The Blurry Definitions of Adaptive vs. Personalized Learning

By A.J. O’Connell, Campus Technology

In June of 2015, leaders in adaptive learning hashed out the definitions of personalized and adaptive learning at a summit in Santa Fe, NM, hosted by WCET (the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education’s Cooperative for Educational Technologies). And now, more than a year later, the adaptive learning community has moved on. The terms have been defined: “personalized learning” is any customization of learning by an instructor, while “adaptive” refers to technology that monitors student progress in a course and uses that data to modify instruction in real time. The formal discussion of what those terms mean, at least among experts, is over.

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2016/12/20/the-blurry-definitions-of-adaptive-vs-personalized-learning.aspx

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Global Interactive Whiteboard Market to Grow 7% Through 2020

By Richard Chang, Campus Technology

The global interactive whiteboard (IWB) market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of almost 7 percent from 2016 through 2020, according to a recent report issued by London-based tech market research firm Technavio. The research study covers the present scenario and growth prospects of the global IWB market for 2016-2020. To determine the market size, the study considered revenue generated from the pre-K–12 and higher education sectors of the market.

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2016/12/20/global-interactive-whiteboard-market-to-grow-7-percent-through-2020.aspx

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U of Charleston Outfits Innovation Center with LCD Video Walls

By Sri Ravipati, Campus Technology

The university’s Innovation Center, which opened earlier this month, aims to enhance the sports viewing experience with attention-grabbing, easy-to-use LCD displays from Advanced, an audiovisual and collaborative communications company based in Orlando, FL. Advanced installed two Planar LCD video walls, one of which hangs as a 6- by 1-panel welcome banner at the building’s entrance. The other serves as the 3- by 3-panel central display fixture in an “entertainment hub” space, according to a press release. Additionally, the company installed a Crestron Control System that allows staff to easily control the displays from a 7-inch touchpanel located at the center’s reception area

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2016/12/20/u-of-charleston-outfits-innovation-center-with-lcd-video-walls.aspx

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If the U.S. Won’t Pay Its Teachers, China Will

by Bloomberg News

VIPKid has raised $125 million and signed up 50,000 kids to study English, math and science online. Cindy Mi leans forward on a couch in her sun-filled Beijing office to explain how she first got interested in education. She loved English so much as a child that she spent her lunch money on books and magazines to practice. By 15, she was good enough that she began to tutor other students. At 17, she dropped out of high school to start a language-instruction company with her uncle. Today, Mi is 33 and founder of a startup that aims to give Chinese kids the kind of education American children receive in top U.S. schools. Called VIPKid, the company matches Chinese students aged five to 12 with predominantly North American instructors to study English, math, science and other subjects. Classes take place online, typically for two or three 25-minute sessions each week.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-19/if-the-u-s-won-t-pay-its-teachers-china-will

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Beijing smog forces schools to temporarily move classes online

by Global Times

A teacher live-streams Chinese class in an empty classroom in Xi’an, Northwest China’s Shaanxi Province on Monday. As in Beijing, schools in Xi’an were also suspended on Monday due to heavy smog. Photo: CFP This is not a dystopian future. Schools in Beijing have moved their classes online to spare students from the dangerous smog levels currently choking the capital. Education officials closed all kindergartens and primary schools on Monday after the city issued a red alert for heavy smog that reached 10 times the standards posed by the World Health Organization. Authorities also recommended that high schools in the city hold shortened days during the red alert, which saw PM2.5 levels above 500. The smog is expected to disperse tonight, according to weather authorities. But to keep students from falling behind, the Beijing Municipal Education Bureau required teachers to live-stream classes online.

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1024742.shtml

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These Are The ‘Most Popular’ Online Courses For IT Professionals

by Surajit Dasgupta, NDTV

Coursera has 1.8 million learners from India out of 23 million registered learners globally – its second largest base of online learners after the US.

