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Unlocking the Power of Creativity and AI: Preparing Students for the Future Workforce

Edsurge

Brian Johnsrud Global Head of Education Learning and Advocacy at Adobe The past two years have witnessed a notable surge in the use of artificial intelligence within education, marked by increased investment, deployment and integration into various educational practices. Stacie Johnson AI can bring access in a way that we've never had before.

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From Static to Interactive and From Open to Free: Consequences Both Intended and Unintended

Iterating Toward Openness

In relation to the first aim, the most important result is that students in face-to-face arithmetic/statistics courses using Khan Academy resources achieved significantly better exam grades than students who did not use any extra resources (p < 0.05) or those who used open textbooks as an extra resource (p < 0.01).

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Seven Questions for Sandra Liu Huang, Chan Zuckerberg's New Head of Education

Edsurge

CZI aims to be a different type of philanthropy looking to integrate grantmaking, advocacy and technology to serve others. Because, while we know that education remains our greatest lever for social and economic mobility, we still grapple with challenges of access and equity.

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8 Ed-tech organizations every teacher should know about

Neo LMS

Focus: EdTech Access and Advocacy. Focus: Digital Learning Advocacy and Research. The largest single challenge in this regard is access to internet, and FLE has developed an offline program called Kolibri, essentially an offline Khan academy. Structure: Professional Association. Level: K12. Level: K12.

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Do We Need a National Open Education Strategy?

Iterating Toward Openness

But courseware and related efforts have been shunned by many in the OER community because during the 2010s much of the community changed their focus from ‘improving access to educational opportunity’ to ‘ensuring that course materials are free for students.’ All because connecting to the internet costs money.

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5 Radical Schooling Ideas For An Uncertain Fall And Beyond

MindShift

But access to home support is arguably even more important. A national survey by the advocacy group ParentsTogether found big gaps by income in the ability to access emergency learning. ” Khan Academy has seen traffic nearly triple since the pandemic began.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

It’s always fascinating to look at ed-tech companies’ job postings – this one is from Khan Academy. ” Spoiler alert: not enough access to data. iNACOL has released a report on advocacy for competency-based education. ” asks “Dean Dad” Matt Reed. Upgrades and Downgrades.