21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

As we think about our work in the past 2019-20 school year, we should reflect on the online learning that had occurred for those of us fortunate enough to have the necessary technology—both at our schools and in our students’ homes. A learning management system can have a tendency to promote a “surface” type of assessment.

Blended Learning 192

Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

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, Or rather, their interest wasn’t in the features of the new LMS.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

Also off campus, not on-: “ Unemployed Detroit Residents Are Trapped by a Digital Divide.” This week: “ OpenStax Partners with panOpen to Expand OER Access.” Phil Hill has data on schools (in the US and Canada) that move from one LMS to another (or stick with their current vendor, as the case may be).

Education 52

Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52