BY CODY WALKER, eSchool News
It is the primary job of the education system to teach our children. However, schools are also entrusted by parents to keep students safe. Bullying prevention is part of this and schools can tackle it on several fronts. It involves creating positive school climates, adopting rigorous reporting systems, and educating students and parents about digital citizenship and how to use social media responsibly.
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by JON MARCUS, Hechinger Report
One school, the Southern California Institute of Architecture, charged a net price of nearly $50,000 for students from families earning $30,000 or less; another, the California Institute of the Arts, nearly $48,000. The same institutions are equally pricey for middle-income families, costing up to more than $43,700 for those making $30,000 to $48,000 and nearly $50,000 for families that earn $48,000 to $75,000 a year, after scholarships and grants. The data are available in the updated Tuition Tracker, a tool produced by The Hechinger Report and EWA for students and their families considering college. The website discloses the net price based on a user’s family income, and other essential information, by institution.
Share on FacebookNew data show some colleges are definitively unaffordable for many
by Hallie Busta, Education Dive
Data from the National Center for Education Statistics show that more than 100 for-profit colleges closed between the 2016-17 and 2017-18 academic years alone, while 20 nonprofit colleges shuttered during that period. And although the number of credentials issued increased 1.2% from 2012-13 to 2016-17, for-profits offered nearly 30% fewer than nonprofits. The for-profit sector has been in a downward spiral since 2016, when the Obama administration removed accreditation from several privately run groups responsible for ensuring colleges meet certain educational criteria. The decision, supported by two regulations designed to increase governance over for-profits — the gainful employment and borrower defense to repayment rules — followed the high-profile collapses of for-profit chains ITT and Corinthian Colleges when they were denied federal student aid from the Education Department.
https://www.educationdive.com/news/how-many-colleges-and-universities-have-closed-since-2016/539379/
Share on FacebookBy Michael Sano, EdSurge
Could the rise in MOOC-based and other certificates affect how traditional college degree paths are designed? What role should employers have in the design or execution of digital learning opportunities? Those were a couple of the questions debated at #DLNchat on Tuesday, October 9, when we discussed how nontraditional education providers could influence the future of digital learning. But first, who are these nontraditional providers? Many #DLNchat-ters define them as MOOC providers including edX and Coursera and bootcamps such as General Assembly and Kenzie Academy. What defines these providers as “nontraditional,” Cali Morrison said, is regulation. She defines nontraditional providers as those who aren’t covered by regional or national accreditation.
Share on FacebookJosh Moody, Forbes
For EdX, a pioneer of massive open online courses, this is an ambitious expansion, taking the current MicroMasters certificate program and scaling it up. Aside from the 50 MicroMasters listed online, EdX now is making nine fully fledged master’s degrees available through partner universities. Costs range from a low of $9,900 for a master’s in analytics from the Georgia Institute of Technology to $22,379 for a post-baccalaureate marketing degree from Curtin University. By comparison, EdX officials note the same GIT degree costs $36,000 for residents and $49,000 for out of state students.
Share on FacebookJohn Kroger, Inside Higher Ed
If we were to create a higher education report card for the entire higher education system, what elements would we grade? That depends, of course, on what you think the purpose of higher education is in our country. For discussion’s sake, let me suggest that there are three core and unequivocal roles our system must perform. First, we must conduct research that advances knowledge. Second, we must provide accessible, high quality undergraduate education, with good learning, development, and employment outcomes, to a large percentage of our population. And third, we need to run high quality graduate and professional degree programs that meet the specialized needs of our society. If you had to give a grade for how we are doing in each area, what grade would you assign?
https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/leadership-higher-education/higher-ed-report-card
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Published tuition and fee prices of colleges and universities were about the same in 2018-19 as in 2017-18, after adjusting for inflation. Published prices rose much more slowly in all sectors between 2013-14 and 2018-19 than over the preceding five years. Growth in grant aid kept the dollar increases in net tuition and fee prices below the dollar increases in published prices. However, increases in grant aid and tax benefits covered a smaller share of the price increases over the last five years than between 2008-09 and 2013-14.