The 10 Most Popular Coursera Courses of 2016 (based on total Indian enrollments):

1. Machine Learning – Stanford University

2. Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python) – University of Michigan

3. R Programming – Johns Hopkins University

4. Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects – University of California, San Diego

5. The Data Scientist’s Toolbox – Johns Hopkins University

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Have You Hacked These Cognitive Tools?

by Mathew Lynch, Edvocate

Modern technology offers a plethora of cognitive tools for implementation in your classroom. You’re likely familiar with pedagogical tools and teaching resources, but you may also be wondering what exactly a “cognitive tool” is. Cognitive tools are tools what, when used outside of the classroom, play a role in productivity. They include word-processing programs, spreadsheets, and e-mail programs. Applied to the classroom, these become cognitive tools, because they improve the learning process, enhancing thinking and understanding. Let’s look at some examples:

http://www.theedadvocate.org/hacked-cognitive-tools/

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10 Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom

by Bevin Reinen

Skype is an instructional tool that provides boundless opportunities for authentic teaching and learning. It allows us to explore beyond the four walls of our classrooms. As elementary teachers, we sometimes battle to hold our students’ short attention spans. Integrating Skype lessons brings the curriculum to life in ways never before possible. You know that special moment when you announce a class activity, and it’s greeted with claps, screams, and cheers? That’s Skype. It brings pure joy, wonder, and intrigue to your students. Here’s a list of ten ways to utilize it in the elementary setting, followed by some logistical tips for success.

http://www.thetechedvocate.org/10-ways-to-use-skype-in-the-classroom/

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HackerRank tapped over 120 top universities around the world and had each of their best coders go head-to-head.

by RITIKA TRIKHA, Fast Company

At HackerRank, millions of developers, including hundreds of thousands of students, from around the world regularly solve coding challenges to improve their coding skills. In order to figure out which colleges have the best coders, we hosted a major University Rankings Competition. Over 5,500 students from 126 schools from around the world participated in the event. Companies also assess developers’ coding skills using HackerRank to hire great developers. According to our data, the top three best coders in the world hail from:

Russian Federation College, ITMO University (Russia)

Sun Yat-sen Memorial Middle School (China)

Ho Chi Minh City University of Science (Vietnam)

The University of California, Berkeley was the #1 college in America, and came in fourth overall.

https://www.fastcompany.com/3066485/the-future-of-work/these-universities-are-training-the-worlds-top-coders

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Online Language Learning 2016 Global Market Expected to Grow at CAGR 10.9% and Forecast to 2020

by EIN Presswire

The analysts forecast the global online language learning market to grow at a CAGR of 10.9% during the period 2016-2020. Online language learning consists of digital content and solutions that facilitate the learning of languages through ICT tools and platforms, such as mobile apps, e-Books, games, videos, audio clips, digital software, learning lab equipment, and online tutoring. These tools and avenues are interactive, allow real-time feedback, and enhance learning processes as they involve different formats to impart information. Among the languages spoken globally, English has emerged as the most preferred language to learn followed by Mandarin Chinese.

http://www.einnews.com/pr_news/358642885/online-language-learning-2016-global-market-expected-to-grow-at-cagr-10-9-and-forecast-to-2020

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Physical activity courses offered at Iowa State

By Rebecca Haars, Iowa State Daily

Need one more credit for the semester, another reason to get in shape or just a new way to spice up the course load? Try one of the kinesiology department’s physical activity courses. Smith said about 90 percent of the classes now use an online learning component that coordinates through Blackboard, but the majority of each class will be based on the actual physical activity.

http://www.iowastatedaily.com/self/article_04867f00-c0cf-11e6-9884-83d8efb04a99.html

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RCS approves PowerUp laptops purchase

by Rachel E. Sheeley, Richmond Gannett

Richmond Community Schools’s PowerUp 1:1 is moving forward as the system plans to spend $987,160 for 2,900 laptops to provide each student in grades five to 12 with a device. The school board approved the purchase during its Wednesday meeting. The Dell Latitude 3150 laptops are being purchased from CDW-G for $340.40 each.

http://www.pal-item.com/story/news/2016/12/17/rcs-approves-powerup-laptops-purchase/95504778/

