News - page 4

How students are using Chegg Study to cheat in online exams 
How students are using Chegg Study to cheat in online exams 

In the fall, when the University of Texas had an online exam, it was reported that hundreds of students spent less time on their assignments than is needed to at least read through all of them.

| News

Robbo LMS, an online educational robotics platform for schoolchildren, has launched
Robbo LMS, an online educational robotics platform for schoolchildren, has launched

Robbo, which specializes in the production of educational robotics for children, has launched an online system for studying robotics on its official website robboclub.ru. 

| News

Samsung suggests that preschool teachers use S Pen for their online classes
Samsung suggests that preschool teachers use S Pen for their online classes

Descriptive pictures on a chalkboard are crucial for conveying information when teaching preschoolers.

| News

Mila Semeshkina is amongst the top 200 outstanding female CEOs of EdTech start-ups!
Mila Semeshkina is amongst the top 200 outstanding female CEOs of EdTech start-ups!

The American platform HolonIQ has compiled a list of outstanding women from around the world who are leading the world's most promising start-ups in the EdTech field.

| News

Lectera CEO Mila Semeshkina is on the Rusbase list of “100 Russian female entrepreneurs”
Lectera CEO Mila Semeshkina is on the Rusbase list of “100 Russian female entrepreneurs”

For International Women's Day on 8th March, the online platform Rusbase has compiled a list of 100 brilliant Russian women, each of whom is changing the world, launching her own projects and developing unique startups. 

| News

One year after the start of the coronavirus pandemic, many American students are unable to join online classes

Teachers have also encountered problems because of unstable Wi-Fi; many teachers cannot hold lessons and give exams.

| News

How to choose an online course that will help you get a sought-after profession

According to a survey by Pearson in India back in 2019, 62% of university graduates positively rated the concept of online education.

| News

Six hundred thousand school children in Mumbai are unable to access online education

Ten months after transferring schools in Mumbai to remote learning, about sixty thousand people still cannot study online. 

| News

More than 90% of Indian students believe that remote learning reduces the quality of education

And about 80% are sure that the online format is absolutely unsuitable for studying at a traditional university.

| News

Distance learning in Germany can lead to the spread of pornography among children 

German schools were transferred to a distance teaching format to fight the coronavirus and reduce infection risk.  As a result, children began to learn remotely from home and there have been some issues. 

| News

The adaption and daily regime for international students during the era of the pandemic and distance learning

Eje Agalar, a sophomore at Weinberg College, goes to bed at 3 a.m. and wakes up around noon.  The native of Istanbul spends most of her time studying online, but her course is taught in a US time zone. Consequently, the difference in time between Turkey and the US turned her from a morning person into a night owl.

| News


Lockdown 2021: the situation in EU schools

Due to the new wave of the coronavirus pandemic, many schools in  European Union countries have not opened in the new year.

| News



The University of Delhi, which went online since March, plans to open offline classes

University spokesman Rajeev Gupta said that the university is preparing for the phased opening of offline classes.

| News


British students demand lower online tuition fees

More than 3,500 students from Loughborough University have signed a petition calling for the partial refund of their tuition fees. They claim that due to the transfer of classes into online space, their education quality has significantly decreased.

| News


How a school for attention-deficient children in Mumbai is coping with learning in the age of coronavirus

TABIS is designed to teach students who find it difficult to cope with the school environment and social adaptation.  Its Director, Pia Marker, told Financial Express Online about the challenges educators are faced with during the Covid19 pandemic.

| News


Authors of new Wealth-X report reveal where millionaires and world leaders studied

A new Wealth-X report revealed which universities had the most graduates with successful careers and high earnings.

| News


In India, online courses are replacing university degrees for jobseekers

Certified online courses completely replace classical university education. According to experts, some of them may even compete with degrees from Indian universities.

| News


Alibaba invests more than 1,5 billion dollars in an online education start-up

Alibaba, Tiger Global Management, Softbank Vision Fund, FountainVest Partners, and Sequoia Capital China have invested $1.6 billion in Chinese start-up Zuoyebang.  The company offers distance learning for school children.

| News


Remote learning in Turkey extended until January 22nd

Classes will be held online until the end of the semester.

| News


How online education may evolve after the global pandemic

Maxim Spiridonov, the CEO of Netology, one of the largest EdTech companies, said in his statement that education will have to adapt to the new environment and develop original approaches to education and create special platforms to broadcast lessons.

| News


Distance learning has increased teacher workload to critical levels

The extension of the distance learning format in schools in the Novosibirsk region has led to increased teacher workload, according to Deputy Governor Irina Manuilova.

| News


Indian teacher won 1MUSD and donated 500K to colleagues

In December 2020, rural Indian teacher, Ranjit Disali, won the honorary title of “Teacher of the Year”.

| News


Programming Out of Poverty: How India Becomes an IT Education Hub

In recent years, India has been actively developing the distant learning market for IT specialists. The world's largest investors, including the one and only Mark Zuckerberg, began to invest in Indian projects. 

| News