Sentences with phrase «access learning environments»

Our basis for this determination has come from our experience of initiating high access learning environments that maximize the use of broadband and that have been sustainable over time.

The lower left of your handout highlights High Access Learning Environments and Personalized Learning.

The high access learning environment is a fundamental change needing leadership commitment, sustainable funding commitment, many layers of project support, focused curricular goals, and community support.

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A first - of - its - kind, the Fortune │ UNC partnership elevates the learning experience through regular interaction with renowned business school faculty, Fortune's access to C - suite executives, and the flexibility of a dynamic virtual learning environment.

Small class sizes also ensure excellent access to dedicated faculty and a supportive learning environment.

Some people learn best by reviewing self - study courses and accessing Lab Projects in their own test environments.

The report finds makes a list of recommendations for business, industry, professional bodies and government, namely: Construction businesses · Focus on better human resource management · Introduce and / or expand mentoring schemes · Boost investment in training · Develop talent from the trades as potential managers and professionals · Engage with the community and local education establishments Industry · Rally around social mobility as a collective theme · Promote better human resource management and support the effort of businesses · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Support diversity and schemes that widen access to management and the professions · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility Professional bodies and institutions · Drive the aspirations of Professions for Good for promoting social mobility and diversity · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility · Provide greater routes for degree - level learning among those working within construction Government · Produce with urgency a plan to boost the UK as an international hub of construction excellence, as a core part of the Industrial Strategy · Provide greater funding to support the travel costs of apprentices · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Place greater weight in project appraisal on the impact the built environment has on social mobility The report is being formally launched at an event in the House of Commons later today.

Because they don't have access to a learning environment that inspires them to strive for success, I worry that their opportunities down the road will be extremely limited.

Ayeni told newsmen on Saturday in Abuja that «Mbele is a social enterprise in Nigeria that uses technology innovation to provide access to quality and fun learning environment for all».

A study in the journal Psychological Science finds that students learning a new language in a total immersion environment had reduced access to their original language.

I am not naive enough to believe that building schools and providing access to safe and secure environments for learning will alone solve our problems — we will need to create economic opportunities as well.

AISL seeks to advance new approaches to and evidence - based understanding of the design and development of STEM learning in informal environments; provide multiple pathways for broadening access to and engagement in STEM learning experiences; advance innovative research on and assessment of STEM learning in informal environments; and develop understandings of deeper learning by participants.

«The Blumberg Institute is an ideal environment for graduate students to focus their career interests while gaining access to what may be an unprecedented learning ecosystem in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,» said Timothy Block, Ph.D., president and co-founder of the Blumberg Institute and the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center of Bucks County.

In the postsecondary space, the Gates Foundation made a number of grants — both directly and through NGLC — to intriguing ventures with the potential to improve education dramatically, including some of my disruptive favorites: start - up MyCollege Foundation, which will establish a non-profit college that blends adaptive online learning solutions with other services at a low cost; University of the People, the world's first tuition - free, non-profit, online academic institution dedicated to opening access to higher education globally; New Charter University, a competency - based university that charges only $ 199 per month for students seeking a degree and for which NGLC will fund a research study of its online students and a comparative one of students enrolled in a blended - learning environment delivered through a partnership with the Community College of the District of Columbia; Southern New Hampshire University, which under its President Paul LeBlanc has already created an autonomous online division and will now pioneer the «Pathways Project,» which will offer a self - paced and student - centric associates degree; and MIT, which will use the funds to create a free prototype computer science online course for edX.

The Home Access programme was concluded and not extended; the BSF programme, which contained extensive ICT investment, was cancelled; Harnessing Technology funds disappeared; ICT advisers in local authorities started their redundancy «consultation» and schools no longer had to operate a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) or offer online home - school links.

I'm very excited about the possibility of course - access policies — when a state allows students the option to take courses in different learning environments from diverse, accountable providers.

The 2015 Schools Conference session included Tony Dolan of Curtins discussing «Transport and access issues for school construction projects» and Gareth Woodfin, HLM, discussing inclusion in a session entitled «Challenges faced in designing facilities to accommodate both mainstream and special education needs under one roof and how they were overcome to provide an inclusive learning environment for the local community».

Because of the familiarity with secondary students, ease of use, and ease of access, social network sites could be incorporated seamlessly into the online learning environment (OLE).

For students, Virtual Learning Environments facilitate access to engaging and compelling content.

It is crucial that the impact of furniture and the environment on children's learning process and academic progress is acknowledged and taken seriously, and to respond to this, schools must have access to the resources they need to deliver the education that our children deserve.

This brief introduces and analyzes one approach to expanded learning that provides students — often in distressed areas — with access to quality learning environments across the year, through what we call year - round learning...

This enhances a cooperative learning environment for each classroom, where students and teachers have access to computers and the Internet all day.

To support this chunked learning and the pull environment, organizations need to build learning portals with access to data and repositories that manage learning assets and content, indexing them by topic, objectives, and application need, by identifying and segmenting how the information may be applied.

