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Free newsletter subscriber Monday, May 18, 2020 – Thursday, May 21, 2020 Hilton Nashville Airport Nashville, TN Transaction distance and adaptive learning takes a fresh look at one of the pioneering educational theories that take into account the impact of information and communication technologies on learning. The Transaction Distance Theory (TTD) provides a clear analytical and planning foundation for educators to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the transition from mass education and management systems in higher education to dynamic and transformative futures that focus on each individual learner. Based on the TTD, this pragmatic approach offers educators, administrators, students and other stakeholders a comprehensive planning method to assess the current state of their teaching, learning and management practices and to develop alternative models to prescribe future improvements in their facilities. This complex, self-organized and adaptive method includes current and emerging properties of: Hardware, software and telecommunications systems that teachers, students and administrators can communicate with; Curriculum systems that provide teaching and learning environments for teachers and students; and Management, social and global systems that influence how institutions are supported, financed and managed. ORDER DIRECTLY FROM ROUTLEDGE SUPPORT DISTANCE-EDUCATOR.COM Become a pro supporter! We need your help to continue delivering highly curated content straight to your inbox! Pro supporters receive a WEEKLY curated email (sent every Monday morning), including: Selected Article of the Week, Research-Based Article of the Week and Our Famous “In the News” Section Monthly abstracts that summarize relevant industry research Access to the private email address to request specific reporting and research topics Insert your company logo on the homepage of Distance-Educator.com Support a small team of researchers and technicians from the knight industry Support & subscribe

SELECTED ITEMS OF THE WEEK Download the report 2020 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report ™ | Teaching and learning edition Accessibility Adaptive course documents Affordability analysis Badge for artificial intelligence (AI) and credentials Competency-based education (CBE) Data protection Digital learning Digital competence Diversity, justice and integration (DEI) Augmented reality (XR) Future of higher education Higher education Transformation Information literacy Innovation Institutional management Instructional Design Instructional Technologies learning analytics […] Continue reading Share this article:

RESEARCH-BASED ITEMS OF THE WEEK Faculty and student perception of fraud in online and traditional classesWe surveyed representative samples of 303 faculties and 656 students at a medium-sized general public university about their perception of fraud in online and traditional courses, and examined whether they could be different based on gender, experience, major, or other factors. The majority of teachers and students perceived fraud and plagiarism as major problems […] Continue reading Share this article: Identity and digital justice: considerations for a university technology courseThis study examined Preservice teachers (PSTs) who develop the identity of learners and professionals while participating in a university course that explicitly incorporates technology into the classroom. The paper assumes that it is important for initial teacher education to explicitly address the role of technology in these evolving identities to minimize the risk of digitalization […] Continue reading Share this article: Integration of media literacy in social science teacher trainingEducators for social studies have to deal with the new realities of democratic citizenship education at a time characterized by misinformation and false news. Using the TETCs (Teacher Education Technology Competencies) as a guide, the authors create a five-part action plan to locate media literacy in social science teacher training: linking media literacy to the goals of […] Continue reading Share this article: Why and how secondary math teachers implement virtual manipulationsAlthough teachers are expected to teach with technology, they are often unprepared or unprepared for it (Albion, Tondeur, Forkosh-Baruch & Peeraer, 2015), a critical topic in math classes (Wilson, 2008). The study described in this article examined why and how secondary math teachers implemented virtual manipulation (VM) tasks during and after participation […] Continue reading Share this article:

IN THE NEWS The crisis is making the online education industry mainstreamOn Monday, February 3, the heads of Tsinghua University, including chairman of the council Chen Xu, president Qiu Yong, and Provost Yang Bin, gave more than 50,000 students and 5,000 faculties the first class and announced the new semester despite the increasing spread, “education as usual” would be a royal, frightening germ – the corona virus. University world […] Continue reading Share this article: Did online learning really disrupt K-12 education in the United States? The answer is yes – and noThe 2010s were the decade when technology fundamentally changed education. Two years before the beginning of the decade, Clayton Christensen, Michael B. Horn and Curtis Johnson predicted in their book Disrupting Class that online learning would revolutionize teacher-led teaching and catalyze student-centered transformation in U.S. K-12 schools. At the beginning of the decade, ed ed became enthusiastic about ed tech […] Continue reading Share this article: Internet2 remembers Christianne OrtoThe Internet2 community lost an esteemed colleague last week. Christianne Orto, Dean of Distance Learning and Recording at the Manhattan School of Music, died on February 22, 2020. Internet2 Continue reading Share this article:

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