https://trends.collegeboard.org/sites/default/files/2018-trends-in-college-pricing.pdf
Share on Facebookby Anthony P. Carnevale, Jeff Strohl, Neil Ridley, and Artem Gulish, Georgetown University
In the post-World War II period, workers with a high school diploma or less were able to attain jobs with
middle-class wages in American industry. Good jobs were available in manufacturing and other blue-collar
industries that employed large numbers of high schooleducated workers. But as automation, globalization, and related phenomena have led to major structural changes in the American economy, economic opportunity has shifted toward more educated workers with higher skill levels. Whereas two out of three entry-level jobs in the industrial economy demanded a high school diploma or less, now two out of three jobs demand at least some education or training beyond high school.2 Today, there are three pathways to good jobs, each defined by education and skills: the high school pathway, the middle-skills pathway, and the bachelor’s degree (BA)pathway.
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Share on Facebookby Mark Lieberman, Inside Higher Ed
Sharon Belden Castonguay, director of Wesleyan University’s Gorden Career Center, often sees students confused about what to pursue after graduation, and later dissatisfied with their early jobs. In 2013, she introduced an intensive one-week face-to-face workshop on the subject, but it proved “difficult to scale” and was available only to current students, not alumni who might have already strayed down a path that doesn’t work for them. In May, Castonguay launched on the Coursera platform a massive open online course entitled Career Decisions: From Insight to Impact. The course is still a work in progress, and the extent of its potential impact has yet to be determined. According to Castonguay, early signs suggest students like the course and feel they’re benefiting from it.
Share on Facebookby Matthew Lynch, Tech Edvocate
When you think of corporate training, the term “fun” probably doesn’t come to mind. But with gamification, even the most mundane learning experience becomes more engaging.
And the benefits don’t stop there. Gamifying corporate training:
In most cases, companies gamify training using custom built learning games, which can be expensive. You can also use free tools like Kahoot, which allows you to create competition-based assessments.
However you decide to gamify your corporate training, follow these seven strategies to ensure you do so effectively!
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By Nicole Allen, SPARC
Over the next two months, SPARC will be working to collect information about student savings using the same methodology as 2013. We will unveil the findings at the 15th Annual Open Education Conference this October in Niagara Falls. The plan is simple. We are asking members of the community to report information on the total number of students (or more specifically, student enrollments) who have used OER in place of traditional textbooks over time. We will coallate information broken down by institution and academic year, and multiply it by a standardized per-student savings estimate. The goal is to collect enough data on OER use to add up to $1 billion in savings.
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by Matthew Lynch, Tech Edvocate
Edtech companies are opening their doors around the world, but not all of them will experience true success in this sector. The most successful companies know they have to stay abreast of all the changes in today’s school system, as well as the latest technology updates. The face of technology is constantly changing as new products and devices are invented. All of this can make it difficult to succeed as an edtech company.
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By Mike Tomei, Campus Technology
Have you ever met an AV support department whose members feel like they’re well-staffed, are 100 percent caught up on all projects, are easily able to satisfy the support demands of the campus community, and have plenty of free time to plan for future classroom installs? No? Me neither. AV support folks are always stretched thin and pulled in many different directions. With classroom AV technology in its heyday — active learning classrooms, VR/AR and collaborative technology pushing us way past standard “hang and bang” classroom projects — the increased level of classroom AV design and installation coordination inevitably results in backend staffing and support burdens.
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Launching Innovation in Schools – MIT.
Become a change leader and take the first step in launching instructional improvement initiatives in K12 education to improve teaching and learning.
Design Thinking for Leading and Learning – MIT. A hands-on course for education leaders to learn about design thinking and explore how it can transform classroom learning and school communities.
Leading Change: Go Beyond Gamification with Gameful Learning – The University of Michigan. Learn the tools to support gameful learning environments that foster personalized, engaged learning
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by Laconia Daily Sun
Plymouth State University has created a new program to help high school students expand their course work. Starting in the Spring 2019 semester, high school juniors and seniors will be able to take Plymouth State classes at half the cost of regular tuition, and earn college credits while doing so. Students in the Accelerated High School program will have the opportunity to take any Plymouth State class — on campus or online, depending on where the class meets. Plymouth State faculty members will teach the classes, and students will be held to the same standards and expectations as their college-age classmates.
