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Laredo College Offering Free Online Small Business Courses
Free, online courses are being offered by Laredo College that include subjects like Creating Web Pages, WordPress Websites, Supervision and Management and more. “These courses offer in-depth specializations that help learners develop the professional skills that are in demand today,” LC President Ricardo J. Solis said. Registration can visit ed2go.com/Laredo and type free in the…
How Workplace Learning Must Adapt To Meet The COVID-19 Challenge
Sam Herring is the Vice President and General Manager, Intrepid by VitalSource. His post originally appeared March 5 here. Herring will appear on an upcoming episode of Remote Possibilities for an update. This past weekend my wife and I braved the crowds at Costco. We were running low on household staples, but I’ll admit, I…
Online Learning Minute: How Lenovo’s LanSchool Backs a Holistic Approach to Successful EdTech
On this episode of MarketScale’s Online Learning Minute, host Brian Runo was once again joined by Lenovo Director, Global Education Solutions Rich Henderson. This go-around, the duo dove into the big picture of providing education technology, how Lenovo, the No. 1 global technology provider for education devices, is setting itself apart in the space,…
Special Ed Services Amidst COVID—How One District Does It
Ukiah Unified School District in California is no stranger to extended school closings. In the last three years, it has experienced closings due to wildfires, smoke from a nearby wildfire, flooding, and long-term power outages. The COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused the district to move to remote learning instead of onsite instruction, has led the…
Online Learning Minute: Exploring the Current State of the Online and Remote Education Space
On this episode of the MarketScale Online Learning Minute, host Brian Runo was joined by the Remote Possibilities podcast’s Kevin Hogan, who will also begin a role as an education contributor at MarketScale. Hogan and Runo dove into Hogan’s two-decade career of exploring the intersection between business and technology, from the first days of…
The Evolution of Classroom Tech, From VCR Carts to Interactive Displays
Educational technology is not a new concept. Whether in a small classroom or a vast lecture theatre, the role of audiovisual technology has played an important, if not always significant, role in the way lessons are taught and the way students learn. In today’s 21st century digital world, we are far removed from wheeling a…
Big Deals For Edtech This Week (May 15)
As the pandemic lockdowns continue, the prospects for physical summer camps are grim and fall back-to-school re-openings murky. To compensate, curriculum providers and online schools are scrambling to create products and services marketed to these uncertainties. Has homeschool become mainstream? This week’s edtech big deals suggest that probability is rising. Read these announcements: To support…
4 Budget-Friendly Ways To Upskill Your Newly Remote Workforce
As entire organizations and teams are disbanded and forced into the digital revolution, many are left vulnerable due to the widening skills gap plaguing the workforce. The skills gap has been a primary challenge for employers across all industries, even before the pandemic. However, the current crisis has exacerbated the lack of skilled talent. In…
Teacher Support Critical To Remote Learning Success
A broad gap exists between what the public wants and what they believe schools are able to provide, according to the latest survey conducted by Langer Research of New York for Digital Promise’s Learner Variability Project. At least eight in 10 of those surveyed recognize that students vary in how they learn, say schools should…
What Universities Are Learning From Online Education
Six months ago, few of the world’s academics had taught an online class. Now they’re almost all doing it. I asked dozens of them about their experiences. My conclusion: online education won’t replace the in-person variety, but will complement it. University teaching after the pandemic will be blended: a mix of both methods. That could…
Microsoft Education Details Remote Learning Successes And Goals
Industry behemoth Microsoft Education this week began to document how the company is responding to the global pandemic and offers resources for institutions to move forward. Alexa Joyce, Future-Ready Skills Lead at Microsoft, posted a comprehensive summary of what countries that have already passed through COVID have been able to accomplish so that those who…
Google Meet Premium Features for G-Suite Now Free Through September
Last month, Google for Education announced that they’ve extended access to premium Google Meet features for all G Suite for Education and G Suite Enterprise for Education users until Sept. 30, 2020. The update was in response to students and educators around the world who are adapting to remote learning due to mandatory school closures caused by…
