Items tagged by amarashar in COVID Education https://tagteam.harvard.edu/hubs/covided/user/amarashar TagTeam social RSS aggregrator Guidance for governments on the use of digital technologies in education Thu, 17 Dec 2020 10:40:00 -0500 https://edtechhub.org/education-for-the-most-marginalised-post-covid-19/ American students in third through eighth grade have held steady in reading but have fallen behind in math since last fall, according to a report this month by nonprofit testing organization NWEA. The group examined academic progress in reading and math for 4.4 million students at 8,000 schools, with a big caveat: The students most likely to be tested were those attending classes in person, or attending schools with enough resources to test their remote learners. Wed, 16 Dec 2020 05:28:00 -0500 https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/education/2020/12/13/covid-online-school-tutoring-plan/6334907002/ Distance learning has surged, especially for adult learners Mon, 07 Dec 2020 06:17:00 -0500 https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-and-social-sector/our-insights/higher-education-enrollment-inevitable-decline-or-online-opportunity?cid=other-eml-alt-mip-mck&hdpid=24e8945d-7d7f-43e9-9ea5-be93ab7cdc5f&hctky=2976500&hlkid=a00d7503921f4cc398f88910ba4c09cf So emerging markets face a crisis, a digital gap, and a digital opportunity. What’s the best path forward? To help answer this question, we compiled ideas based on Google’s experience and collaboration with emerging markets, showing how the right digital policy frameworks can accelerate economic development. In parallel, we have commissioned an empirical study to estimate the potential impact of these changes Mon, 23 Nov 2020 06:55:00 -0500 https://blog.google/documents/94/The_Digital_Sprinters_FINAL.pdf Members of Congress have introduced a number of bills and resolutions to shape U.S. policy on artificial intelligence. Explore legislation by clicking on a specific year. Mon, 23 Nov 2020 06:19:00 -0500 https://datainnovation.org/ai-policy-leadership/ai-legislation-tracker/ The entire ecosystem presents a bonanza for petty criminals, ransomware opportunists, spyware firms and highly sophisticated nation-state spies alike. Meanwhile, law enforcement and other state agencies – already growing accustomed to reaping a harvest of digital data with weak judicial oversight – will enjoy a bounty of new and revealing information about citizens without any new safeguards to prevent abuse of that power. Some argue that this COVID-19-era innovation cycle will pass once there is a vaccine. But the more we embrace and habituate to these new applications, the deeper their tentacles reach into our everyday lives and the harder it will be to walk it all back. The “new normal” that will emerge after COVID-19 is not a one-off, bespoke contact-tracing app. Mon, 23 Nov 2020 06:10:00 -0500 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-pandemic-has-made-us-even-more-dependent-on-a-highly-invasive/ Education Tech From alumni networking to grad school research to undergraduate admissions, here’s how Harvard University is being unbundled. Tue, 17 Nov 2020 03:38:00 -0500 https://www.cbinsights.com/research/edtech-companies-unbundling-university/ Further, when data is mishandled or when data violations occur, people typically lose trust in organizations or institutions (or in the broader information ecology). This, in turn, can lead to “privacy protective behavior” where individuals are not seeking essential services out of fear of unauthorized data uses, and generally limit the potential benefits of technology. For children, as for many adults, loss of trust may be a formative experience and can have considerable impact. Distrust and privacy protective behaviors related to data misuse can have far-reaching consequences, such as refusal of health care, education, child protection and other public services. Mon, 16 Nov 2020 08:31:00 -0500 https://childethics.com/blog/data-and-children/ With remote proctors watching them take tests, some worry that even leaving for the bathroom will brand them as cheats. Fri, 13 Nov 2020 06:16:00 -0500 https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/12/test-monitoring-student-revolt/ School Wasn’t So Great Before COVID, Either Yes, remote schooling has been a misery—but it’s offering a rare chance to rethink early education entirely. December 2020 Issue Thu, 12 Nov 2020 10:25:00 -0500 https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/12/school-wasnt-so-great-before-covid-either/616923/ Wed, 28 Oct 2020 13:06:00 -0400 https://slate.com/technology/2020/10/virtual-school-autistic-students-social-life.html Overconfidence from the experts, coupled with a willingness to denigrate and even pathologise those who publicly dissented, might have made it harder for us to change course during the pandemic, costing us precious time that we couldn’t afford. If experts fail to reckon with the inevitable uncertainties of our current times, we risk delaying the next crucial update — or worse, overlooking it altogether. Tue, 27 Oct 2020 12:54:00 -0400 https://unherd.com/2020/10/how-the-experts-messed-up-on-covid/ The University of South Florida announced last week that its college of education would become a graduate school only, phasing out undergraduate education degrees to help close a $6.8 million budget gap. In Ohio, the University of Akron, citing the coronavirus, successfully invoked a clause in its collective-bargaining agreement in September to supersede tenure rules and lay off 97 unionized faculty members. Mon, 26 Oct 2020 10:32:00 -0400 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/26/us/colleges-coronavirus-budget-cuts.html Mon, 26 Oct 2020 07:45:00 -0400 