Digital Transformation

Four years after the district started competitive video gaming teams, esports are being recognized alongside traditional sports, and teachers and parents say students are gaining interest in school.

The university is one of 10 that have partnered with VictoryXR to use virtual and augmented reality to create a “digital twin campus” and make online classes more immersive. The pilot program starts this fall.

Community colleges and technical training programs across the state are using AR/VR tools from the workforce training company TRANSFR for virtual workforce training and to teach residents about career opportunities.

As a new option for online learning, Pennsylvania’s Capital Area Online Learning Association is offering courses through StrongMind, which provides either teachers or professional development to client schools.

With students spending most of their waking hours interacting with technology, educators must think critically about its appropriate use and discuss with students the cost of relying so much on these tools.

The National Science Teaching Association and Vernier Software & Technology awarded one middle school teacher and two high school teachers for innovative ideas about using data collection to make STEM more engaging.

Europe's highest-valued ed-tech company, based in Vienna, has big plans to expand its user base in the U.S. with a new headquarters in Austin, Texas, amid a boom in the online tutoring market.

The Lafayette-based tech company SchoolMint will offer clients more advanced digital marketing tools to boost enrollment through a customized enrollment microsite, SEO services and online reputation management.

A career IT and teaching specialist weighs in on office- and technology-related terms that are working their way into the lexicon and, in some cases, causing confusion through repeated misuse.

Parents are reacting to a plan by Homewood Elementary School District 153 to disable Internet access between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. on devices issued to children in elementary and middle schools.

The ed tech company’s new Vernier Connections, a platform for high school teachers with hands-on investigations and projects, aims to better students’ critical thinking skills and collaborative efforts to solve problems.

Nine historically Black colleges and universities are piloting a shared digital learning platform that allows students across different institutions to engage with each other and take courses online.

Universities are looking to expand courses hosting asynchronous and synchronous lectures both online and in person to meet student demands for flexible schedules in a post-pandemic landscape.

In the past week, partnerships have been formed to tackle the ongoing mental health crisis in schools. Software companies Xello and Intellispark have connected, as well as the U.K.'s SMART Technologies and Kooth.

The global software company’s classroom management tool aims to help teachers keep students focused by monitoring classroom devices, controlling student browser activity and sharing and broadcasting presentations.

The online division of a Vermont college is working with InSpace Proximity to make the campus experience more accessible to virtual students with tools for networking and collaboration, and new courses on the way.

Teachers had little to no training when schools across the state made the emergency switch to remote instruction during COVID-19, and what followed was learning loss and problems with student behavior and mental health.

The university's new vice president for research and economic development sees artificial intelligence as foundational to many fields and wants it to be incorporated into both research and basic studies.