The advantage of using outdoor spaces throughout the year is that it gives children access to seasonal weather to learn about changing environments, as well as giving them the opportunity to be creative and have more responsibility over how and where they should play.

Sugata Mitra has popularized this notion with his «hole in the wall» experiment, which illustrated that kids with Internet access can construct learning environments, pursue passion and contribute meaning — in other words, «kids can teach themselves.»

Students are best served when they have access to both expert judgment and the types of algorithmic supports possible in personalized learning environments.

How do we ensure that students from different learning environments and backgrounds have the same opportunity and access to activities that promote collaborative learning?

Lifelong learning arrangements, particularly those in informal and non-formal settings, can confer a number of benefits: they can provide people who live in countries that do not have universal education with access to learning opportunities on a continuous basis; they can address the problem of conventional formal schooling being too far removed from local cultural and social environments; and they can alleviate economic hardship, particularly for young people in developing countries who may experience strong pressures to earn income to help support their families or, particularly if they are girls, to take on significant responsibilities at home (1, 4).

In personalized learning environments, students theoretically have access to ample, frequent, and actionable feedback from multiple sources, including content, peers, and teachers.

Apart from their learning environment, these eight 3rd graders are just like their peers at Lee Elementary, where 77 percent receive free or reduced - priced lunch, an indicator of poverty, and many report not having computer access at home.

To this end, Course Access policies establish state - level programs that provide students with expanded course offerings across learning environments from diverse, accountable providers.

Virtual classrooms and online learning platforms offer a safe space outside of the mainstream environment to access the curriculum at the student's own time and pace, for example lesson times can be adjusted so the child can attend when they feel the most energised and able to learn.

Nevertheless, this version proposed an educational model that provided a student - centered learning environment affording opportunities for flexible grouping of students, individualised instruction and unlimited access to learning materials.

The multi-media features and the degree of control over the e-learning environment has made this medium a more preferred method of accessing learning materials.

Second round funding When announcing the 277 schools that will receive money through the second round of funding, Education Secretary Morgan said: «This announcement is a major step towards ensuring all children no matter what their background and no matter where they live have access to the best possible schools and learn in an environment that gives them the knowledge and skills to succeed in the global race.»

This public «edu - trip of open learning» is just a taste of what primary, secondary and post-secondary schools are able to offer if they elect to become «connected and transparent learning environments,» granting students, teachers and leaders access to today's social media tools.

Long - term plan Education Secretary Morgan said: «This announcement is a major step towards ensuring all children no matter what their background and no matter where they live have access to the best possible schools and learn in an environment that gives them the knowledge and skills to succeed in the global race.»

She continued: «A lot of the children at the school often don't have access to outdoor spaces at home so enabling them to join in at school means they can learn about how to look after nature and teach them to respect the environment, which is something that they can take with them into the future.»

You have to rethink how you do things, restructure environments, simplify, do things digitally, and provide real - time access to information, just as the business world has learned to do.»

«Many of the spacious facilities, such as a high - spec wifi and IT system, hygiene room, food room, classrooms with independent access to the outdoor learning environment and additional spaces for working, are far more suitable to inspire, motivate and encourage our pupils to learn than what we had before.

LWB says the United Nations states education is a key driver for development, but teachers and students often can't access the right tools and learning environment.

Forest schools One of the ways in which children are being introduced to outdoor learning in a school setting is through «forest schools», an outdoor resource where children have regular access to an outdoor environment that provides an interactive, educational outdoor experience.

Digital learning platforms are levelling the playing field between emerging and developed markets by opening the doors to high - quality education — even in the most challenging environments — as the only requirement for access is an internet connection.

St Luke's Grammar School's Learning Hub is a multi-modal environment which allows students and teachers to access a range of intentionally designed learner - centred spaces, as well as carefully collected and curated resources.

Having access to these kinds of competitions and events accelerates learning, builds grit and exposes students to the real - world working environments, which is paramount for the UK to uphold and indeed break through the current level of catering expertise we have on offer in our towns and cities.

«Exploiting the free access to an incredible local learning environment (in the form of the island, including 12th Century priory, beaches, sand dunes, castle, and harbour) the children regularly produce video documentaries, plays and films, which are edited and then produced with the help of parents.

Says Caroline Caisley, School Business Manager at Garston Manor School: «The school firmly believes in creating an environment whereby all students have the right to access learning at a level and setting appropriate to their needs that will enable them to enjoy and achieve.

It offered bespoke voice amplification solutions for mainstream education and also showcased Juno, lesson capture technology that addresses the demands of the modern «flipped» learning environment, giving students home access to lesson content in an effective and engaging way.

Topics to be covered include: • The # 1 reason hospitalized or homebound students often fail in traditional models • How a targeted online homebound education program can be less costly while improving educational outcomes • How K12 provides homebound students access to the same rigorous learning experience as their in - school classmates • How this model also works effectively in alternative learning environments, such as addiction centers or juvenile detention facilities

Teaching in an urban environment with a student population that may have limited access to resources, I believe that my job includes creating a learning environment to foster whole - child learning: academic, social, and life skills that will empower them to be the best version of themselves.