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.

PD Directory

The Professional Development Directory features courses and resources for teachers on:
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Measures lift previous caps on the number of students attending online schools, but some educators worry that virtual education may be growing too fast.
August 27, 2012 - Education Week
Mandates that seek to prepare students for the demands of college and the workforce may also increase demand for e-learning.
August 27, 2012 - Education Week
Benefits and drawbacks are seen in the approach, which replaces in-class lectures with on-demand video to make more time for analysis and discussion during class time.
August 27, 2012 - Education Week
Financing approaches vary widely from state to state, but virtual education advocates see some models as better than others.
August 27, 2012 - Education Week
Recent developments could signal the start of a more collaborative relationship between teachers' unions and virtual education after years of friction.
August 27, 2012 - Education Week
As the rise of blended learning increases the ranks of online teachers, states are grappling with how to ensure the quality of those educators.
August 27, 2012 - Education Week
As districts and states look for more efficient ways to operate, they are turning to technological approaches that some see as a threat to teacher jobs.
August 7, 2012 - Education Week
The 2012 online teacher of the year says her virtual connection with students is stronger than it was in the traditional classroom.
June 13, 2012 - Digital Directions
The number of cyber charter schools could expand from two to as many as 15 under controversial legislation narrowly passed by the state House.
April 27, 2012 - McClatchy-Tribune
The devil is in the details when evaluating the educational effectiveness of virtual education.
March 12, 2012 - Education Week

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