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Real world learning draws students to unconventional school

by Associated Press

Three 10th-graders gathered in a pod working on a project they hope would ultimately lead to more civil discourse in America. “A lot of people are neglecting other points of view,” said Sam Humrichouse, 15, who lives in Meridian, reflecting upon the vitriolic campaign rhetoric the country experienced in the presidential campaign. He and his two classmates were at work on a plan to create a website where people could come, tell their stories and answer questions about their lives. As people visit the website, they would see the diversity in those stories and it would help “create an opportunity to practice civil discourse online,” said Harry Northrop, 14, of Boise.

http://www.ccenterdispatch.com/news/state/article_8760e00f-34d0-52ec-828a-b7a9fa4d9138.html

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Seventh-grader’s winning video game design opens educational doors

BY EMILY HOLLINGSWORTH, Free Lance-Star

Ronan Boyarski, a student at Grymes Middle School, plays the Hungry Black Hole. Boyarski poured his passion of coding into the design of the game, which won the Middle School Open Platform category of the 2016 National STEM Video Game Challenge. Ronan recently became the seventh-grader the winner of the 2016 National STEM Video Game Challenge, in the Middle School Open Platform category. His game, “Hungry Black Hole,” uses the W, A, S and D keys on a keyboard to move two stars simultaneously to a black hole in space. Each level (10 levels total) holds new obstacles: walls, quasars and astronomical objects that surround black holes. His knack for advanced coding has put his work on mobile devices in addition to computers. Over the summer, Ronan created a reference app for taekwondo students called “iKwonDo.”

http://www.dailyprogress.com/lifestyles/seventh-grader-s-winning-video-game-design-opens-educational-doors/article_50819192-c3bd-11e6-895f-9393e401372e.html

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Internet Use in Class Tied to Lower Test Scores

by Michigan State University

Michigan State University researchers studied laptop use in an introductory psychology course and found the average time spent browsing the web for non-class-related purposes was 37 minutes. Students spent the most time on social media, reading email, shopping for items such as clothes and watching videos. And their academic performance suffered. Internet use was a significant predictor of students’ final exam score even when their intelligence and motivation were taken into account, said Susan Ravizza, associate professor of psychology and lead author of the study. “The detrimental relationship associated with non-academic internet use,” Ravizza said, “raises questions about the policy of encouraging students to bring their laptops to class when they are unnecessary for class use.” Funded by the National Science Foundation, the findings are published online in the journal Psychological Science. The article is titled “Logged in and zoned out: How laptop internet use impacts classroom learning.”

http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2016/internet-use-in-class-tied-to-lower-test-scores/

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Junior high, high school students will have more, flexible class options

By Alana Norris, Vicksburg Post

The online courses, superintendent Chad Shealy said, came about when administrators were looking for an advanced option for student who were performing highly in math. After research on the best options for students, the district contacted Oddyseyware and the company offered some of the program courses to the district for free. “One of the goals since the beginning is to give students the opportunity for those online courses. A lot of the education you’ll see coming online at your colleges now are hybrid classes and online courses. We want to give them at least one of those by the time they graduate,” Shealy said.

http://www.vicksburgpost.com/2016/12/16/junior-high-high-school-students-will-have-more-flexible-class-options/

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New trend emerges for women in college and university STEM

BY LAURA ASCIONE DEVANEY, eCampus News

New wave of partnerships are helping support women as they pursue STEM careers in college and the professional world. Women are sorely lacking in the IT industry, and universities are taking notice and taking action with an influx of trending partnership-based programs designed to help get women in STEM–and help them stay there. When it comes to STEM, many women report experiencing negative stereotypes in class, and many say they lack female role models. Two-thirds of women in a recent CDW-G survey said they struggled with confidence. The survey included 300 women who are current STEM college students, recent graduates, and those who chose to leave technology, science and math programs.

