Distance Education

• John Adams 6th graders moving to distance learning due to COVID-19

Education: South Africa 

• Aunty Mina’s matric breakfasts a boost for Delft’s grade 12s.
• Successful education reform requires a bottom-up approach..
• Early childhood development practitioners – important for the future of our society and yet overlooked.
• It takes a village to raise a child and a community to build ablutions for its children..
• Massive shift towards online schools in South Africa.
• South African Qualification Authority and World Education Services Partner to Facilitate Qualifications Recognition for Refugees and Displaced People in South Africa,
• Department of Basic Education has tabled a set of proposals to avoid load shedding during exams.

Language and Literacy

• New online tool helps users learn an African language.

Open Education and Open Educational Resources

• Lawmakers eye expanding electronic, open-source access to combat college textbook costs.
• Expand open access education for college students.
• Preserving the wonder as we widen access.
• I Am On a Board.
• MOOCs and books initiative launched by Springer and Federica Weblearning.

Post Schooling

• The SEP-TLF study shines a spotlight on academic staff experiences during the pandemic.
• NSFAS expects R10bn shortfall in its student funding for 2022.
• Installation of Professor Andrew M Crouch as Vice-Chancellor and Principal of Sol Plaatje University.

Teaching and Learning

• Lessons learned: How early education programs stepped up during COVID-19.
• Relationships, resources must become a focus in learning to address mental health crisis.
• Retraining an entire state’s elementary teachers in the science of reading.
• Get private companies out of education.
• To Connect with Students of Color, White Educators Must Confront Their Privilege.
• Experimental Evidence on Student Assistance.
• Pedagogies of the climate activism space.
• EMS cements massive transformative purpose, offers case study.
• 6 learning strategies to address pandemic-triggered trends.
• The future of learning.
• Can Inclusivity be Built Into Global Education Programmes?
• Universities put measures in place amid load shedding and exams.

Technology Enhanced Learning

• What If Free Online Courses Weren’t Inside 'Walled Gardens'?
• Can Data Literacy Be Fun? The Census Bureau Is Building An App For That.
• Can AI tutors help students learn?
• BlueJeans Adds Remote Learning Features.
• Free Resources to Help with Remote Learning in 2022.
• Online Education Market to Grow at 9.37% CAGR, Rising Demand for Higher Education to Drive Growth.
• Technavio's E-learning Market Research Report predicts USD 9.94 Bn growth in the UK..
• Professional Development Opportunities in Educational Technology and Education.
• Students in poor broadband areas engaged less with school during lockdown.
• Teens in areas with high speed broadband engaged better with studies during lockdown.
• Distance Learning: Top Tools To Ace Online Learning Effectively In 2021.