The Impact of Distance Learning on the Future of Lower and Higher Education Programs
Boasting an innovative Live Learning Platform, a personalized approach, and highly credentialed instructors that make it easier to learn with confidence, Varsity Tutors connects expert instructors to students in more than 3,000 academic and enrichment subjects, kindergarten through college. In this video podcast, Brian Galvin, Chief Academic Officer at Varsity Tutors, chats with MarketScale’s…
Three EdTech Insights To Follow During Quarantine
One advantage to quarantine is some extra time for deep reading. Each successive day there are new ideas and trends being posted on the reinvention of edtech. Rebecca Heilweil reports on issues surrounding remote learning and cheating for Vox: Still, these students’ experiences are another sign that, amid the pandemic, the hurried move to re-create…
Online Learning Minute: How to Leverage Current Educational Content
On this episode of MarketScale’s Online Learning Minute with host Brian Runo, Runo highlights best practices for adapting and leveraging current content in a push toward online learning. Though building out robust and thorough courses with plenty of online-friendly and tailored content is ideal, these courses can integrate training materials, handouts, and more that…
Free Data Science and Machine Learning Courses
Databricks announced on Monday a free global program that gives college students the opportunity to enhance their degrees with classes in data science and machine learning. Ryan Boyd, head of developer relations at Databricks, said exposing “students to the online tools and cloud platforms that enable highly scalable data science and machine learning,” provides them…
Zoom Returns to New York City Schools after Platform Ban
After the New York City school district banned Zoom as a web conferencing platform due to privacy and security concerns, the ban is now being lifted, putting the pandemic’s leading conferencing solution back into educators’ and students’ hands. The New York City Department of Education was initially concerned about the safety of virtual classrooms…
Kevin Hogan Brings a Fresh Perspective to MarketScale’s EdTech Publication
MarketScale is always growing its network of contributors across industries. On this Business Casual snippet, Voice of B2B Daniel Litwin welcomes Kevin Hogan, MarketScale newest education technology contributor and writer, to shed light on his partnership with MarketScale and the EdTech content to come. A forward thinking media executive with more than 25 years…
Counting The Cost Of Remote Learning
Just as the collection and analysis of data is essential for the battle against COVID, so it will be to track the benefits and losses of education with whatever remote learning brings. That data is starting to come in. A new study by the Successful Practices Network and the Center for College & Career Readiness,…
Why Training Design Should Start with the Final Assessment: Quicksilver
Too often the design of training focuses first on content, then on how it is delivered, and finally on how it is assessed. The Backwards Design module, introduced by Wiggins and McTighe flips this approach so that the design of instruction starts with the design of the assessment. So, why should training design start with the…
The Best Places for Free Online Courses Right Now
Perhaps you’re someone who craves constant learning and upskilling, a regular Hermione Granger who’d happily use a Time-Turner to attend three classes at once. Perhaps you’re someone who feels she could benefit from understanding things a little better, even if it’s just learning how the hell HTML works. Or maybe you’re genuinely looking at a…
Big EdTech Deals For The Week of May 8
Another signal that the edTech is making moves to help schools during the COVID pandemic—strategic partnerships. Turnitin and NewsGuard this week announced a move that will help many millions of students and teachers spot and avoid misinformation, improve their research abilities, and develop critical media literacy skills. Turnitin users now have free access to NewsGuard’s…
Online Learning Minute: How Universities Bungled Online Learning Amid COVID-19
On this episode of MarketScale’s Online Learning Minute with host Brian Runo, Runo takes a look at how, with the COVID-19 pandemic forcing universities across the country into a sudden remote and online learning strategy, many didn’t quite live up to expectations. Namely, Runo highlighted a shortcoming in planning and building robust online materials…
The Differences Between Online Learning and Emergency Remote Teaching
Amid talk of pandemics and economics, it may seem like a comparatively minor discussion to have: the difference between remote learning and online learning. But, with COVID-19 forcing schools around the nation to move their classrooms online and more and more scrutiny leveled at the sustainability of doing so, it’s a conversation that education experts…
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