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How to study at home: Top mental strategies

Brainscape

What sets Brainscape apart from any other study app is that its adaptive learning algorithm leverages decades of cognitive science research. And through the cognitive principles of spaced repetition , active recall , and metacognition , it can help you learn anything TWICE as efficiently as traditional study methods.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Classroom

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

This facet of modern education transcends the traditional use of textbooks and blackboards, weaving digital tools seamlessly into the learning process (NETP, 2017)). Smartboards, for instance, have transformed the way lessons are presented, offering interactive and dynamic content that can cater to various learning styles.

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Report: One of the Biggest Obstacles to Remote Learning? Finding a Quiet Place to Work

Edsurge

In a separate survey from Upbeat, another education data company, teachers report that Black and Hispanic students from low-income communities were more likely to lack resources to support online learning, and thus less engaged with remote instruction. Parents overestimate how often their students have a quiet place to work.

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Personalized Learning Won’t Be So Easy: Thoughts on the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative by @hejames1008

TeacherCast

The needs of the students were thus that adaptive learning which has been described in the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative was warranted. No Child Left Behind had just been signed into law a year before, and the school was learning how to properly allocate its resources. It did not adapt to the students.

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It’s Not Just Teachers: Tech Coaches Must Become Facilitators, Too

Edsurge

The theme was personalized learning and heading into the conference I anticipated gaining a broader view of technology products promising to provide adaptive learning experiences for all students. Teachers are expected to change so much about the way they teach and so the way they learn should change drastically in response.

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The Changing Role Of The Teacher In Personalized Learning Environment

TeachThought - Learn better.

Today’s students are studying and learning differently – a change confirmed by the widespread adoption of digital studying. Our recent study found that 81% of college students use mobile devices (such as smartphones and tablets) to study, the second most popular device category behind laptops and up 40 percent in usage since 2013.

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How AI Will Save Education

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

It relies on the huge database of the Internet, and like much of AI, is learning how to be more effective every time we use it. Recently I wrote " What If Your Co-Teacher is a Computer?

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