http://www.ecampusnews.com/stem/trend-women-university-stem/

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Tiny Signs Baby Sign Language Online for New Parents and their Baby

by Globe News Wire

Tiny Signs, a leader in online baby-sign language learning, is offering special holiday savings on “Tiny Signs Jumpstart,” an online mini-course that guides new parents and grandparents through the process of picking signs and learning how to sign them in less than 30 minutes. Lane Rebelo sums it up: “The Tiny Signs Jumpstart mini-course is short and sweet, and packed with valuable information. I created this Jumpstart mini-course as a simple and quick way to help new parents get started signing with ease and confidence!” One parent, Michelle C., recently wrote about Tiny Signs: “My 8 month-old started signing! He started with “milk” but understands many more. I wanted to thank you so much for putting together these videos. That was a wonderful gift for our family, and especially for our little boy who is so eager to communicate.”

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/tiny-signs-baby-sign-language-184515374.html

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Report: Tech-Savvy K–12 Teachers Will Survive the Age of Automation

By Sri Ravipati, THE Journal

While artificial intelligence (AI) continues to automate operations across industries like accounting, law and healthcare, machines are unlikely to replace teachers any time soon, according to research from the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation. In “Teaching in the Machine Age,” report author and lead researcher Thomas Arnett argues that the “teaching profession is not immune to the effects of scientific and technological progress.” But instead of “viewing technological progress as a threat,” teachers should embrace AI innovations to help automate basic teaching tasks. Arnett outlines three “challenging circumstances” and explains how teachers and administrators can leverage technology to solve these problems and enhance their instructional models.

https://thejournal.com/articles/2016/12/12/report-tech-savvy-k12-teachers-will-survive-the-age-of-automation.aspx

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Toys, Education Companies Invest $24 Million in Mobile Gaming Startup

By Sri Ravipati, THE Journal

Several major companies in the toys and games industry have invested in a California-based startup that builds immersive games and content for its flagship iPad accessory.TechCrunch reported that Osmo, “an early entrant in IoT toys,” has raised $24 million in funding from Mattel, Sesame Workshop, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and several venture capital funds. Osmo’s gaming system, designed for children ages 5–12, utilizes its own Reflective Artificial Intelligence technology to integrate physical puzzle pieces, blocks and other toys into a digital environment. With Pizza Co., for example, students learn business and math skills as they run their own virtual pizza shop using tangible money tiles that register on their iPad.

https://thejournal.com/articles/2016/12/13/toy-industry-leaders-invest-24-million-in-mobile-gaming-startup.aspx

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Broward libraries graduate first online high school class

by Caitlin R. McGlade, Sun-Sentinel

Career Online High School was developed in 2012 to offer a second chance to drop-outs long removed from the education system and afraid to turn back. In 2014, it was adapted for public libraries by Gale, a division of Cengage Learning focused on libraries. In Florida, it is being offered by libraries including North Miami Beach, Martin County and is expanding to 17 other systems, including the Boynton Beach City Library. More than 215 students have enrolled statewide, said Kristina Massari, spokesperson for Cengage. The state-funded scholarship allows students to complete a program that would normally cost about $1,300. But the company partners with some companies such as Walmart and McDonald’s to provide employees access as well. The state has allotted Broward about 140 scholarships and the library has awarded all of them. But the system can request more, said Vonda Ward Bryant, the library’s learning services

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/fl-high-school-diplomas-20161215-story.html

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Proposing a liberal arts and technical education armistice

by Bill Path, University Business

These graduates face two distinct sets of challenges, but their problems emerge from one source. One problem involves a lack of work-related training, and the other involves a lack of academic preparation. Both problems reflect a curricular deficit. Faculty in these contrasting disciplines share few things in common and rarely communicate with one another. But if they are to find solutions for the problems their graduates face, maybe they need each other more than they would like to admit. Why does higher education have to be either heads or tails? Why can it not be both heads and tails? Why does instruction have to be offered in either a theoretical learning model or in an applied learning model? Why can’t the instructional learning model be both theoretical and applied at the same time? Today’s college graduates are struggling. They need the technical skills to enter the modern workforce and the ability to advance their careers—not one or the other.

https://www.universitybusiness.com/article/proposing-liberal-arts-and-technical-education-armistice

