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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Brouwer & Korthagen, 2005; Ferrari, Cachia, & Punie, 2009; Zhu et al., Teachers with AI and data literacy can leverage AI-powered tools for personalized learning, use data analytics to track and improve student performance, and even integrate AI topics into the curriculum. .” (p. Sources Brouwer, N., & Korthagen, F.

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Just who are the people behind today’s educational software?

The Hechinger Report

In this first installment, software engineer Ben Slivka — inspired by science fiction — dreamed of creating truly adaptive learning software. February 2005: Bellevue, Washington. It would be the ultimate in personalized education, enabling children to learn exactly what they needed to learn at exactly the ideal pace.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Lots of goings-on this week in the loan industry. Speaking of which, Edsurge and Pearson have published a report on adaptive learning , with an introduction by the Clayton Christensen Institute’s Michael Horn. The for-profit higher ed chain Education Management Corporation will lay off some 200 employees. It's religion.