2023 European Innovative Teaching Award
Learn and Work Ecosystem Library Announces New Collaboration
Indianapolis, IN (USA), August 2023 - The Learn and Work Ecosystem Library is pleased to announce a new collaboration with the 1EdTech® Foundation and its affiliated partner, the 1EdTech® Consortium. The Library will provide information resources to 1EdTech's nearly 900 members, including school districts, colleges and universities, employers, government, tech vendors, and others.
» MOREPearson Announces AI Enhancements across Its Products
London (UK), May 2023 - Pearson Plc, one of the world's largest education companies and a former book publisher, recently updated the generative AI enhancements in products across its portfolio.
» MOREEdisonLearning Adds Game Learning to Its Blended Learning Content
Fort Lauderdale, FLA (USA), February 2023 - EdisonLearning, a longtime innovator in public education and leading provider of digital learning solutions for students in grades K -12, is bringing online learning to life with the addition of an interactive games curriculum to its comprehensive online and blended learning content.
» MORELexia Aspire Professional Learning - Reading to Learn
Gateshead (UK), January 2023 - While literacy is a cornerstone of success across all subjects, many upper elementary and middle school students lack the literacy skills they need to learn effectively. In fact, the most recent 2022 NAEP results indicate that 69% of students aren't reading at a proficient level in grade 8, and 67% of students are below proficiency in reading levels in grade 4. To help educators accelerate literacy skills in all learning among students in grades 4-8, Lexia, a Cambium Learning Group company, has introduced Lexia Aspire™ Professional Learning.
» MOREVerizon Is Helping to Close the Digital Divide in Education
Call for Support for Ukraine’s Optima School
Oslo (NO), March 2022 - International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) member Optima School is the first and the largest distance learning school in Ukraine (K12). In coordination with Ukrainian educational authorities, Optima is providing the educational package "With optimism in the heart" to every Ukrainian family free of charge to support continuity in education.
» MORECapita's New Education and Learning Business
London (UK), February 2022 - Capita's Education and Learning business, part of the Capita Public Service division, has delivered six months of strong progress since launching in August 2021. The creation of the new Education and Learning business saw the merger of the successful Capita Learning business with Capita's wide range of education contracts.
» MOREExpanded Immersive Soft Skills Learning Content Library
Los Angeles, CA (USA), May 2021 - Talespin Reality Labs, Inc., a spatial computing company focused on workforce knowledge transfer and skills insights, has announced the expansion of its off-the-shelf learning content library and the addition of desktop content streaming support for its platform. In this update, Talespin adds new "Recognizing Bias" and "Practicing Self-Awareness" content titles to its library of immersive soft skills learning content.
» MORE7 Mindsets Publishes New White Paper
Roswell, GA (USA), April 2021 - Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, social emotional learning (SEL) has been vital to supporting students' wellbeing and fostering their success in school. In a new white paper, 7 Mindsets reveals how K-12 districts can help teachers create an even greater impact on the social emotional wellness of their students and school culture by addressing their own social emotional health first. The paper, "Investing in Educators' Social Emotional Wellness Fosters Student Success and Improves School Culture," is available for free to educators at the website.
Catholic Independent Schools Consortium Renews Partnership
Boston, MA (USA), April 2021 - Even without the current need for remote learning, quality online education options can expand the curriculum available to students and prepare them for the postsecondary world. For these reasons the Catholic Independent Schools consortium has extended its partnership with VHS Learning for the nineteenth consecutive year. The consortium has renewed its VHS Learning membership with 213 semester-length virtual enrollments for the 2020-21 academic year. Their students are enrolled in 97 VHS Learning courses.
» MOREVHS Learning Receives $1.4 Million Grant
Boston, MA (USA), February 2021 - VHS Learning has received a $1.4 million, three-year grant from The Manton Foundation. The funds will enable the nonprofit to better serve students and schools by updating its infrastructure, website, and course offerings. VHS Learning will also use the grant to provide supplemental curriculum and instruction services to schools in rural and high-needs areas.
» MOREThe Global Campaign for Education (GCE)
Johannesburg (ZAF), February 2021 - The One Billion Voices Campaign, led by the Global Campaign for Education (GCE), was launched virtually on 25 January 2021. The launch featured a keynote address by GCE President Refat Sabbah; screening of the One Billion Voices Campaign film; regional panel discussions on the impact of COVID-19 on education; and regional plans to finance education.
» MOREScience Learning Portal with 213 Free Digital Lessons for Kids
Ardmore, PA (USA) / Hilversum (NL), November 2020 - The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the education of over 90% of the world's children and students. It has exacerbated existing inequalities and magnified the global learning crisis. The future of an entire generation is at risk. (The Education Commission, 2020). However, while education is clearly a victim of the pandemic, it is also the solution to the longer-term recovery.
» MOREPlug-and-Play Course Creation for Remote Learning and Business Training
Ann Arbor, MI (USA), November 2020 - Amesite Inc., an artificial intelligence software company providing online learning ecosystems for business, higher education, and K-12, has announced the release of its new Course Manager capability, which enables schools and businesses to quickly and easily upload courses for remote use without the need for technical assistance.