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Going 1:1 with Chromebooks and Interoperable Digital Content in Lee County, Florida

by Ellen Ullman, K-12 Blueprint

For the School District of Lee County in Fort Myers, Florida, two statewide initiatives spurred an IT transformation that is, in turn, helping to make digital learning easier. First, Florida required districts to transition from paper-based to online testing. Then the state mandated that districts use digital materials for half of all classroom instruction. “We thought, ‘Since we are being forced into using digital content, and Chromebooks are becoming a great option and have keyboards so they can be used for online testing, that might be the right choice for us,’’” says Dwayne Alton, director of IT support.

https://www.k12blueprint.com/success-stories/going-11-chromebooks-and-interoperable-digital-content-lee-county-florida

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College IT leaders: The future of campus cloud technology has arrived

by Jarrett Carter, Education Dive

Campus Technology reports on the growing presence of cloud technology on college campuses and a new survey of IT officials who overwhelmingly project more growth for 2017. More than 81% of survey respondents say they will invest more in cloud technologies for email, data storage and collaborative research and teaching modules next year, and that the 35% of current campus cloud technologies may nearly double in the next five years. While most institutions are using cloud-based computing for data backup and smaller functions, some officials see full campus services moving to the platform.

http://www.educationdive.com/news/college-it-leaders-the-future-of-campus-cloud-technology-has-arrived/432441/

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The Secret to Digital Innovation in the Liberal Arts

By David Raths, Campus Technology

Small liberal arts colleges looking to innovate with technology in education are finding strength in numbers. Liberal arts colleges are at something of a disadvantage in the pursuit of digital technology innovation because they don’t have the size or resources of large research universities. But some are finding strength in numbers as they collaborate on projects involving MOOCs and other online learning strategies. During a Dec. 8 Future Trends Forum video chat hosted by futurist Bryan Alexander, several liberal arts technology leaders spoke about their efforts to define their colleges’ approach to digital innovation.

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2016/12/12/the-secret-to-digital-innovation-in-the-liberal-arts.aspx

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High Performance Collaborative Learning Spaces

by Andrew Milne, Converge

Modern educational experiences combine an in-class, physical component and digitally mediated interactions that take place in a “virtual” world. Often we think of these two realms as distinct and separable, but in reality anytime students are working online they are doing so from a physical context. Although the GUI design remains the same for these virtual spaces, the context in which students experience those cloud-based environment varies depending on the nature of the physical space from which they are accessing it. Consider, for example, students working together on a document in a Google Drive environment. The experience of 3 students working on this document together from their separate homes is different than if they were working together in a single room using a large flat-panel monitor to display their work as they discussed changes, reacted to each other’s non-verbal communication cues, and gestured to elements of the content.

http://www.centerdigitaled.com/k-12/High-Performance-Collaborative-Learning-Spaces.html

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3 Forces Shaping Ed Tech in 2017

By Dian Schaffhauser, Campus Technology

Ovum’s latest report examines the key trends that are expected to impact higher education in the new year. Sometimes predictions about coming trends in a given segment seem willy-nilly. First, we’re marching in this direction, and then suddenly, it’s a new year and we’re marching in that direction. Not so with Ovum in its recent report, “2017 Trends to Watch: Higher Education.” There, the industry is expected to follow in the same direction it has been heading for the past year. The key watchwords: use of innovative technology in teaching and learning, improvement of the student experience and an overall IT strategy that focuses on IT agility. The main difference: Colleges and universities have made “significant advancement” along the way.

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2016/12/13/3-forces-shaping-ed-tech-in-2017.aspx

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AV Design and Project Management Software That Makes Life Easier

By Mike Tomei, Campus Technology

While there’s no substitute for experience when it comes to AV system design, these tools can help you through the process. With all the factors that go into implementing the correct audiovisual systems for a higher ed classroom, AV design and installation projects can be rather daunting for those who are new to the industry. There’s no substitute for experience when it comes to AV system design — and even though colleges and universities often use AV contractors for equipment installation, in-house AV or IT departments still must handle many of the initial design and project management tasks. Thankfully, there are tools out there that can help you through the process. Here are some recommendations on software that makes my life easier during the design and construction phases of AV projects. I have no affiliation with any of these pieces of software — I’m just a fan.

