K-12
We've got digital textbooks. How about digital magazines?
Submitted by bhobgood on Thu, 02/12/2009 - 15:26You may have heard that Amazon just released the Kindle 2, the next generation of its electronic book reader. Or maybe you've seen digital versions of textbooks on CD-ROM. Perhaps you've even seen online digital textbooks like LEARN NC's North Carolina Digital History Textbook.
K-12 Online Learning: A 2008 Follow-up of the Survey of U.S. School District Administrators
Submitted by bhobgood on Thu, 01/29/2009 - 11:31The Sloan Consortium, one of the largest organization focused on quality education through online learning, recently released this report as a follow-up to a K-12 report from two years ago. The report reveals a 47% growth in the number of students enrolled in online courses from the original study. Among other key findings, the report includes the following highlights:
Best practices for online games and simulations in schools
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 01/14/2009 - 13:11With all the attention given to the use of online games and simulations in online courses, has anyone seen the research or reports about their effectiveness? Finally, the Software and Information Industry Association . . .will release three new reports detailing attitudes toward 21st century learning, best practices for using games and simulations in schools, and trends surrounding mobile devices and online learning, according to T.H.E. Journal. For more details, see the following article from T.H.E.:
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