Digital Transformation
Coverage of the movement away from physical textbooks and classrooms toward digital operations in K-12 schools and higher education. Examples include virtual classrooms and remote learning, educational apps, learning management systems, broadband and other digital infrastructure for schools, and the latest research on grading and teaching.
The grand prize winner in Teach for America's fourth annual EduPitch contest this week was Playground IEP, a special education software that streamlines case-management tasks to reduce workload for overwhelmed staff.
Starting in 2025, the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) will include problem-solving tasks that will be at least partially scored by AI, potentially demonstrating a new use case for the technology.
In a virtual panel hosted by e.Republic, the Center for Digital Education’s parent company, ed-tech leaders shared thoughts and advice on AI, cybersecurity, the looming fiscal cliff and the importance of collaboration.
The digital education company Edmentum will add curriculum materials from the nonprofit America Succeeds to its career and technical education courses to help students build “soft skills” like critical thinking and creativity.
Two identical bills moving through the Ohio legislature would allow an eligible adult to “act in lieu of a driver training instructor while using an authorized electronic device or application.”
A 13-month study from Copyleaks found an encouraging decline in plagiarism, and most papers and assignments completed by high school and college students were not found to contain AI-generated text.
The online medical certification company MedCerts is combining AI with augmented reality to simulate training scenarios for nursing and medical students to practice diagnosing and interacting with patients.
Company officials hope a combination of in-person and online educator training, focused on math and less-experienced teachers, will help to address a teacher shortage and declining math scores.
Some students feel unfairly restricted by Fresno Unified School District's use of an app to regulate their trips outside classrooms during instructional periods. They are allowed two seven-minute bathroom breaks per day.
University officials say the new platform will allow students and faculty to make use of AI for coursework and accelerating research, without the usual data privacy concerns that come with open-source tools.
