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Power Up Your Spaces

A Principal's Reflections

Cost and ease of access will only lead to more schools and districts going down this path. The USDOE’s Office of Educational Technology places emphasis on students and educators having access to a robust and comprehensive infrastructure when and where they need it for learning. Powerful learning devices.

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To Get More Students to Office Hours, Colleges Rethink the Faculty Office

Edsurge

One of the most dramatic examples of rethinking the faculty office can be found at Cornell Tech, a new university under construction on Roosevelt Island in Manhattan, a joint venture between Cornell University and Technion–Israel Institute of Technology. The first academic building there has no dedicated faculty offices.

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In the marketplace: Funding for active learning, a helping hand for innovative programs, and an interactive book program

eSchool News

Tech-savvy educators know they must stay on top of the myriad changes and trends in education to learn how teaching and learning can best benefit from technology’s near-constant change. ClassLink , a provider of single sign-on and rostering solutions for education, announced a new relationship with Istation , an e-learning program.

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What it's like to teach in an active learning classroom

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

and easy access to digital and analog learning tools including whiteboards, projectors, and power supplies. As most readers know, I spent the 2017-2018 academic year on sabbatical at Steelcase doing research on active learning spaces, which resulted in this comprehensive literature review paper co-authored with architect Anat Mor-Avi.