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Why Collegiate eSports Promote Collaboration and Equity
At Pennsylvania’s Montgomery County Community College (MCCC), athletics, technology, and academics have come together to form a successful esports program that promotes equity and collaboration. During a virtual EDUCAUSE 2020 session, faculty from MCCC offered a look at the college’s program, along with tips for those hoping to bring esports to their own campus. MCCC developed…
3 Trends Campus CIOs Should Understand
The challenges facing higher education today are complex, multifaceted, and interrelated — and technology-fueled innovation is fundamental to solving them. This is why the higher-education technology group EDUCAUSE has identified “the integrative CIO” as one of its top 10 IT issues for 2020. “Many of the serious and complex issues facing higher education will require…
65% of Employees w/ Remote Learning Children Burnt Out
With the vast majority of schools across the U.S. continuing to offer distance learning as their only student instructional model during the COVID-19 pandemic, working parents are feeling the pain. A new national poll of the U.S. workforce indicates that 65 percent of employees with children in remote learning situations are feeling burnout. Even for workers without…
How Data Helps the Whole Student
Hardeep Gulati knows the numbers. PowerSchool’s customer base of more than 45 million students in over 80 countries now includes Hoonuit’s 14.5 million students, making his company the largest U.S. provider of K-12 education technology solutions. In this episode, Hardeep talks about how the right analytics and data management techniques can help solve the…
The Keys to Successful Blended Learning During the COVID Pandemic
For years, education professionals have discussed the future of eLearning. Then, almost overnight, it was here. With the COVID-19 pandemic spreading, modifications were required, and most school systems in the United States went to a fully virtual setup. Some districts were set up well for success, while others are still struggling to catch up, even…
Why Teaching Media Literacy is Important in Election Years
The state of the United States’ collective consumption of news and media is tumultuous, at best – over the course of the last several years, social media, mistrust and more have made engaging with the country’s new organizations a complex, yet vital, task. In the wake of what the company calls a period in 2017…
Turning Learning Loss Into Gains
Maybe it’s not as bad as we thought. Stuart Udell, CEO of Achieve3000 has been tracking the rumored “learning loss” data since spring, and while the situation is by no means good, there are hopeful data points. In this episode, Stuart shares some results from the company’s upcoming report. He also highlights how remote technologies…
Engineering a More Powerful Remote Learning Experience
Panasonic National Sales Manager Darryl Krall has more than two and a half decades in audiovisual technology and IT, with much of that career being tied to education – meaning he’s extremely qualified to explore how the pandemic and more have shifted the landscape of education and edtech. Prior to the spread of the novel…
Gaps in K-12 Device and Data Security Thanks to Distance Learning
Absolute Software, recently announced new research revealing significant spikes in remote management and collaboration application usage in K-12 organizations following the shift to distance learning, putting already-vulnerable schools at even greater risk of a cyber attack. The second annual report, titled ”Distance Learning’s Impact on Education IT,” examines the effects of rapid digital transformation and…
5 Ways to Make Online Education More Effective
No one needs reminding that we are in the year 2020, yet we continue to offer education and certifications in virtually the same manner as we have for millennia. Should we really continue to argue whether this is the superior teaching and learning method? What if, instead, we acknowledge that online education is here to…
Survey Provides New Insight Into the Future of Digital Learning
The sudden shift in digital learning in spring 2020 instigated new and sustainable changes in K-12 education. Project Tomorrow, the nation’s leading education nonprofit, is providing new insight into the efficacy and future of digital tools with this year’s Speak Up Research Project findings. Presented during a virtual Congressional Briefing today hosted by edWeb.net, this year’s results indicate an…
How to Make Virtual Learning Real
Angela Maiers has been into social-emotional learning since before it was cool. From the start of the pandemic, the author, speaker, consultant, and founder of the Choose2matter initiative has been devising new and innovative ways to make these remote tools and platforms more humane. In this episode, Angela shares those ideas for the betterment of…
Why UDL is Essential in the Post-Pandemic Learning Environment
The shock has passed, the sadness comes and goes, and the stretchy waistband pants are becoming a mainstay. While the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic persists, it may be time to settle into an educational environment that will be more online than previously imagined. Related content: 10 ways to stay connected when going remote Universal…
The Promise of Upskilling in Manufacturing
On this episode of the Voices of eLearning, HP Director of EdTech Innovation Mike Belcher joined host JW Marshall to explore how HP is navigating the intersection of education and technology and helping elevate education from K-12 all the way through professional education. Like everyone in the industry, Belcher said the COVID-19 pandemic has had…
Mapping and Understanding Student Behavior Through Data
Where many people see problems, Brian Thomas sees progress. In this episode, the President and CEO of Lightspeed Systems talks about the efforts of the edTech industry to address the new realities of remote education and how schools will not only survive this crisis but thrive in its wake. Headquartered in Austin, Texas (with…
More Support Needed to Protect Privacy and Advance Digital Equity
The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) this week released a new report — with accompanying survey findings — that reflect the urgent need to provide improved student privacy support to teachers, parents, and students. Almost half of teachers report they have received no substantive training on data privacy, and only four in 10 parents say…
Extra Worry for Special Need Students When It Comes to Remote Learning
While the pandemic has taken a toll on the learning of every student, those with special needs are enduring further damage to their education according to a recent survey conducted by the American Institutes for Research (AIR). Most districts reported that the coronavirus pandemic made it more difficult to meet the needs of students with…
What is the Role of Drones in Education?
On this live episode of Drones in America by MarketScale, host Grant Guillot and a range of industry experts will explore the importance of drone education and STEM programs in keeping pace with the rapid growth of the drone industry in the United States. There will be more jobs to be filled by qualified professionals,…
Elevating Your Digital Presence in EdTech
As the education industry continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and work out ways to excel in the new normal and beyond, new players are beginning to enter the edtech space – but they often need a little help getting the word out. Enter Square32 Consulting. The company works with others in the…
The New Priorities of K-12 Education
For Thomas Murray, every conversation is a balancing act. As the Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools, a project of the Alliance for Excellent Education, located in Washington, D.C., he strives to promote big picture changes when it comes to things like student equity and educating the whole child while realizing the incredible struggles…
Best Practices for Data Security in Online Learning
As the global pandemic extends into the fall, it’s clear that most schools and universities will continue to rely on online instruction in the near term. However, although online instruction can help minimize health risks, it also introduces heightened security risks and highlights the importance of protecting data. This was certainly true in corporate environments,…
USDA Invests $72M in Distance Learning and Telemedicine Infrastructure
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $72 million in grants to help rural residents gain access to health care and educational opportunities. These investments will benefit more than 12 million rural residents. “Increasing access to telemedicine and distance learning is critical to building healthier and more…
How Technology Is Elevating Remote Training
In this episode of the MarketScale Software and Technology podcast, Stenograph Training Program Manager Cindi Lynch joins host Daniel Litwin for a discussion on how COVID-19 and other factors have asked technology to elevate training across nearly every industry, particularly when the trainees and trainers are forced to engage in remote learning. Stenograph is…
How Flexible Classrooms Support Tomorrow’s Workforce
We don’t know what the future of work will look like when today’s students graduate, but one thing is for sure—adaptability and flexibility, including flexible classrooms, will be critical skills in order to respond to constant change with confidence. Education now reflects the importance of developing transferrable skills, such as creativity, communication, critical thinking, and…
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