ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Using the metaverse can assist greatly with this by providing the opportunity to invite students with different needs to participate in positive and engaging learning experiences. Many immersive learning experiences are difficult or impossible to access for students with physical disabilities or impairments.

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Learning Smartphone Accessibility Social Media 327

Kitaboo on EdTech

MAY 8, 2024

Online digital textbook platforms and interactive learning software like KITABOO offer a wide range of educational materials that encourage essential digital skills. Variations in Blended Learning Approaches II. Learning is divided into segments, with students flipping between offline and online instruction.

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Blended Learning Software eBook Learning 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2021

During a forum hosted by public policy think tank New America to discuss this new data, Jessica Rosenworcel, the acting FCC Chairwoman, called the homework gap “an especially cruel” part of the digital divide that existed long before the pandemic. There are some positive findings in the survey. An additional $7.17

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Broadband Survey Digital Divide Accessibility 111

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2021

of California’s Public Contract Code only addressed online learning in the context of surplus technology and nonprofit computer labs. 1560 , and proposed adding sections designed “to close the digital divide in California.” For instance, prior to COVID-19, Section 12100.8

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Broadband Digital Divide E-rate Policies 146

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

But nowhere is the digital divide larger than in the Black rural South. Even after service providers launched discounts for broadband services during the pandemic — often targeting online learning — Black Americans across the South saw little change in their access to broadband services.

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Broadband E-rate Digital Divide Accessibility 84

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2020

More recent studies show that the summer is a pivotal period for student learning. According to 2018 study by the U.S. Our widespread foray into distance learning is forcing teachers to optimize technology. We must continue to provide access to software, online libraries and educational videos.

Learning 114

Learning Software Digital Divide Broadband 114

Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

” that by 2019 half of all high school classes will be taught over the internet ; Raised questions about a new study on personalized learning ; Added four new incidents to the K-12 cyber incident map ; and. million federal grant to study online credit recovery | LA Times → L.A. Unified gets a $3.26-million

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2019

Rolfes’s group is part of a Nebraska initiative to wirelessly extend school broadband into rural communities where more than a third of the students have no broadband access at home, according to a state study. The Nebraskans already have the wired backbone of their network in place, connecting all their schools.

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Broadband Education Policies Digital Divide 86

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Like much of rural America, Garfield County is on the wrong side of the “homework gap” — a stubborn disparity in at-home broadband that hinders millions of students’ access to the array of online learning, collaboration and research tools that are enjoyed by their better-connected peers.

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Broadband Chromebook Accessibility Mobility 83

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 22, 2021

A meta-analysis of 39 studies of children’s picture books finds that children score better on comprehension tests after reading a paper book than after reading a digital book. Digital picture books have been a godsend during the pandemic. Children up to age eight were included in the studies.

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Analysis Study Smartphone Report 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That).

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Via WaPo : “The FCC talks the talk on the digital divide – and then walks in the other direction.” ” That’s Gail Heriot. ” “What’s the bottom line on online preschool ?” ” Via Education Dive : “ Digital ed tech pricing library brings transparency to procurement.”

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