Remote learning

With distance learning plans rolling out across the country due to the coronavirus, Comcast today announced a new program for cities, schools, and nonprofits to connect large numbers of low-income K-12 students to the Internet at home.

Remote working and distance learning are fueling investor enthusiasm in the video-conferencing platform.

Aimed at stressed out parents, the offerings try to make up for widespread school closures.

I’m happy to announce that Oracle is offering free access to online learning content and certifications for a broad array of users for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Oracle Autonomous Database. This program kicks off on Monday, March 30, 2020, and will be available until May 15, 2020.

When school officials in Washoe County, Nevada, the home of the city of Reno, made the decision to move to remote learning on March 25, the initial plan was for most students to print lesson packets that were posted online. The school district also printed a small number of paper copies and made them available at local community centers. Within hours, all the copies were gone.