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How Can Technology Help Improve Teaching Efficacy in a Classroom?

Kitaboo on EdTech

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are enabling the personalization of education while also immersing the students in the lessons. These technologies can also be leveraged to customize learning resources through assessments, interactive quizzes, and other adaptive learning programs.

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Showing #OpenGratitude for: OpenStax

Iterating Toward Openness

Our first openly licensed college textbook was published in 2012, and our library since scaled to more than 20 books for college and AP courses used by hundreds of thousands of students. From their website: OpenStax is a nonprofit based at Rice University, and it’s our mission to improve student access to education.

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How to Re-Energize Disconnected Classroom Participants

EmergingEdTech

In today’s modern environment, educators have their work cut out for them, from staying on top of adaptive learning technologies to navigating new student requirements. Live instruction or video tutorials can be provided—a library of extra support. But one of the most crucial concerns for today’s educators is student engagement.

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For Back to School, Savvas Supports Educators and Students With Innovative Solutions to Maximize Personalized Learning

eSchool News

Whether delivered via visually engaging textbooks or powered by the most advanced digital technology on the award-winning Savvas Realize LMS, Savvas Learning Company’s rigorous, standards-aligned resources focus on putting the student at the center of learning.

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Hitting Reset, Knewton Tries New Strategy: Competing With Textbook Publishers

Edsurge

And even before the management change, the company had quietly started building a huge library of courses bolted to its adaptive engine. Knewton’s pitch is that its mix of OER and an adaptive-learning system will set it apart. But we will be a K-12 company, a higher-education company, and a corporate-learning company.”

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Future Trends Forum #7 with Deanna Marcum: notes and video

Bryan Alexander

Deanna Marcum was our Future Trends Forum guest on March 21st , and offered excellent thoughts about the evolution of libraries. Let me summarize the discussion and share the video recording : THE FUTURE OF LIBRARIES. Deanna saw people seeking education in libraries for jobs, parenting, and as citizens, including digital resources.

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As OER Grows Up, Advocates Stress More Than Just Low Cost

Edsurge

They might call the position a different name, but the purpose of the position is to help faculty utilize either library resources or affordable resources, at Penn State we say affordable is $50 or under per course, or utilize OER. So I do think the libraries are really looking at this and most of the positions I've heard of are in that area.

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