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Characteristics of The 21st Century Classroom

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Smartboards, for instance, have transformed the way lessons are presented, offering interactive and dynamic content that can cater to various learning styles. Tablets, laptops, and Chromebooks have become as commonplace as notebooks, enabling students to access a vast reservoir of information and educational resources at their fingertips.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Brouwer & Korthagen, 2005; Ferrari, Cachia, & Punie, 2009; Zhu et al., Inclusive teaching means ensuring that all students, regardless of their background, abilities, or challenges, have equal access to learning opportunities and feel supported and valued in the classroom. .” (p. Granziera, H., & Martin, A.

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The 7 Key Elements of eSpark’s Theory of Learning

eSpark

These elements are: differentiation, adaptivity, student engagement, direct instruction, practice, formative assessment with immediate feedback and student explanation of learning. 1: Differentiation Keeps Learning Accessible. Here is a look at the research and principles that greatly influence eSpark’s curriculum. #1:

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Smart Sparrow Raises $4 Million to Help Teachers—Not Tools—Drive Adaptive Learning

Edsurge

Letting Humans Drive Adaptivity. The first wave, he says, were efforts that “solve[d] for access.” In 2005, Ben-Naim, then a Ph.D. Often this manifested in efforts from publishers and schools to digitize existing content and make them available online, usually in the form of PDFs and videos. From Down Under to Top-Notch Funders.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Now educators can personalize their courses, apparently, which is something no one has been able to do until “adaptive technology” integrated with the LMS. “ Online tutoring by students raises access fears,” says the Times Higher Education. Or something. PowerSchool has acquired TIENET for an undisclosed sum.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. Um, they do.) Despite a few anecdotes, they’re really not.).

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