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Number crunch: Edtech data you can use right now

eSchool News

A study of open educational resource collections found that nearly 90% of higher education online repositories were created either in Europe or in North America; 92% of the material in the Open Educational Resources Commons global library is in English. Is it equitable? Is it scalable?

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3 Ways to Overcome High Student-Teacher Ratios and Improve Personalized Learning

EdTech Magazine

VIDEO: See how K–12 educators are emphasizing personalized learning for the class of 2030. While innovation in learning technology can provide significant relief for oversaturated classrooms, it does not automatically fix the problem. Offer Personalized Incentives for Students to Help Them Learn.

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The Winners and Filmstrips of An (Almost) Decade in Education Technology

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But today, edtech is commonly understood to mean digital technology. So with these guidelines in mind, I’ve chosen six areas where edtech has made an impact this decade: Learning Management Systems. Adaptive learning systems. In fact, I think some of the biggest edtech trends have been rather. OER and open books.

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Education Looks Eastward: Snapshots from Beijing's Global Education Technology Summit

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Teachers are revered , most families spend about a third of their income on their children’s education, and most students spend at least an hour a day on some kind of online learning. And government leaders have been pushing entrepreneurship, coding and artificial intelligence, setting a goal of leading the world in AI by 2030.

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Pearson’s Former Product Chief Reflects on the 4 Megatrends Shaping Global Education

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You might be interested to find that teaching, health and hospitality services, and food preparation top the list of critical professions in 2030—along with the more obvious ones like software engineering, data science, and cyber security. This is why over the next several years we will see a massive increase in online learning.

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The 2020 Learning Revolution daily online conference starts today!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Loertscher, Professor | Fran Kompar, Director of DigitalLearning, Wilton Public Schools, CT || The Need for Religious Literacy for Student Global Competence with Tim Hall, Ph.D.,

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How Library Closures Hurt Adult Learners as Kids Doubled Down on Digital Reading

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And kids double down on digital reading—all in this Edtech Reports Recap. Libraries Close, Internet Access Ends There have been several studies about how the lack of fast home broadband has hurt kids’ access to online learning during school closures. FutureLearn: “ The Future of Learning Report.” 2,200), U.S. 2,200), U.S.

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