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Online Learning and Mental Health: the XYZ generations

Neo LMS

Though the dates can vary slightly from one source to the next, Gen X are typically those born from 1965 to 1980 (42–57 years old), Gen Y: 1981–1996 (26–41), and Gen Z: 1997–2012 (10–25). Technological advancements are helping to reshape education and have made the transition to online learning possible.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al. 2011) contend, engage in “an orchestration…a curricular dance (more like a ballet) [adaptive teachers] responsive[ly]teach…and with the slightest change in the instructional ecology of the classroom, change their position in order to support student learning” (p. Madda et al.,

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Thursday - Angie McAllister on How Academic Networking and Learning Analytics Can Help "Learning How to Learn"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Join me Thursday, September 6th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with Angie McAllister, the Director of Data Innovation at Apollo Group, where she specializes in building adaptive learning systems for adult learners. psid=2012-09-06.1728.M.9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr&sid=2008350

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From Mexico to China: Why the World is Interested in the United States Edtech Market

Edsurge

The United States is expected to lead the charge, followed by countries in Asia and Europe, so it may come as no surprise that people interested in edtech are traveling from all over the world to learn from, sell to and acquire U.S. Limin Chen “They want adaptive learning tools, STEM products and learning management systems,” says Chen. “If

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Jeff Bezos Wants to Go to the Moon. Then, Public Education.

Edsurge

Alternatively, your child could spend anywhere between one to six days per week at your local Amazon Learning Center—possibly branded to match the local public school district’s name and colors—where they get to choose from hundreds, no, thousands of courses to build a personalized schedule.

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The 7 Key Elements of eSpark’s Theory of Learning

eSpark

Students always receive feedback on their answers and if they’re wrong, they’re given feedback on how to answer similar questions in the future. Even simple feedback, such as right or wrong, has been correlated with student learning outcomes (Faber et al., 7: Student Explanation of Learning Aids Retention. Pape, Karen E.

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How AI Will Save Education

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

It relies on the huge database of the Internet, and like much of AI, is learning how to be more effective every time we use it. A decade ago, I was a high school English teacher blissfully naive to what radical changes were coming thanks to edtech. Recently I wrote " What If Your Co-Teacher is a Computer?

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