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2016/12/14/av-design-and-project-management-software-that-makes-life-easier.aspx

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Institutional Analytics and the Data Tsunami

by Gordon Wishon and John Rome, EDUCAUSE Review

An advanced analytics platform helps prepare your institution for the volume, variety, and velocity of data coming your way. Tremendous opportunities exist from using nontraditional data sources to find new ways to advance student success and institutional performance. The ability to deliver analytic services in the public cloud will force the rethinking of current or future on-premises solutions because of the potential flexibility and innovation offered. While data scientist is the hot new job title, the rest of the institution’s analytics workforce must develop and strengthen their skills and technology tools to engage, evaluate, and leverage these new, impending, and inevitable analytics platforms.

http://er.educause.edu/articles/2016/12/institutional-analytics-and-the-data-tsunami

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Workforce capacity and mobile access to courses: Higher ed trends to watch in 2017

by Jarrett Carter, Education Dive

Executives from educational engagement firm Cengage are weighing in on how access and training are going to be key focus areas for higher education, and their supporting systems of finance, exposure and governance in the year to come. Officials say that building confidence and workforce capacity, mobile access to training and education, and accrediting credentialing modules are among the top concerns for institutions going into new eras of student diversity and access. Some expect for federal aid to be extended to for-profit, non-traditional learning options like bootcamps and workforce training programs.

http://www.educationdive.com/news/workforce-capacity-and-mobile-access-to-courses-higher-ed-trends-to-watch/432364/

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Online Classes A Popular Way To Learn

by KOA Radio

Online classes are popular. Yet, many people don’t know a lot about how they work. Dr. Jon Bellum is the Provost of Colorado State University-Global Campus and he joined us on Colorado’s Afternoon News to talk about how the online campus works, the type of education experience students get and to debunk some myths about online education.

http://koanewsradio.iheart.com/onair/colorados-afternoon-news-54737/online-classes-a-popular-way-to-15384207/

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The Year in Search: 2016

by Ben Gomes, Google

It’s that time of year — when we look back at the last 12 months and reflect on the trends that defined the year in Google Search. From Powerball numbers to Olympic champions, whether making dessert or becoming a mannequin, this year affected us all in different ways. Through all the highs and lows, people came to Search to learn more and understand. So to celebrate the end of 2016, here’s a peek at some of the trending U.S. topics that caught our attention as especially unique to this year.

https://blog.google/products/search/year-search-2016/

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Grants Support Teachers Pushing Blended and Online Learning

By Dian Schaffhauser, THE Journal

One teacher is developing open physics curriculum; another is evolving a tutoring program in a blended format; and a third is working on competency-based math lessons. All three of these instructors, alongside several others, have been the recipients of teacher grants from the Foundation for Blended and Online Learning intended to help them continue creating or expanding personalized learning programs that incorporate blended and online learning components. The foundation is a charitable organization set up by K12, an education technology company that produces online curriculum for schools and families. Educators from 33 states submitted proposals for grant amounts of up to $10,000, according to Amy Valentine, the organization’s executive director.

https://thejournal.com/articles/2016/12/09/grants-support-teachers-pushing-blended-and-online-learning.aspx

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How students are gaining the cutting edge in education through online learning

By Utah Online School

The internet and technology have revolutionized the way students learn. No longer are teachers confined to teaching from out-of-date textbooks (or any textbooks for that matter). With up-to-date information available for the taking, teachers can deliver educational content on a range of topics, allowing students to learn more completely. But, what about outside the classroom, say, in an online learning setting? Are students who are enrolled in online education programs able to receive a quality education that matches that of the classroom? According to the professionals at Utah Online School, not only are students receiving a quality education, but they are gaining the cutting edge as well.

https://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=42390990&nid=1268&title=how-students-are-gaining-the-cutting-edge-in-education-through-online-learning

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