Accessibility and Usability… Where do they overlap in eLearning?

Accessible content and usable content are often viewed as separate, mutually exclusive outcomes that employ different design approaches, requirements, and principles. As such, organizations, corporations, and agencies that are required to comply with accessibility requirements may not be aware of the ways in which following Section 508 and WCAG actually enhances the user experience for all. Alternatively, content developers may not consider the business and technical benefits of employing accessible design to increase usability for all.
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Laptops & Learning: How Schools Are Making the Hard Transition to 1-to-1 Computing

Join us for a webinar that examines the massive expansion in the use of laptops and digital curricula in K-12 education. We will take a hard look at the pros and cons of integrating regular use of new technologies into classrooms and provide a sobering assessment of what will happen if school districts don't start putting in place strategies for how they plan to pay for 1-to-1 computing programs in the years ahead. This webinar will also feature exclusive survey data from educators about the use of laptops in instruction and provide tips for how to make technology work better in schools.
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Rewards and Risks for K-12 Companies in Product “Ambassador” Programs

Many education providers in the market today run “ambassador programs,” in which teachers advocate for their products, help improve product features, and lend the companies credibility among schools in the K-12 market.
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Students at the Center: Personalized Learning with Habits of Mind

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Currently, personalized learning is seen as a large umbrella under which many practices fit, each designed to accelerate student learning by tailoring instruction to individuals' needs and skills as they fulfill curricular requirements. We must create the conditions for all educators and students to become immersed in learning experiences in which they have some control over the pursuit: access to information and ideas; regular opportunities for feedback and guidance; and parameters (e.g., sufficient time, clear criteria) that honor the messiness of the work.
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Introducing The Essentials Kit: Teaching Strategies Preschool Classroom Materials

As you guide daily instruction and support investigative learning in The Creative Curriculum for Preschool, do you have all the materials you need?
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