A survey found that while fewer parents think students should spend considerable time in front of screens in schools, teacher support was unchanged.

We introduce the power and resources released by change. We walk our teachers to the edge of a new world for teaching and learning, step off together and lead while we learn beside our teachers.

The first in a three post series on challenges and opportunities with blended learning, starting with getting to actionable data.

Mica Pollack and her colleagues from UCSD share new research about the importance of teachers in blended learning environments that highlights the strengths and limits of online tools.

Innovative professional development initiatives infuse technology with in-person learning to enhance learning experiences for teachers.

We talk a lot about blended learning opportunities in my district, asking ourselves whether we are offering the most beneficial learning opportunities for both staff and students. We're looking to provide quality online learning resources to students when they are outside of our classrooms, as well

The new "question-of-the-week" is:

Computer programs may help predict students' grades in school as well as determine successful pathways for completing assignments, finds a new Stanford University study.

Using online editing sessions does not affect student scores on standardized writing and reading exams, according to a forthcoming study.

Even great innovations can fail. Will blended learning be one of them? These five factors may help us determine if the new educational model has reached a tipping point.

Modern classrooms are slowly taking a new approach to imparting wisdom and knowledge to the upcoming generation. Traditional classroom teaching techniques are giving way to a new system of blended learning.

Technology-enhanced instruction can make learning personalized, student-centered, and available anytime, anywhere.

Within days of the University's shift to remote learning, faculty, instructors and teaching assistants in the Department of Geography moved 35 resident instruction courses into remote delivery mode to teach 1,947 students.

Penn State faculty are going beyond using traditional video in their courses by incorporating virtual-reality immersive experiences. They are discovering how those experiences help enhance active learning and focus students' attention on critical lessons in their courses.

College of Education student teachers in the Professional Development School program and their mentors in the State College Area School District had to make the quick switch to remote learning when the coronavirus pandemic closed schools.

In this blended, mix-and-match, do-it-yourself world of education, what is curriculum, and who develops it? How do we know if it works?

Parents rate homework help, physical activity, and healthy snacks at the top of the list when choosing after-school programs for their children, but access to hands-on activities in STEM is gaining a following.

Through a city-school partnership in Nashville, Tenn., after-school programs are using data to tailor lessons to students' learning needs.

Given the continuing challenge and uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic and to protect the health of students, faculty and staff, Penn State has made the decision to extend virtual delivery of courses into the summer. Further, the University will adjust tuition for the summer sessions in light of the ongoing pandemic and the persistent fiscal strain it is causing across Pennsylvania and the country.

Delaware Joins Thousands of Education Champions across the Country in Celebration of National Summer Learning Week (July 8-13)  Delaware’s First Lady, Tracey Quillen Carney, Delaware Libraries, and the United Way join the National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) in celebrating National SummerLearning Week, a celebration dedicated to elevating the importance of keeping kids learning, safe and healthy every summer; ensuring young people return to school ready to succeed. Delawareans […]

Agency: DOE Closing Date: 5/27/2020

As a long-time SAS 9 programmer, I typically accomplish my data preparation tasks through some combination of the DATA Step, Proc SQL, Proc Transpose and some housekeeping procs like Proc Contents and Proc Datasets. With the introduction of SAS Viya, SAS released a new scripting language called CASL – a [...]

Challenge accepted: Learning data prep in CASL was published on SAS Users.

With stay-at-home orders in place, parents around the world are balancing quality family time with working remotely. Many children are engaged in online learning activities and other parents are trying to find meaningful experiences for their kids while they’re away from traditional learning environments. It can be an overwhelming task [...]

Inspire wonder in kids learning from home was published on SAS Voices by Lee Ellen Harmer

As a long-time SAS 9 programmer, I typically accomplish my data preparation tasks through some combination of the DATA Step, Proc SQL, Proc Transpose and some housekeeping procs like Proc Contents and Proc Datasets. With the introduction of SAS Viya, SAS released a new scripting language called CASL – a [...]

Challenge accepted: Learning data prep in CASL was published on SAS Users.

