Future Ready Learning

Summarizing, Contextualizing, Inferring, Monitoring, and Corroborating
(SCIM-C) framework developed for historical inquiry education. A combined
hardware and software platform is being built to support SCIM-C pedagogy.
Students use a mobile device with AR to augment their “field” experience
at a local historical site. In addition to experiencing the site as it exists, AR
technology allows students to view and experience the site from several social
perspectives and to view its structure and uses across several time periods.
Research focuses on the potential of AR technology in inquiry-based fieldwork
for disciplines in which analysis of change across time is important to promote
understanding of how very small changes across long periods of time may add
up to very large changes.
Across these examples, we see that learning is not contained within screens or
classrooms and that technology can enrich how students engage in the world
around them.
To see additional examples of cyberlearning, visit The Center for Innovative
Research in CyberLearning. 14
Bringing Equity to Learning Through Technology
Closing the Digital Use Divide
Traditionally, the digital divide in education referred to schools and communities
in which access to devices and Internet connectivity were either unavailable
or unaffordable. 15 Although there is still much work to be done, great progress
has been made providing connectivity and device access. The modernization of
the federal E-rate program has made billions of dollars available to provide
high-speed wireless access in schools across the country.
E-RATE PROGRAM:
SOURCE OF FUNDING
FOR CONNECTIVITY
The Schools and Libraries
Universal Service Support
Program, commonly known as
the E-rate program, is a source
of federal funding for Internet
connectivity for U.S. schools and
libraries. Created by Congress
in 1996, E-rate provides schools
and libraries with discounted
Internet service on the basis of
need. The program was modernized
in 2014 to ensure there
is sufficient funding available to
meet the need for robust wireless
connectivity within schools
and high-speed connectivity to
schools. For more information
about E-rate, visit the website
of the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC).
OFFICE OF Educational Technology
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