Tiffin University, in Tiffin, Ohio, is rolling out a new university-wide video platform to facilitate hybrid and distance learning.

The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) announced new members of its leadership team Jan. 12.

As school districts across the country continue hybrid and distance instruction into 2021, the Canutillo Independent School District (ISD) in El Paso, Texas has deployed robotic cameras to improve the remote learning experience.

Reps. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., and Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas, released a new bill that aims to improve science, technology, engineering, math, and computer science (STEM) education in rural communities.

A new survey from the Center for Digital Government finds that while more than half of the people surveyed (56 percent) are satisfied with their ability to access local government services, there is still significant room for improvement.

The University of Central Florida (UCF) announced it has hired Matthew Hall as vice president of IT and CIO.

The FCC established the program in April 2020, and maxed out its $200 million of available funding for the program by July of last year. That money was committed to 539 funding applications from 47 states, Washington, D.C., and Guam. The funding helps healthcare providers offer telehealth and connected care services to patients at their homes or mobile locations.

North Caroline State University’s Friday Institute for Educational Innovation is partnering with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) on a new project to research, pilot, and analyze emerging wireless technologies that can close the homework gap, particularly in rural areas.

The Federal Communications Commission is seeking public comment on how to best distribute $3.2 billion of funding approved by Congress late last month as part of combined FY 2021 government funding and COVID-19 relief legislation to help low-income Americans access internet services.

In response to another semester of distance and hybrid learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Vanderbilt University has increased adaptive teaching training resources for faculty and instructors.