The company is currently addressing the upgrade and downgrade requirements of customers, based on demand.

A great personality makes you socially-acceptable. There is a difference when you talk to someone by looking directly into their eyes, compared to speaking with no eye contact.

While India has also witnessed an improvement in its research output over the past decade, we need to improve quality of output of original research as well as scientific innovations at university level. Barring the IITs, output of technological innovations by engineering or sciences students remains abysmally low.

Critical thinking and creativity must be at the core of the curriculum, along with problem-solving. For example, by introducing ‘coding’ and ‘AI’ as a structured curriculum in Adani Schools, we have taken a step to get our students ready for the future.

Owing to investor interest in the sector, e-learning has a promising future in India.

Formula E uses electric vehicles and hence these lithium-ion batteries go through the perfect endurance tests, with learnings percolating to road-legal vehicles in future.

When comparing the past 30 days with preceding 30, enrolments for epidemic courses increased by 360%.

In order to ensure business continuity during these challenging times, the German enterprise software maker SAP is actively engaged with its workforce and customers to help navigate this challenging business environment.

Teams enables teachers and students to connect over video-enabled remote classrooms, offering a host of interactive and collabora-tive tools on one platform

As the stakes for winning server segment market share grow ever higher an increasing number of companies are seeking to grasp the latest Holy Grail of multi-chip coherence. The approach promises to better enable applications such as machine learning...(read more)

Pisay Online E-Learning System version 1.0 suffers from remote SQL Injection and code execution vulnerabilities.

This week Sempra Energy subsidiary PXiSE Energy Solutions announced that Sempra-owned development company Infraestructura Energetica Nova (IEnova) would be using its software at the 110-MW Pima Solar facility located in Mexico to help manage the integration of renewable power to the electric grid.

This week global engineering company Emerson announced that it had formed a 3-year alliance with Vayu to combine Emerson’s Ovation automation platform with Vayu’s cloud-computing wind energy optimization technology. The new technology will optimize wind farms in the Americas, Caribbean and Europe.

70 years later, after decades of comparative peace, todays European Union - perhaps the world's greatest experiment in state integration - finds itself at a crossroads.

Sometimes it takes an elevated view to appreciate the big picture. NASA’s iconic “Blue Marble,” taken in 1972, helped inspire the modern environmental movement by capturing the finite and fragile nature of Earth for the first time. Today, aerial imagery from satellites and drones powers a range of efforts to monitor and protect our planet Read article >

The post Earth to AI: Three Startups Using Deep Learning for Environmental Monitoring appeared first on The Official NVIDIA Blog.

Starting this month, NVIDIA’s Deep Learning Institute is offering instructor-led workshops that are delivered remotely via a virtual classroom. DLI provides hands-on training in AI, accelerated computing and accelerated data science to help developers, data scientists and other professionals solve their most challenging problems. These in-depth classes are taught by experts in their respective fields, Read article >

The post NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute Instructor-Led Training Now Available Remotely appeared first on The Official NVIDIA Blog.

Starting this month, NVIDIA’s Deep Learning Institute is offering instructor-led workshops that are delivered remotely via a virtual classroom. DLI provides hands-on training in AI, accelerated computing and accelerated data science to help developers, data scientists and other professionals solve their most challenging problems. These in-depth classes are taught by experts in their respective fields, Read article >

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In an interview with Natasa Meli, SACAP’s Head of Online Campus, she discusses how resistance to online learning has changed.

Soon schools in Timor-Leste, Ukraine, and Kosovo, where some 6.5 million children are currently at home, will hopefully start teaching their children once again — albeit online.  A learning platform, originally designed to assist refugee and displaced children, was launched this week to address the current global crisis affecting children who are out of school […]

The post Children under Lockdown get a ‘Learning Passport’ appeared first on Inter Press Service.

Doug Strable, a freelance learning and development designer based in Tokyo, lays out some ideas, advice and warnings surrounding the new type of classroom that ...

Virtual learning will leave out a significant proportion of learners.

Currently, platform has attracted over 100 million users.

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