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How to Gamify Professional Development

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Wed, 01/02/2019 - 10:20. Because these experiences make learning entertaining and memorable, educators may be more likely to complete professional development exercises. Going into 2019, administrators should consider incorporating digital breakouts to provide instruction about educational tech. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Guest post: Biggest eLearning content trends of 2020 and beyond

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In fact, expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate of 5% between 2019 and 2024 and expected to cross the $200 billion mark by 2024. . For instance, if you are creating a course for Customer Training , you can include role-playing exercises to test the learning instead of regular quizzes. .

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Duolingo IPO Shows Investors Think Edtech Is Still Growing.

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billion—which is a good moment to reflect on how mobile learning has entered classrooms and how the company has expanded from just an app. And Urdan says Duolingo brought a mobile-first approach to the sector. The company also noted that “in 2019 and 2020, we had net losses of $13.6 Duolingo has a few things going for itself.

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When Learning Goes Nomadic

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How does higher education use mobile technology to teach? The edtech seminar I'm teaching this semester recently explored the post-desktop world, and to get students thinking about the differences, I began with a quick exercise, asking them to rearrange the classroom into old-school rows. Hierarchy reasserted itself.

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Meet the Edtech Grantees of Google’s $25 Million AI Impact Challenge

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Founded in 2013, the New York City-based organization offers web-based exercises that asks students to fix and improve sentences. Quill has recently expanded its exercises to focus on the use of conjunctions as a key mechanic to helping students write construct clear sentences. Another grant—$1.5

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Can You Say Unicorn? Duolingo Raises $30 Million at $1.5 Billion Valuation

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The language exercises include a mix of multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank questions, along with digital flashcards and oral speaking practice. According to SensorTower, a mobile app analytics firm, Duolingo is the top-grossing education mobile app worldwide. billion in 2020 to $10.5 billion by 2025.

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A little help from my friends

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Throughout the year, the book has continuously exercised my mind, and I have spent countless hours of planning, thinking, researching, writing and editing. I will namecheck just a few here, to give you a flavour of their contributions, which may pique your interest in reading the entire book when it hits the bookshops in April 2019!