In the third and final part of this series, experts say the impact of COVID-era school closures on a generation of students is still unclear. Private training colleges are losing thousands of overseas students under a federal directive that has slashed visa approvals by more than half. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. An educational technology scholar illuminates some of odd feelings people experience when they communicate through cameras on the web.

• Through my work, I’ve witnessed the profound impact that even basic Arabic language skills can have in fostering human connections and reigniting enthusiasm for education, Simone Britz writes.
• Thousands of student debts owed to Phoenix Institute will be formally wiped and the now-defunct school has been fined $400 million for exploitative conduct.
• Action is urgently needed now – business as usual will not suffice to heal the scars of the pandemic and will not accelerate progress enough to meet the ambitions of SDG 4.
• Ducation observers have condemned a bullying incident against a student of BINUS International School in South Tangerang, Banten, that went viral on social media following reports from netizens on Monday.

Another trend expected to intensify this year is the gamification of learning activities, often featuring dynamic videos with interactive elements to engage and hold students’ attention. Here, Schwartz and other Stanford education scholars weigh in on some of the technology trends taking center stage in the classroom this year. Stanford Graduate School of Education Dean Dan Schwartz and other education scholars weigh in on what’s next for some of the technology trends taking center stage in the classroom. Children who are not in school also face additional risks of exploitation alongside physical, emotional and sexual violence. Worrying increases in child marriage and child violence have been documented in Indonesia since the start of the pandemic.

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By sustaining these programs and tools over the longer term and pairing them with the system-strengthening elements in the 5-pillar strategy, countries can achieve transformative gains in learning and skills. The growing use of technology in schools is producing massive amounts of data on students’ activities in the classroom and online. “We’re now able to capture moment-to-moment data, every keystroke a kid makes,” said Schwartz – data that can reveal areas of struggle and different learning opportunities, from solving a math problem to approaching a writing assignment. In Indonesia, extended school closures and disrupted re-openings due to COVID-19 have affected around 60 million students and caused significant learning loss.