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What Is Prior Knowledge and Why it Matters?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Prior knowledge is one of the key concept in educational research that fundamentally reshape our understanding of how learning occurs. This term refers to the pre-existing cognitive framework that each student brings into the learning environment, encompassing everything from factual information to deeply ingrained skills and misconceptions.

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As schools reopen, will Black and Asian families return?

The Hechinger Report

While many families are eager for a return to in-person learning this fall, others are not: Surveys show that some families are reluctant to return — and, that Black and Asian families are the most likely to feel this way. Related: Remote learning has been a disaster for many students. But some kids have thrived.

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#40years of educational technology: Social media

Learning with 'e's

I first started working in the field of educational technology in January 1976, at a time when technology was used more for teaching than it was for learning. Social media lend themselves naturally to support learning through discussions, collaboration and sharing. They also have the capacity to support personal learning.

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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

Edsurge

The first online class we launched in 1998 was little more than flat text on webpages, and we closely followed the birth of learning management systems, meeting with both Blackboard and WebCT before they achieved their first $1 million in revenue. The infrastructure just wasn’t ready. For more details, see my 2015 piece ).

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'Robots Are Coming For Your Children'

Hack Education

” And it sure isn’t “everyone should learn nursing.” ” Everyone Should Learn to Code. Learning how to “work.” ” Learning as “work.” ” Work as learning. “Inquiry-based learning,” I think we’d call it. Saturday’s Child.