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FCC shift could close “homework gap”

An existing FCC program known as E-rate provides up to $4 billion for broadband at schools Affordable access has been an educational topic of urgency during the Pandemic. Observers of the Federal Communications Commission say the incoming Biden administration could...

Zoom and Gloom vs Empathy and Creativity

As with a previous post here with Steve Blank (offered again below) talking about how we need to have quality online media interactions that preserve or enhance our humanity, and our sharing of our persona/ self, this AEON essay below delves into our current...

The Media is the Massage

We are amidst transitions in media, and that has implications for OTL. The tried and true principle of looking around to see what other people are doing applies, though often educators overlook obvious models to adopt. Such as, when one is trying to make online...

a University Cooperative School in Seattle

“Community Schools” is a concept with a thousand potential implementations/ iterations, and especially so during the pandemic. Which is a very good thing, because “school” can be done so very many different ways, and we need to keep learning...

Does online learning cost more?

A recent article from the student NMSU newspaper reports that NMSU admin is lowering a tuition cost for online learning. Then we learn that this represents only a lowering in the “additional fee per credit hour” that NMSU currently charges for online...