Share on Facebookby Matthew Lynch, Tech Edvocate
Learning apps have been steadily rising in popularity and availability. Many parents are excited at the prospect of taking a more active role in shaping their child’s education. Selecting the right educational program can help a child to significantly expand their current knowledge, even if their parent doesn’t have a background in teaching. After all, these learning apps are intended to engage a variety of learning styles so every child can benefit. How do you decide which ones are right for your child? Asking yourself these five common questions may help to guide your decision-making process.
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By Matt Prusiecki, Education Dive
Matt Prusiecki is superintendent of the Metropolitan School District of Decatur Township in Indiana. As we continue to embark through the Information Age, technology in the classroom is becoming increasingly more prominent. A study conducted by MidAmerica Nazarene University found that 82% of surveyed teachers believe technology enhances learning — helping develop technological skills and critical thinking that will better prepare students to enter the workforce.
https://edscoop.com/tv-radio/online-education-platforms-offer-agility-for-universities-students
Share on FacebookADELIA CELLINI LINECKER, Investor’s Business Daily
Offering programs is not enough. A recent LinkedIn survey found that the No. 1 challenge facing talent development in 2018 is getting workers to make time for learning. “Yet, 94% of employees say that they would stay at a company longer if it invested in their career development,” the study stated. “The modern organization needs to meet learners where they already are — aligning development opportunities with employee aspirations, and engaging them through the platforms where they are already spending their time.”
https://www.investors.com/news/management/leaders-and-success/workplace-learning-close-skills-gap/
Share on FacebookBy Corinne Ruff, Retail Dive
Walmart and the Walmart Foundation are giving $4 million in grants to three organizations working to increase workforce training, according to a company press release. Walmart is also expanding its education benefit, announced in May, to U.S. e-commerce associates. The funding, announced Wednesday, is part of the company’s five-year Retail Opportunity Initiative, which is a $100 million effort to improve training programs in retail and adjacent sectors. Walmart and the Walmart Foundation have so far funded more than $80 million in related grants. The funding is broken up in the following ways: $2.4 million will go to the Foundation for California Community Colleges to launch an online community college to serve adult learners; $1 million to edX will help launch a series of courses in new “MicroBachelors” programs; and $250,000 will help Code for America “explore the role government technology systems can play in improving access to quality jobs in the digital age, and identify opportunities where technology can improve outcomes for job seekers.”
https://www.retaildive.com/news/walmart-grants-4m-to-support-workforce-education/539446/
Share on FacebookBy Dian Schaffhauser, Campus Technology
According to a recent research project, developing an open education resources course costs, on average, about $11,700, to cover salary and benefits for the instructors involved. OER courses produced by individuals were half the price of those created by teams ($8,900 vs. $18,200). As the report covering the data noted, teams provided both benefits — greater confidence in course quality and faster time to course completion — and hurdles: They also took more time to coordinate the work, sift through team materials, review and comment, and work toward consensus. Those are a few of the results that came out of an extensive study examining the implementation of OER in colleges.
by Matthew Lynch, Tech Edvocate
In an effort to boost graduation rates, school districts are increasingly relying on online credit recovery. As of 2010, 88 percent of districts offered some form of credit recovery to students, and it’s likely that this percentage has since increased. Online credit recovery is a popular option because it’s inexpensive and offers flexibility to students. At the same time, critics fear that many of these programs are low-quality and fail to hold students accountable. In some cases, completion is based almost exclusively on seat time rather than on mastery of skills. Fortunately, districts are developing options that address these concerns. Below, we’ll take a look at the basics of initial credit, credit recovery, and unit recovery, plus what works—and what doesn’t.
Share on FacebookIncrease Graduation Rates Virtually: Initial Credit, Credit Recovery, and Unit Recovery
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