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
"University of Phoenix is proud to serve America's active duty service members, their families and veterans by granting them accessible education resources and removing barriers for them to complete their educational goals," said University of Phoenix ...
Online schools face backlash as states question results | SciTech ...
And in Florida, state education officials are investigating a virtual school after it was accused of hiring uncertified teachers; in the past two weeks two local school boards in the state have rejected proposals for virtual schools. Some states, including ... "There's a sense that is a lot more mainstream now and we need to take a closer look at it," said Michael Horn, an advocate of digital learning at Innosight Institute, a think tank focused on education policy. "I don't think we need to put the ...
GMA News Online
Online Learning at Harvard - Harvard University - Online, Continuing ...
By Ray
Online, Continuing, and Professional Education Update by UPCEA ... Harvard has produced onlinecourses and other forms of digital learning for several decades with the goal of making educationalcontent available to a global audience.
Online, Continuing, and Professional...
Education chief wants textbooks to go digital - Herald Online
The transition to digital involves much more than scanning books and uploading them to computers, tablet devices or e-readers. Proponents describe a comprehensive shift to immersive, online learningexperiences that engage students in a ...
Rock Hill Herald Online -- National...
Khan Academy online learning translations journey – 2 years ...
Khan Academy online learning translations journey – 2 years. by Khan Academy. In October 2010, Khan Academy began a volunteer driven effort to translate its ...
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Red Comet's Core Courses for High School Online Learning ...
Red Comet (http://www.redcomet.org) announced today that its Online High School Classes has Received Approval from the National Collegiate Athletic ...
beforeitsnews.com/.../red-comets-core-courses-for-high-school...
NoNameSite Announces SoCo Online Learning Program ...
NoNameSite Announces SoCo Online Learning Program. Innovation and Creativity at Core ofLearning Program Seeking to Engage High School Students and ...
www.prnewswire.com/.../nonamesite-announces-soco-online-l...
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