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Higher education technology predictions for 2014

Mark Smithers

Some new services and platforms will emerge to cater for different forms of learning, MOOCs will evolve and improve and open badges will be hot. The MOOC backlash. Of course I have to start with MOOCs. The MOOC backlash started in earnest in 2013. MOOC providers will keep on refining them. Introduction.

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Theories for the digital age: Self regulated learning

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Institutes that discourage the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) movement may be perceived by their students as anachronistic. Those who do support BYOD for students and staff will need to invest significant time and resources into ensuring cross platform operability and seamless delivery to students’ personal technologies.

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Video for learning: Today and tomorrow

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I was studying at college and a man in a white coat wheeled a television and video player into the room. 2017) Can one-to-one initiative and BYOD in schools increase student engagement? Photo by Vladimer Shioshvili on Flickr Educators have been using video for decades. The first time I saw video being used in a classroom was in 1973.

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Higher education technology predictions for 2014

Mark Smithers

Some new services and platforms will emerge to cater for different forms of learning, MOOCs will evolve and improve and open badges will be hot. The MOOC backlash. Of course I have to start with MOOCs. The MOOC backlash started in earnest in 2013. MOOC providers will keep on refining them. Introduction.

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A Dictionary For 21st Century Teachers: Learning Models & Technology

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The study of teaching adults. ” BYOD programs allow students to use their own technology (usually smartphone or tablet) in a classroom. A term coined by Stewart Hase, heautogogy is the study of self-directed learning. ” (1). An initialism that stands for “Bring Your Own Device.” Blended Learning.

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10 Experts’ Predictions for Education and Technology in 2016

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With an increased presence of BYOD and 1:1 programs in classrooms, schools today are faced with the challenge of transforming traditional learning spaces to seamlessly connect pedagogy, technology, and space. We will see more and more educational MOOC platforms to replace classroom training, as they afford users universal access to knowledge.

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A true gift from SHEG: DIY digital literacy assessments and tools for historical thinking

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Using everyday digital content, the COR paper and online assessments directly connect to the questions posed in SHEG’s study and engage learners in credibility decision-making around three COR Competencies: Who’s behind the information? Social studies teachers will adore these! What’s the evidence?