Discovery Education is hosting a free virtual field trip to a nuclear power plant Oct. 15, cosponsored with the Center for Nuclear Science and Technology Information. The event takes place between 1 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. Eastern time.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 10/12/18
Two decades after its founding, a virtual school in Michigan legislated into existence faces an expansion of its mandate to include research. Michigan Virtual has long delivered courses to middle and high school students. Now, the organization might also become a hub for online educational experimentation.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 10/10/18
GitHub has released four new courses on its Learning Lab, an online learning hub intended for people "of all skill levels."
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 08/06/18
The Certified Lesson Planning Specialist is a set of online courses designed for teachers who want to see what flipped classes look like and hear from other educators about the reasons for their instructional choices.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 08/02/18
The Online Learning Consortium has introduced a series of original reports to keep people in education up-to-date on the latest developments in the field of digital learning. The first report covers accessibility and addresses both K-12 and higher education. The series is being produced by O.L.C.'s Research Center for Digital Learning & Leadership.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 07/18/18
At the BbWorld conference taking place this week in Orlando, Blackboard today introduced a new version of CourseSites, a free platform for individual instructors to deliver e-learning.
A new research study has found evidence that full-time students in one particular online public school can attain the same level of achievement as that offered at traditional public schools.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 07/03/18
"Businesses will spend $1.1 trillion in 2018 on digital transformation…" Trillion. All in 2018. Phew! In this week’s blog post, then, we explore the notion of digital transformation outside of K-12 — what is "digital transformation?" What is its goal? Who is doing it? Armed with that understanding, then, in a subsequent blog post we will explore the "digital transformation" of K-12.
- By Cathie Norris, Elliot Soloway
- 07/02/18
Middle and high school students across Missouri are earning original credit and recovery credits online by enrolling in the Missouri Online Summer Institute.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 06/18/18
In spite of the fact that Florida Virtual School offers "global" options to students around the world who want to take digital courses, the school earlier this year informed its out-of-state educators that they'd have to move to Florida to keep their jobs.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 06/14/18