Digital Transformation

Meta-analyses of many studies have found that students comprehend and retain more from reading printed texts than screens, but design features and teaching metacognition could help make the most out of digital materials.

The pandemic brought accelerated tech adoption, new funding opportunities and operational changes to higher education. The near future may require careful prioritization and institutional investment.

Maryann Wolf, director of the Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice at UCLA, explains in a Q&A that digital screens over-utilize the brain's novelty reflex, but they help students in particular cases.

Advocates for online civil liberties and people with low incomes say student data collection can be unfair and put students at risk, and it's time for federal agencies to ensure tech tools align with data privacy laws.

New York state grants set aside for purchases like computer servers, interactive whiteboards, tablets and high-speed broadband will afford Queensbury Union Free School District 1,000 new Chromebooks.

Lumberton Independent School District is the latest east Texas district to approve a four-day hybrid school calendar for 2023-24, hoping to alleviate issues with mental health, attendance and substitute fill rates.

A private college in Ohio is giving students the option to minor in esports management after an introductory course saw heavy demand, and as the industry reports more than $1.5 billion in annual revenue.

Los Angeles Unified School District is rolling out four apps, including one available to the public for anonymous reporting and another that essentially functions as an internal 911 system only for staff.

Some ed-tech experts say the need to close the digital divide will only grow more urgent as Internet-based artificial intelligence tools become commonplace in schools and universities.

An ed-tech company that has historically focused on culinary training recently bought Medical Marijuana 411, which offers online training programs for health-care and cannabis industry professionals.

Several Albany-area districts have partnered with BusPatrol to equip their bus fleets with stop-arm photo enforcement technology that captures license plates of illegal passers and is funded by tickets paid by violators.

Starting in September, ed-tech companies that handle programs funded by Title IV, such as student recruitment, will be subject to reporting and audit requirements established by the U.S. Department of Education.

As part of a paid partnership with the company, star gymnast Oliva Dunne recently promoted the use of Caktus AI to help students automate their classwork. LSU warned students to be careful how they use AI tools.

A public tribal land-grant community college in Minnesota will use federal grant money to upgrade Internet service and security, learning software and computers, and provide service plans for students on and off campus.

A regional career and technology high school in Pennsylvania has contracted with Kooth Inc. to provide voluntary, virtual mental health care services in a state-funded pilot program.

PocketLab’s Online Notebook will pair with a learning platform from HMH, giving users access to a cloud-based tool for logging and analyzing data and collaborating on scientific investigations.

Given skyrocketing demand for youth mental health services, Texas officials are trying to expand school-based virtual therapy options, but it's a challenge given the national shortage of mental-health professionals.

An all-female Catholic high school in Ohio is trying to give its students a leg up in health sciences with immersive 3D virtual reality software that visualizes the human body at different scales and positions.