Digital Learning and Technology: Federal Policy Recommendations to Seize the Opportunity and Promising Practices That Inspire Them

Participants
Karen Cator, Director of the Office of Educational Technology, United States Department of Education (Washington, DC)
Bob Wise, President, Alliance for Excellent Education

The Alliance for Excellent Education held a webinar on July 28 to discuss the release of a new Alliance policy brief “Digital Learning and Technology: Federal Policy Recommendations to Seize the Opportunity and the Promising Practices That Inspire Them.” The brief was released in conjunction with the webinar, which focused on the federal recommendations portion of the document. This webinar was a follow up to the Alliance’s July 21 Alliance webinaron digital learning’s promising practices.

Over the course of the past year, the Alliance has been studying digital learning and the effective use of technology and the ways they can make a positive impact on student learning. This webinar highlighted federal recommendations and conclusions that came out of that effort.

Alliance President Bob Wise moderated the webinar; he was joined by Karen Cator from the U.S. Department of Education. Following the discussion, there was an interactive conversation using questions submitted by participants from the around the country.

Supplemental Materials:

• Speaker Biographies (PDF)