E-Learning

The latest news about online learning, including articles, Commentaries, and special features.

Seniors Michael Callahan, left, Ariel Camacho, and Hannah-Marie Valenzuela view photos on a laptop during their lunch break at Ramona High School.
—Eric Grigorian for Education Week

Districts Forge School-to-Home Digital Connections

But education leaders are wrestling with how to put measures in place to allow students to take school-issued digital devices home at the end of each day. (March 11, 2013)

Spotlight on E-Learning

This Spotlight examines the evolution of e-learning and virtual teaching and smart digital strategies for schools.

Spotlight on Implementing Online Learning

This Spotlight offers tips on how to best use and apply online learning, inside and outside the classroom.

Digital Education Blog

07/31 11:52 am | Virtual Schools in Florida, New Hampshire, to Add Blended Models | Two providers of full-time virtual education joined traditional schools in receiving $6.6 million in grants to support blended learning.

On-Demand Webinars

E-Learning Goes Global
E-learning brings advanced courses, expert teachers, and an awareness of life in other countries to students around the globe.

E-Learning in the Age of Choice
In this webinar, our guests provided useful tips for school administrators and K-12 policymakers on how to navigate virtual learning options.

How to Secure and Manage the Untethered Classroom
In this webinar, our guests discuss the ideas around today's learning process, challenges that exist, and tips on how to effectively manage the untethered classroom.

Creating Learning Connections: Effective Use of Social Media in the Classroom
In this webinar, experts discussed the use of digital technology in classroom instruction, offering practical tips on using social media and creating collaborative learning environments.

Chat Transcript

E-Learning Creates Foreign Connections
Our guests in this chat outlined some of the challenges and successes they’ve encountered as a result of virtual foreign exchanges.

Special Collection

E-Learning Special Reports
These special reports from the team at Education Week Digital Directions aim to highlight the process made in the e-learning arena, as well as the administrative funding, and policy barriers that some experts say are slowing its growth.

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The Professional Development Directory features courses and resources for teachers on:
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The growing use of open educational resources is leading publishers to blend free materials into their products and services.
July 3, 2013 | Updated: July 10, 2013 - Education Week
The Philadelphia school district, which has been plagued by budget woes and declining enrollment, has announced plans to open a virtual academy.
June 11, 2013 - Digital Directions
Coursera, a major player in the world of providing "massively open online courses" in higher education, is making its first move into the K-12 landscape.
June 11, 2013 - Digital Directions
Some child-development experts are unsure kindergartners can get the necessary amount of social and emotional interaction in virtual environments.
June 11, 2013 - Digital Directions
Computer programmers and software engineers are urging that students, even as early as elementary school, learn how to design and write source code for computers.
June 11, 2013 - Digital Directions
Coursera, a Silicon Valley-based company, is joining with 10 universities and postsecondary systems to create new "massive open online courses."
June 11, 2013 - Education Week
Philadelphia will soon join a number of other big-city school districts that have founded virtual schools as a way to expand school choices for parents and lure students back to their school systems.
June 4, 2013 - Education Week
But some educators and experts fear the rapid growth could lead to programs that offer uneven academic rigor and insufficient social and emotional support for this vulnerable group of returning students.
May 31, 2013 - Education Week
Teacher education institutions risk becoming obsolete if they do not do a better job preparing future teachers to use digital curricula, experts say.
May 20, 2013 - Education Week
The growing availability of digital video sparked the "flipped classroom" movement, but identifying quality video content is still a challenge.
May 20, 2013 - Education Week

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