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Conference on Cyberlearning Tools for STEM Education (CyTSE) March 8-9, 2011, Berkeley, CA Call for Presenters is NOW Available!
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and four nonprofit education organizations are beginning an ambitious initiative to address that challenge by accelerating the development and use of online learning tools.
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Just how effective technology can be in improving education — by making students more effective, more engaged learners — is a subject of debate. To date, education research shows that good teachers matter a lot, class size may be less important than once thought and nothing improves student performance as much as one-on-one human tutoring.
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A new line of Sony televisions introduced Tuesday allows people to use the Internet while watching their favorite shows – minus the set-top box that competing systems require. And they will be the first TV’s on the market to run Google TV, Google’s new operating system for Internet-connected televisions.
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The technology takes into account the inevitable desire by consumers to multitask. People who open a Web page while watching football, for instance, can still keep an eye on the game in a small box near the bottom of the screen.
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I’m excited about an initiative announced this week – Next Generation Learning Challenges – that will accelerate the integration of technology in ways that substantially improve learning. The foundation joined with several education organizations and other funders to establish Next Generation Learning Challenges. Its objective is to identify the most promising uses of technology in education and expand them to reach more students, teachers, and schools.
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online program that lets students start class any day they want and finish at their own speed
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The open format of Jefferson's program, called Learn Anytime, means students don't move through classes in groups. None of Mr. Smith's 400 online students will have a discussion or do a group project with classmates
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"It doesn't allow students to get a deep understanding of the content."
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Regardless of criticism like that, the model is spreading.
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ther than programs like Learn Anytime, online education generally mimics the familiar face-to-face template. A group of students moves through course work at a set pace and discusses the lessons, typically in a course forum. Jefferson's effort to break that mold grew out of a dual-credit project with a local public-school system. Since 2007, Learn Anytime has exploded from a couple of hundred students to nearly 1,300
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Mr. Johnson's classroom isn't just virtual. It's also largely automated.
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"The next frontier in online learning," says Mr. Anderson, "is to merge the social stuff with the self-paced stuff."
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