Most schools providing online or blended learning programs rely on their own district budgets for funding, according to a new survey from Fuel Education.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 01/07/16
The annual tech-fest known as the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is taking place Jan. 6- 9 in Las Vegas, and companies new and old have already unveiled their latest bells and whistles. Here are 10 newly introduced products with the most potential for the classroom.
Next week a new massive open online course will begin for K-12 science teachers who want to learn how to help their students read and understand scientific texts.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 01/07/16
An online charter school in New Hampshire is quintupling down on flexibility in how its students structure their learning.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 01/07/16
Media Specialist David Olson explains how transformations in the library are helping to enhance efforts to provide blended (or hybrid) learning in the classroom.
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is partnering with edX to offer special scholarship consideration to qualified students in grade 7 who complete a course through the massive open online course provider.
Florida Virtual School is teaming with a private partner to provide personalized learning for its students.
Online and blended learning programs can increase course options for students in rural areas and have the potential to transform face-to-face instruction, as long as state-level supports are in place, including professional development opportunities for teachers and related training for pre-service teachers, according to a new report from the New York State Online Learning Advisory Council.
The online graduate education program will include video observation of classroom instruction by NYU faculty at a distance.
An organization that works to help schools introduce blended learning into their instructional practices has launched a collection of Web resources dedicated to the topic, one set intended for use by district people implementing blended learning and the other for state leaders who want to make policy for enabling and encouraging blended learning in their schools.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 12/15/15