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4 Critical Characteristics of High-Quality Instructional Content

Edsurge

That’s why, in 2019, Discovery Education conducted a comprehensive research study—including a literature review, focus groups, interviews, surveys and an analysis of data usage—across our digital products and platforms. 2016 digital education survey. E-textbooks: A Personalized Learning Experience or a Digital Distraction?

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Working in a group might be the best way to help kids meet individual goals, study says

The Hechinger Report

Critics argued that it isn’t good for students to be learning in isolation and that learning is a social activity not only between student and teacher but among students. Its advocates argue that group work like this helps kids learn the social skills that are necessary to solve problems in the modern workplace.

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Web Filtering: equally beneficial for your 5-year-old & 15-year-old

Securly

From 2007-2016, the number of students who experienced bullying roughly doubled from 18.8% In our recent international survey , 53% of students aged 9-18 reported being productive only half of the total time spent working on school assignments. To learn more about web filtering, sign up for our newsletter: And even save lives.

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Playing at Orientation: Interview with the Designers of “The Parasite” at University of Chicago

ProfHacker

Gradually, we began to talk about how we might implement an ARG at a university, given that there was already suggestive data and observations that the form might be a useful platform for motivating collaborative learning, teaching digital literacies, sharing resources, and inviting participants to engage in difficult and complex conversations.

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Curation Situations: Let us count the ways

NeverEndingSearch

Back in 2014, our interviews and surveys led us to a taxonomy of digital curation. Along the way they experience collateral benefits of developing learning agility, building social capital and demonstrating creativity. 14 May 2016 . “ Curation in School Libraries.” ” Library Technology Reports 50.7

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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release

Hack Education

This is the last public talk I’ll deliver in 2016, and I confess I am relieved (I am exhausted!) ” Gartner says, rather vaguely, that it relies on scenarios and surveys and pattern recognition to place technologies on the line. 2016 – the phones in their pockets. Either way. as well as honored to be here.

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15 hot edtech trends for 2017

eSchool News

To get a glimpse into what the next 12 months will hold for everything from professional development to digital learning, and from communication to virtual reality, 15 ed tech luminaries looked back on 2016 edtech trends to help predict what’s in store for 2017. Here’s what they said: 2016 was The Year of Video. And it has.

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