One reason why paper textbooks cost so much is because publishers need to recover their costs of producing new books in the first or second semester, Brady said. That's because the books end up in the used book market after that time, where publishers don't get a cut. And digital textbooks have kept a similar high-priced model, he said, which encourages students to break the encryption on them or stick with paper books because they can sell them back.
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The New 3 Es of Education - 0 views
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Project Tomorrow This report is the first in a two part series to document the key national findings from Speak Up 2010. In this report "The New 3E's of Education: Enabled, Engaged, Empowered - How Today's Students are Leveraging Emerging Technologies for Learning," we are building upon that student vision and focusing on three specific key trends that have generated significant interest this past year at conferences, in policy discussions and within our schools and districts: mobile learning, online and blended learning and e-textbooks. Each of these trends include the essential components of the student vision of socially-based, un-tethered and digitally rich learning, but they also directly address the three new "E's of Education" - enable, engage and empower.
How Professors Would Fix Textbooks - 0 views
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And videos, of course, can't be printed.
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By using the HTML5 online content language, Brady hopes to give students cheaper instructional books that will give them all their material in one place. And the material will be updated in near real time.
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Go mobile or go home | ZDNet - 0 views
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the market for interactive textbooks is taking off (Kno, one of the biggest publishers of e-textbooks, has compiled enough data from extensive use of its platform to publish data on student effectiveness), iPads are everywhere, the Kindle Fire is seeing significant adoption, and Google's Nexus 7 already has solid retail and pre-order traction outside of the technorati who usually represent Google early adopters.
Study Renews Call to Slow Growth of K12 Inc. Virtual Schools - Digital Education - Educ... - 0 views
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Among the key conclusions of that analysis is that students in virtual schools run by K12 are performing worse academically and dropping out of courses at much higher rates than their brick-and-mortar counterparts.
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Such recommendations have been supported by some virtual school advocates, including a structure where funding is based on course completions and not course enrollments, such as the Florida Virtual School's funding model.
We Need More Launching Pad Politics - Getting Smart by Tom Vander Ark - DigLN, edreform... - 0 views
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Thoughtful commentators agree (as noted in June) that the innovation economy requires two things: Growth oriented policies – low tax rates, transparent and efficient government – and An opportunity platform that includes effective education and health services and efficient energy and transportation infrastructure.
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You could probably add culture of confidence to round out the innovation formula: opportunity, incentive, and culture.
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We need everyone starting something! Therefore, we should aspire to be the world’s best launching pad because our workforce is so productive; our markets the freest and most trusted; our infrastructure and Internet bandwidth the most advanced; our openness to foreign talent second to none; our funding for basic research the most generous; our rule of law, patent protection and investment-friendly tax code the envy of the world; our education system unrivaled; our currency and interest rates the most stable; our environment the most pristine; our health care system the most efficient; and our energy supplies the most secure, clean, and cost-effective.
Teacher Training & the Push for Online Education | Getting Smart by %author_name% | %tag% - 0 views
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Ensuring that teachers are properly trained to use technology resources is fast becoming as big of a budgetary concern as was acquiring the technology in the first place.
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Often overlooked however, is that not all teachers are immediately comfortable transitioning to a wired classroom.
What is Display Advertising | How to Apply Google Adsense - 0 views
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Digital marketing school is a professional institute that provides courses to enhance your Google Ad sense and Google display advertising.
Content Optimization Techniques - Digital Marketing School - 0 views
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Digital Marketing School is a professional institute that provides you training in content optimization and content optimization techniques to enhance your social media presence.
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Digital Marketing School is a professional institute that provides you training in content optimization and content optimization techniques to enhance your social media presence.
A Guide to Riding the Mobile Learning Wave | Learning Technologies | Training Industry - 0 views
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make sure your learning technology platform can launch a mobile course.
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You want to spur the adoption of mobile learning. So direct users to a course that’s only available in a mobile format. Make the course easy to access.
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The goal is delivering a lot of instructional value in a small package.
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Take the Mobile Learning Plunge - 0 views
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the transition to mobile learning is not an easy one for most companies to make.
