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10 Popular Educational Trends and What You Need to Know

Waterford

The COVID-19 crisis is changing the educational landscape, often in unpredictable ways. It’s tough to know exactly what the upcoming school year will look like, but by keeping up on current trends in the educational sphere, you can return to school next year informed, whether you’re in a classroom or teaching at a distance.

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When Education Giants Stumbled and Data Ruled

Edsurge

This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. He is currently the chief product officer of Renaissance Learning, which acquired myON in 2018. They were the most powerful companies in education. More broadly, I think the promise of data in education is still proving itself.

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Why students love a game-based learning experience

Neo LMS

In 2011, the Smithsonian Institute partnered with the MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences to design a curated game centered around climate change. A curated game involves a blend of online educational media, and real-world tasks, initiated and guided by a collection of characters that are moderated by real educators.

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Asynchronous Learning: What It Is and How to Use Asynchronous Instruction with Students

Waterford

Synchronous Learning vs. Asynchronous Learning in Online Education. Asynchronous vs. Synchronous Learning: A Quick Overview. Asynchronous Online Access as an Accommodation on Students with Learning Disabilities and/or Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders in Postsecondary STEM Courses.

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Sal Khan on Expanding Into Early Learning and Launching a Peer-to-Peer Tutoring Platform

Edsurge

“A lot more folks started leaning hard on us,” says Khan, the founder and CEO of Khan Academy, a nonprofit that provides free educational resources. Who would have thought that a pandemic would have made education such a hot topic—would have made online education, and Khan Academy, almost like an essential service?”

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Week of January 31, 2011 - Live, Interactive, and Free Webinars in Elluminate

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Below are this week''s public, free, and interactive Webinars through LearnCentral.org , the social learning network for education that I work on for Elluminate. Steve Hargadon interviews Karen Cator, Director of the Office of Educational Technology, on education, technology, and the 2010 National Education Technology Plan.

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Case Study 4.7: ?Global Learning and Teacher Education – Leigh Zeitz

Learning Confluence

The Global Educator: Leveraging Technology for Collaborative Learning and Teaching. It is guaranteed to provide educators and education leaders at all levels of education new ideas and modes for connecting and collaborating with the world for meaningful learning. Visiting educators in other countries.