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| | | eLearning | | | |  | - Report: Growth in online courses slows
A recent report finds that 28% of adults in the U.S. are enrolled in online courses -- up from 18% in 2006. However, 38% of those who responded to the survey said they prefer online instruction over in-person courses -- a 1% increase from 2006. "The good news is that there is still a significant gap between preference and participation," the report states. "The bad news is that the gap is shrinking, and cautions that unless online delivery develops a broader value proposition, long-term growth may prove elusive." U.S. News & World Report (10/18)       |  | Free Webinar: Help for Struggling Middle School Readers
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 | | | Systems Management | | | |  | - Lack of bidders stalls Idaho's school laptop initiative
In Idaho, officials have struggled to find a vendor for the state's school laptop initiative, causing delays in the implementation of the program, which was supposed to be in place this month. There was a lack of competitive bids for the first round -- for an estimated $100 million, eight-year contract. Now, as officials continue the search for a new bidder, their goal is to have the devices in classrooms by the start of the spring semester. The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Wash.) (free content) (10/17) - Schools in Northern Ireland report glitches with online exams
John O'Dowd, education minister in Northern Ireland, is advising schools having trouble with new online exams to stop using them. As many as 400 primary schools are experiencing glitches, he said. Among the problems experienced by schools have been crashing servers, frozen screens and tests that restart, rather than save students' work. BBC (10/12) | Managing Budgets | | | |  | - Gates Foundation recognizes blended-learning programs
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded $5.4 million in grants to 13 schools for their blended-learning models. The grants are part of the Next Generation Learning Challenges competition, which each year rewards schools that exemplify that year's theme. Grant-winning programs include a network of charter schools that focus on math and science and a school that individualizes its curriculum based on student skill. Education Week/Marketplace K-12 (10/17) |  | THE NOVEL LEARNING SERIESTM FROM NICHOLAS SPARKS
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 | | - Text-to-speech app likely to return amid legal settlement
A popular assistive-technology mobile application likely will return to the market after a settlement was agreed to last week in a legal dispute over patent rights. The decision to halt sales of the text-to-speech app -- known as Speak for Yourself -- earlier this year was met with protests by a group of parents who said the tool provided a voice for their children with disabilities. Disability Scoop (10/16) |  | |  | | The Buzz(CORPORATE ANNOUNCEMENTS)
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