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Transcription and Accessibility—New Partnerships from Microsoft and Amazon

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On the heels of one another, two tech titans recently announced higher-education partnerships that leverage transcription technology to make educational materials more accessible to a broader swath of learners. On April 5, Microsoft announced a partnership with the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York.

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Learning with 'e's

Technology supported learning has long been a contested terrain, and there are at least two views about its effects. As a result of Clark's position, many researchers decided not to study differences between students whose learning was supported by technology and those who had none, because it was considered a waste of time.