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Prior instructional design was developed for the PC, not iOS or Android devices, so animations and interactions that work well on a desktop computer do not carry the same functionality on a mobile platform. Additionally, learning management systems exist behind layers of security firewalls that make it difficult for users to access courses on their mobile devices.
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TAKE THE MOBILE LEARNING PLUNGE
Curating to Enhance Organizational Learning - 0 views
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aggregation—curating the most relevant information distillation—pulling out the most simple and important messages elevation—curating by identifying a larger trend mashups—unique, curated juxtapositions where content is merged to create a new point of view chronology—brings together historical information to show an evolving understanding.
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The Saylor Foundation - 0 views
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Saylor.org is a free and open collection of college level courses. There are no registrations or fees required to take our courses, and you will earn a certificate upon completion of each course. Because we are not accredited, you will not earn a college degree or diploma; however, our team of experienced college professors has designed each course so you will be able to achieve the same learning objectives as students enrolled in traditional colleges.
How Much Does Blended Learning Cost? -- THE Journal - 0 views
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Many inputs go into the costs behind a blended-learning school: the number of teachers and administrators; their specific salaries; the instructional materials and technologies; student services; and other school operations.
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The paper reaches the conclusion that the costs of blended learning are significantly lower than the $10,000 national average for traditional brick-and-mortar schools. They find that, on average, the costs range from $7,600 to $10,200.
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Our own view is that blended learning will and should help schools--and ultimately the public--save money. But the overriding reason to adopt a blended-learning school isn't because of its cost savings, but instead because of the benefits for students that can result. Ultimately blended learning should help schools and policymakers move our education system to a student-centric one that educates children both more effectively and efficiently.
The 10 Big Issues of Our Time | Getting Smart - 0 views
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Big data policy: more measures for improvement and accountability. Specific issues: school accountability, teacher evaluation, instructional improvement, and student matriculation.
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Customized learning: emerging strategies for adaptive, personalized and social learning. Specific issues: role of curriculum architects, mixing open and proprietary content.
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Improving conditions & careers: how blended learning is improving the teaching profession. Specific issues: evaluating in a team-based differentiated environment, managing a distributed staff with dynamic scheduling, and a really big issue–providing rich JIT PD during the shift.
Blended Learning: New Solution to an Old Problem | Getting Smart by %author_name% | %tag% - 0 views
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We can provide every student in America access to great teachers, but that won’t happen in a traditional classroom (as Public Impact has so clearly spelled out)—it will happen when we leverage talent with technology and blend the best of online and onsite learning.
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To power these new models that combine local and national resources, Digital Learning Now calls for educational funding that is weighted, portable, and performance-based.
The Evolution of Digital Textbooks - Digital Education - Education Week - 0 views
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"It wasn't the music business that was dying," he said. "It was the CD business." Similarly, the textbook isn't necessarily going away, said Bridges, but the form is definitely changing.
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"We are already producing online materials that school districts can't even use fully because of the challenges they have [with professional development and infrastructure,]" said McFall. But while schools may not quite be ready to make the transition to fully digital content, the revenue from digital resources grows each year, and currently makes up more than a third of Pearson's sales, said McFall.
When Does Blended Learning Work Best? - 0 views
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"Allowing students to pursue learning experiences that are relevant to them -- including traditional seat-based environments and digital learning opportunities -- is the best strategy," Haglund said. "The same thing with adults, frankly. I don't want every teacher to be teaching in a virtual environment because not every teacher has the interest or skills to support that type of an instructional environment."
How to make one-to-one computing a success | eSchool News - 0 views
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the trend among schools was to let students bring their own devices. “We’re seeing BYOD taking off in schools,”
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“I certainly think there is a lot of conversation around BYOD … but these introduce challenges as well.” He explained: “I think you need to define the common technology needs and goals and determine if BYOD can meet those needs.”
axonify review: The eLearning Coach: Instructional Design and eLearning - 0 views
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retrieval-based learning refers to the repeated recall of newly learned information in various situations or study sessions. It’s been shown to be much more effective than study without recall practice.
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Spaced learning involves learning or studying the same information over intervals in time, rather than all at once, which is known as massed learning.
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Gamification applies game design principles and mechanics to non-game experiences to increase engagement.
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