Kitaboo on EdTech

JULY 2, 2019

The idea is that students first learn course content online, usually at home, and the time in the classroom is devoted to what used to be traditionally homework, with the teacher’s assistance. Many articles have been written on how the idea of a Flipped Classroom has gained currency with the advent of eBooks and digital learning content.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Educational institutes are introducing eLearning to improve students’ overall learning experience. Blackboards have been replaced with virtual whiteboards, projectors have made a permanent place for themselves in classrooms, and printed books are increasingly being replaced with eBooks.

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Technology Tidbits

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Below is a brief demo on their latest features. Teacher are using Edpuzzle to flip their classroom, assess student's learning, and easily differentiate instruction by assigning videos and then adding questions to gauge student's understanding.

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Technology Tidbits

AUGUST 18, 2019

Below is a brief demo on their latest features. Teacher are using Edpuzzle to flip their classroom, assess student's learning, and easily differentiate instruction by assigning videos and then adding questions to gauge student's understanding.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 15, 2011

Below are this week''s public, free, and interactive Webinars through LearnCentral.org , the social learning network for education that I work on for Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). John Lester will speak about the use of web-based virtual worlds as platforms for learning and collaboration.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

and students are thriving under innovative initiatives that include blended learning, tech-rich classrooms, and exposure to hope and opportunities for lifelong success. When we support parents’ learning, they create a culture of learning at home.” Just four years later, graduation rates have spiked 21.8% Now they do.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 31, 2012

Date : Thursday, May 31st, 2012 Time : 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 12am (next day) GMT ( interna tional times here ) Duration : 1 hour Location : In Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). The Blackboard Collaborate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early. Log in at [link].

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Software & Online ACCELERATE LEARNING STEMSCOPES SCIENCE ( www.stemscopes.com ) Accelerate Learning announced a new platform using the best of CNN’s digital content to create a new science education product. ALMA START ( www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies launched an enrollment and admissions management tool called Alma Start.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

AUGUST 20, 2023

Educational institutes are introducing eLearning to improve students’ overall learning experience. Blackboards have been replaced with virtual whiteboards, projectors have made a permanent place for themselves in classrooms, and printed books are increasingly being replaced with eBooks.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

She’s a Learning Assistant — an undergraduate trained and paid to help teach fellow students. ‘If you just teach by standing at the blackboard and try to transmit your understanding of physics just by words, then even a minimal standard typically is not reached. Students aren’t learning that stuff.’

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

The primary goals of this event are to demonstrate the power of global connectivity in classrooms, schools, institutions of informal learning and universities around the world, and to introduce others to the tools, resources, projects, and networks that are available to educators today. A current listing of events you can join is below.

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Saving Socrates

JUNE 4, 2013

My students had been learning about World War II and the Holocaust. While my students are not accustom to passive learning in my courses, this was a welcomed change because of its rarity and also because everyone in the room knew he was an expert and someone speaking to them from Israel, a nation none of the students had ever visited.

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Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 23, 2023

But Large Language Models (LLMs), and particularly the recent demo of ChatGPT, seem to have put the fear of God into everyone from middle school English teachers to the CEO of Google. Uploading a syllabus PDF into Blackboard is not instructional design. The overwhelming majority of textbooks are primarily informational resources.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

With our approach to classical education,” the school’s website says, “students learn about historical events, characters, stories, fables, myths, scientific facts, and mathematical proofs in the locations where these educational advances were made.” EdSurge: So you saw some demos of this VR school with their sixth graders and eighth graders.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In 2012, Pearson, Cengage Learning, and Macmillan Higher Education sued Boundless Learning, claiming that the open education textbook startup had “stolen the creative expression of their authors and editors, violating their intellectual-property rights.” Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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