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Making Video Games for Higher Ed Requires Major Investment. Is It Worth It?

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A majority of young adults already play video games, so using them in courses seems like a natural fit. For higher education, with smaller potential audiences and student outcomes at stake, companies are debating whether return on investment is there for game-based learning experiences. It Takes a Long Time. For example, W.W.

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For Online Class Discussions, Instructors Move From Text to Video

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“The threaded discussion felt always like the wrong medium for learning,” says Joyce Valenza, an assistant teaching professor at Rutgers University's School of Communication and Information, who has been teaching online since 2001. For Valenza and a growing number of instructors, the answer is video.

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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

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This year’s 1 3th edition will swamp San Diego’s waterfront for four days and feature 1,000 speakers, including Thomas Friedman and Margaret Atwood, plus the buzziest for-profit companies in our industry. based education and workforce technology companies, together amounting to more than $150 billion in market capitalization.

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Engaging New Virtual Field Trips from Discovery Education and Partners Welcome Students and Teachers Back to School

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Designed for students born after September 11, 2001, this experience highlights the remarkable ways people throughout the United States came together, focusing on our common humanity in the aftermath of the attacks. Inspired by the global media company Discovery, Inc., This virtual field trip is appropriate for students in grades 7-12.

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The Drug Enforcement Administration and Discovery Education name grand prize winner of Operation Prevention Video Challenge

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Teenagers across the nation were invited to submit 30-60 second video public service announcements that capture their unique voice in order to communicate the opioid epidemic as a national crisis. His character in the video urges viewers to “please don’t make the same mistake.” and Silver Spring, Md.

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Helping Teachers Reach Every Student

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Editor’s note: This is one in a series of profiles about the men and women who are creating today’s EdTech companies. Smith assumed his role at Reading Horizons in October 2001 and since has overseen steady sales growth and a multitude of improvements to their line of products. By Kenna McHugh.

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Commemorate the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 with a New Virtual Field Trip hosted by NBC’s Jenna Bush Hager from 9/11 Day and Discovery Education

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Developed for students born after September 11, 2001, this experience highlights ways people in the United States came together during and after the terrorist attacks. Inspired by the global media company Discovery, Inc., Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5

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