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1guI-XlSuPv4xSK2HnjomVrKzU_Fu_kSZN6fkAwp5Mm4/edit As the COVID-19 mortality and morbidity has disproportionately impacted populations who experience vulnerabilities due to structural issues such as racism (Laurencin and McClinton 2020; Lin II and Money 2020; Martin 2020; Kim et al. 2020), it has become increasingly necessary to take this opportunity and intentionally codify diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices in the policymaking process. To encourage and facilitate this, we synthesize existing literature to identify best practices that can not only be used to inform COVID-19-related public policy activities but will also continue to inform inclusive policymaking processes in the future. We identify specific tools for policymakers at all levels of government to better operationalize the DEI framework and enact inclusive, equitable public policies as a result. Fri, 23 Oct 2020 10:09:00 -0400 https://www.sciencepolicyjournal.org/uploads/5/4/3/4/5434385/irfan_etal_jspg_v17.1.pdf Fri, 23 Oct 2020 05:45:00 -0400 https://www.wired.com/story/ai-college-exam-proctors-surveillance/ Mon, 19 Oct 2020 05:56:00 -0400 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qrbHJq7PegyCpPgw26mXwf74ppjhmp3WJX9YwkVLlaE/edit?ts=5f8ce77e That’s something that has the National Union of Students (NUS) concerned, too. “Such tools are often employed with very little explanation of their purpose. At a bare minimum we need legal assurances on how this data will be used. The lack of transparency undoubtedly fuels students’ mistrust of universities but it also stokes anxiety, aggravates mental health and dissuades many from political engagement,” says Larissa Kennedy, NUS president. “We must resist our spaces of learning turning into arms of surveillance.” At Bolton University, whose vice chancellor has admitted the institution monitors access to learning materials, library use and lecture attendance to warn staff about students struggling with their studies, Ansh Sachdeva, the union president, says students aren’t “punished if they miss online lectures”. Rather, the tracking system is used to check how long students are logged in for. “That gives an idea of how long they’ve spent and making sure they’ve done their work. They can see it later as well, but our university is not being forceful on students. They can have various reasons for not attending,” Sachdeva says. Bolton University did not answer any questions about its tracking of students. Fri, 16 Oct 2020 10:28:00 -0400 https://www.wired.co.uk/article/university-covid-learning-student-monitoring Technology Enabled Learning Futures Thu, 15 Oct 2020 12:30:00 -0400 https://mlw2020.org/ COVID-19 and the resulting lockdown has put more than one billion children out of school, with 30 million who may never return. The World Bank estimates the long-term economic cost of lost schooling could be as much as $10 trillion. Former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and dozens of world leaders urge for 4 immediate actions to ensure every child receives an education. Thu, 15 Oct 2020 06:14:00 -0400 https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/08/children-covid19-education-government-support/ The Digital Education Action Plan (2021-2027) outlines the European Commission’s vision for high quality, inclusive and accessible digital education in Europe. It is a call to action for stronger cooperation at European level to learn from the COVID-19 crisis during which technology is being used at a scale never seen before in education and training make education and training systems fit for the digital age Thu, 15 Oct 2020 05:56:00 -0400 https://ec.europa.eu/education/education-in-the-eu/digital-education-action-plan_en stitutional response to them. Regardless, in the future we must be able to move with much greater speed as well as all due deliberation. On these subjects we look forward to the recommendations of Professor Suri’s guidelines committee and the companion committee on MIT’s gift processes chaired by Professor Peter Fisher. Much is riding on their ability to craft an approach that corrects the problems revealed by the Epstein debacle, while simultaneously meeting the six requirements for effective management of our international risks that I have sketched above. And as important as these questions are for MIT’s international activities, difficult new questions will need to be faced once the pandemic is in check. For example: How will we work with Chinese researchers and students, both in China and on the MIT campus, during what will likely be a protracted period of strate Wed, 14 Oct 2020 12:31:00 -0400 https://fnl.mit.edu/may-june-2020/on-the-risks-and-benefits-of-new-international-engagements/ In 2020, tens of thousands of high school students across the United Kingdom took to the streets to protest the use of an algorithm that predicted their end-of-school grades. The algorithm had lowered almost 40% of grades, meaning some pupils were no longer eligible for their chosen university or college. The algorithmic scoring impacted students from lower income backgrounds the most, despite warnings of the ‘potential risk of bias’, raised in a parliamentary education committee a month prior. Days later, the UK Education Secretary Gavin Williamson backtracked on the decision, stating that pupils who had been marked down would now receive their original teacher-assessed grades. This was a historic U-turn, noted as one of the few times that the government have acknowledged the ‘discriminatory potential of algorithmically-informed policy regimes.’ Fri, 09 Oct 2020 10:00:00 -0400 https://medium.com/@Info_Activism/predictive-futures-the-normalisation-of-monitoring-and-surveillance-in-education-c201e5a75f92