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2016 and Beyond: The Future of Classroom Technology by @MelanieNathan

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With many communities anxious to enhance local school systems and increase opportunities for students, teachers and pupils, 2016 appears poised to witness a lot of exciting new developments in the world of education technology. These venues range from MOOCs (free massive online open courses) to traditional brick-and-mortar public schools.

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10 Experts’ Predictions for Education and Technology in 2016

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2016 is now well underway, but few could say how it will end or what major changes we’ll see as the year unfurls. In 2016, I believe we will see more learners creating, making, programming, coding, producing, innovating, inventing, designing, problem solving and publishing. Mobile learning. GoConqr Click To Tweet.

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14 Examples Of Innovation In Higher Education

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The definition of asynchronous learning helps us understand the need for asynchronous access to this content, especially when this access is not through a dated university learning management system, but something more authentic to the student, maybe even accessed on their own mobile devices. That’s good. Open Curriculum.

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The future of education in 2016, from the sharing economy to BYOD: my Future Trends Forum recording and materials

Bryan Alexander

In discussion we touched on cognitive computing, “quick” (live or easily published) video (Kat’s term), video growing on mobile devices. Also on mobile we mentioned reading on phones and the uneven deployment of cell phones in America.

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?The Future of Online Learning Is Offline: What Strava Can Teach Digital Course Designers

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In 2016, Strava users uploaded 304 million activities , logged 6.8 They were incredibly hardworking people, but the ones creating the most significant social impact in the world were also often too busy to finish a MOOC. Using GPS data, a runner can track her route and pace, and then share the activity with friends.

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2016 and all that.

Learning with 'e's

MOOCs won't be the end. Our mobile phones (probably the name 'phone' will be replaced by another label - the Germans already call it a Handy) will become cheaper, more powerful and indispensable, and will connect with other technologies seamlessly. Photo by Mario Klingemann on Flickr 2016 and all that. Just me then.)

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What types of questions are you asking?

The Principal of Change

Think about it…Have you ever seen anyone in their teens on a mobile device, furiously typing away? September 8, 2016 The #InnovatorsMindset MOOC Starting Soon! What “iPhone Keyboarding” class did they take to learn that? You know the answer…they didn’t. They learned on their own.

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