AFSA Education Foundation Announces New Learning Activities Resource
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The American Financial Services Association (AFSA) Education Foundation is pleased to announce the release of a comprehensive collection of digital financial education resources and activities titled, MoneySKILL® Learning Activities...
Personalized Learning Has Arrived
First things first. Jean Sharp, Chief Academic Officer for Apex Learning believes that in order to stop the continuing crisis of learning loss due to the pandemic, schools and...
U.S. Department of Education Launches Rethink Adult Ed Challenge
In recognition of National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced today the Rethink Adult Ed Challenge that will expand career opportunities for...
Career Exposure Closes the Equity of Access Gap in Remote Learning
A Gates foundation study highlights that 47% of high students who drop out do so because they are bored or disengaged in school and don’t see the relevance of...
Solutions for English Learners During a Pandemic
Teachers working with young students who are learning English as a second language already have to fight through several barriers. The COVID-19 pandemic added another. Whether educating in person or...
Rethinking Online Education with Virtual Event Platforms
The escalation and global impact of COVID-19 catalyzed a sudden shift to the university experience as we know it. By March 2020, 14 million students pivoted to online education....
New Research Shows Gaps in K-12 Device and Data Security
Absolute last week 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...
Higher Education’s Biggest Remote Learning Challenges
Jitterbit, the API transformation company, today revealed the results of The Future State of Higher Education report, which examines how institutions are preparing for the future. Ninety-two percent of respondents said...
Remote Education Struggles to Reach Students in Salt Lake City
As Salt Lake City went back to school this week entirely virtual, the school district saw a major drop in enrollment and a shocking lack of student participation. The...
How a Tech Giant is Creating New Opportunities in Education
Tired of talking about it? So is Mike Belcher, Director EdTech Innovation at HP. And while in this episode we couldn’t get around particulars of the pandemic and the...
Using Data to Accelerate Learning
Online learning is the new normal for everyone, and E-tutors and online classes abound. So what are the key features to a successful online learning portal that will authentically...
Parents Struggle to Afford High-Tech Back to School Shopping
73% of the nation’s largest school districts are still educating students remotely this Fall. This means back to school shopping isn’t about that new backpack, but about buying bluetooth...
Cybercrime is on the Rise During Remote Learning
Fifty-two percent of K-12 educators in the U.S. say their school has not warned them about the dangers of ransomware as they scale remote learning this year, according to...
RIP SAT. Hello micro-credentials!
If ever there was a time to change the way we assess, Megan Harney and Patrick Leonard believe it is now. In fact, the CEO and COO of MIDAS...
Parents and Teachers Divided About Remote Learning
As the majority of the nation's largest school districts are starting the school year off virtually, a new NewSchools Venture Fund-Gallup poll examines how students, parents and teachers are thinking...
How to Engage Learners Through A Task Centered Approach
When it comes to the art of instructional education, Merrill’s first principles are the golden rules for success. They’re a sort of set of instructions for instructors, in a...
Instructional Design Tech Improves Remote Higher Ed
While higher education’s continued transition to online learning can be described as clunky at best, there are some signals that the chaos will ultimately bring more elegant instructional design...
A Strong Online Learning Infrastructure is Key to Higher Ed’s Future
As a growing list of colleges and universities reverse course from their previous plans and opt for a fully-remote, online learning approach instead, the risk that many will approach the transition...
Dr. Mark Elgart, President and CEO of Cognia, on Shifts in Education and in...
While some companies have struggled as a result of institutions not administering testing during the pandemic, Cognia has been able to emphasize different aspects of its offerings, such as...
Why Teaching Students to Analyze and Interpret Data is Critical
In the midst of a deadly pandemic and a presidential election, both of which are generating conflicting claims that may or may not be based on real data, teaching...
eSports in Education—A Phenomenon Becomes Essential
E-what?? That’s right, eSports. Students are finding the most incredible opportunities through eSports programs at their schools. This school year, over $20m in college scholarships will be given out...
Building Relationships in a Digital-First eLearning World
The world of education – particularly for professionals – was already moving online, and the COVID-19 pandemic had only further increased education’s reliance on eLearning solutions and online options. However,...
SMART Upgrades Tech To Support Remote Learning
As teachers prepare to teach across virtual, hybrid, and in-person environments this semester, SMART Technologies -- provider of the world's most popular collaborative learning software and hardware -- announced...
3 Crucial Educational Developments of 2020
As the pandemic continues to reshape education, new trends are emerging in the way we teach and learn. For the past five months, Remote Possibilities host Kevin Hogan has...
Toyota Revs Up Support for E-Learning Across United States
Have you ever wondered how a Toyota vehicle is designed? Or how the Toyota Camry, America's best-selling sedan for 18 straight years, is built? Or what it is like...