Welcome to another edition of ETCetera, where we bring the latest from The EdTech Center to your inbox. |
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Digital Divide: Gaps & Opportunities
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Jennifer Madrell of Designers for Learning and Victoria Neff of World Education come together to examine the latest research on the digital divide from the Pew Research Center and key opportunities and challenges. Read more about the nature of the issue in this tech tip post! |
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Move Forward with Mobile Learning: Implementation Tips from Practitioners
Presenters: Jen Vanek Today, June 14th, at 2pm ET
Join us for a webinar featuring Linda Beliveau, Technology Teacher Specialist at Nashua Adult Education, New Hampshire. Linda will share her strategies for using the free apps provided in the Adult Literacy XPRIZE Communities Competition. The EdTech Center’s communications team will give you a tour of our TeamWorld Ed website, as we discuss how different programs have customized the resources to support their implementation. |
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Assessment and Instruction in Distance and Blended Learning Programs Webinar |
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This final IDEAL Consortium webinar continues the work of helping you craft a pilot idea for a new or enhanced distance or blended learning program by introducing new ways of thinking about instruction and assessment in your program.
The webinar will feature select content from IDEAL’s Distance Education and Blended Learning Handbook (Handbook), which addresses both administrative and instructional issues at the core of successful blended and distance education programming.
The Handbook is informed by current research, policy guidelines, and observations of effective practice documented by IDEAL Consortium members, past and present, and affiliated state leaders. The IDEAL Consortium is a nationally respected organization that helps member states establish quality, innovative distance and blended learning programs. IDEAL has served as a facilitator of collaboration and the sharing of effective practices since its inception in 2002.
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| This past month the SABES Program Support PD center collaborated with Dr. Jen Vanek to generate these resources on Distance and Blended learning models. If you missed the first two presentations, find the two webinars linked in the images below, and register for the third upcoming installment happening on June 19th here! |
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ProLiteracy Blended Learning Survey |
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Technology has the potential to be a powerful tool for improving access to learning opportunities for adult learners and helping to accelerate learning potential. It can increase learning time beyond the classroom and can strengthen educational opportunity within it. Technology and mobile access also support adults who cannot attend classes because of location, family commitments, or schedule conflicts. Use of technology in adult education is still quite new. However, adoption of technology by service providers is on the rise as we begin to understand its potential.
Our friends at ProLiteracy wish to explore the knowledge and usage of technology in programs. Their hope is to develop and provide resources to help our network incorporate technology into instruction by adopting a blended learning approach. Whether your program has incorporated technology or not, your answers to this survey will be valuable.
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Call for Proposals now open for this years National College Transition Network conference! |
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The National College Transition Network, an initiative of World Education, is excited to release its call for proposals for its 2019 annual conference. The conference will be held November 11-13, 2019 at the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge, MA.
Share an innovative and effective practice, resource, or tool you use to prepare adult learners for a digital world. Present a successful program strategy, partnership model, or policy advocacy approach that strengthens adult learners' access and success in education, occupational training, and career pathways leading to economic opportunity and sustainability. The deadline for proposal submissions is TODAY 6/14!
The EdTech Center takes an active role at the conference each year with a booth, workshops, and our annual EdTech panel. We hope to see you there!
For more information and updates about their upcoming conference, visit their website! |
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