Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

The pace of change, driven predominantly by the rapid encroachment of digital and now AI technologies, has accelerated dramatically. The fast-paced evolution in educational technology and methodologies necessitates a fresh look at what features teachers should exhibit to be effective and relevant in this ever-changing environment.

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Neo LMS

JULY 18, 2019

Along with concepts like blended learning, adaptive learning and virtual learning, the need to focus on the main character in the learning process came about. This is how personalized learning became the key to every new approach to learning and teaching. Individual mastery.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Are any education technologies, for that matter? But first, a definition (or two) might be helpful. Andreessen’s definition does begin to get at some of the reasons why platforms have been so appealing to investors – ideologically as much as technologically. One might ask, I suppose, if LMSes are platforms.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Microschools have definitely made a mark in the K–12 landscape. When people think of disruptive innovations, they tend to focus on new technologies: personal computers, online video streaming, rideshare apps, etc. In short, minimills used a new technology (electric arc furnaces) to enable a new organizational model.

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MIND Research Institute

JUNE 18, 2020

The Journal of Research on Technology in Education (JRTE) recently published a rigorous study that found students who play ST Math have higher mathematics self-beliefs than non-ST Math students. Rutherford et al, Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2019. Can a game change how you feel about math?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2021

Alternatively, your child could spend anywhere between one to six days per week at your local Amazon Learning Center—possibly branded to match the local public school district’s name and colors—where they get to choose from hundreds, no, thousands of courses to build a personalized schedule. Department of Defense.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2017

See EdSurge’s report on adaptive learning tools including i-Ready in Adaptive Learning Close Up. The privately held company is laced with a strong sense of mission around providing teachers and classrooms with powerful materials to support learning. We’ve reinvested our money.” Every little thing matters.

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Saving Socrates

MARCH 19, 2014

And, of course, the educational technology community has now begun to focus on this. Now I have confess, I made a major mistake (ok this is nothing new and definitely not my first nor last) by not taking the full Columbia Readers and Writers Workshop while at TC. I first stumbled on this subject when my first child was born.

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MindShift

JUNE 29, 2015

In a fast-moving field like education technology, it’s worth taking a moment to take stock of new developments, persistent trends and the challenges to effective tech implementation in real classrooms. Access to mobile technology especially has helped students feel comfortable in the role of digital creator. CHALLENGES.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

But they can also be creating learning apps, museum exhibits, or the latest educational toy. My classmates from Stanford’s Learning Design and Technology master’s program have gone on to design for big brands like Airbnb and Google as well as edtech upstarts including the African Leadership University, General Assembly, Osmo and Udacity.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

It’s called the Teaching Online Podcast, or TOPcast , and co-host Thomas Cavanagh says he is driven by his quest to figure out one of the grand challenges of higher education: how to use technology to raise the quality of instruction while lowering costs. There are things that technology can do that humans can't.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

More instructors are experimenting with adaptive-learning systems in their classrooms. Mark, how would you describe the ideal scenario of how this technology might play out at colleges, and how a student might be helped by AI on campus? It’s a pivotal time for artificial intelligence in higher education.

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Reading By Example

OCTOBER 20, 2016

This post is another reaction paper I wrote for the course I am currently taking, Technology and School Leadership, through the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In a typical teacher’s day, taking the time to learn about digital tools can be a low priority. These elements can ensure students meet their potential.

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Brainscape

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Either way, teaching your kids at home definitely causes a little anxiety in parents who haven’t had to be a part of a classroom in many, many years. Side note: Our advice is mostly tailored for parents of younger kids who are recreating a classroom and the full school day at home. You never signed up for this.

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Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2019

School and district users had ample warning about the demise of the adaptive K-12 math and writing software—the company issued a notice on its site 15 months ago—and yet many say that the off-boarding process was not a smooth one. They’re definitely not ideal replacements in terms of what we were looking for,” he says.

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Reading By Example

OCTOBER 20, 2016

This post is another reaction paper I wrote for the course I am currently taking, Technology and School Leadership, through the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In a typical teacher’s day, taking the time to learn about digital tools can be a low priority. These elements can ensure students meet their potential.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 30, 2023

It might work for some, but definitely not all. Learning is a process, not an event. In Disruptive Thinking in Our Classrooms , I defined personalization as ALL learners getting what they need, when and where they need it, to succeed. Another way to implement pacing in personalized learning is to use technology.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 26, 2020

New technologies have radically changed the world that all of us live and work in across the globe. As times change, many schools and districts are grabbling with what to focus on in an effort to keep up with societal demands, a changing workforce, new areas of study, disruptive technologies, and learners who crave more relevant experiences.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The post 100+ Ways to Use a Chromebook in the Classroom – SULS033 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Did I actually title this 100+ Ways to Use a Chromebook in the Classroom? 100+ Ways to Use a Chromebook in the Classroom. Idea Sparks – lesson ideas, apps to try, and other classroom inspiration.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

The tech-wielding entrepreneurial dad and the avante garde, life-hacking mom team-up (you have to) to lead the learning of their own three children using a combination of their personalized attention, and the growth of technology. So self-guided inquiry-based and mobile learning. Adaptive learning apps.

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eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2018

Schools are increasingly moving toward personalized and adaptive learning programs. Technology plays a leading role in making personalized learning possible. Today’s typical student is adept at a wide variety of devices, from smartphones to wearable technology. Essential AV elements.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 24, 2017

The applications of AI in education are incredibly various, and will definitely transform how teachers teach and how students learn today. By using technology — maybe an LMS , maybe some other sort of software — teachers will be able to input all the base materials they have on their subject matter. Delivering adaptive learning.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

We learned a lot in the past two years and if you’re not new to this blog, we hope you did too. E-learning and education technology seem like never-ending subjects. Top 7 education apps for the classroom. There’s an app for any activity you’d want to do in the classroom. Top 10 blog posts of NEO.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Teachers and the Future of Education" (the importance of teacher voice in education discussions, "Hack Your Education" (thinking about self-directed learning--Audrey''s in this proposal), and "Technology, Pedagogy, and the Silver Bullet" (addressing the myopia of some ed tech business ventures). The Classroom 2.0 show is back!

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Linways Technologies

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The rise of technology startup culture and remote opportunities has greatly benefited student participation in this stream. The student begins from the most basic level; remembering what has been taught, onto the higher levels as learning progresses. The 21st century education is also highly innovation-inspiring and entrepreneurial.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2017

But we’ve been disheartened to see a lack of interest in making that clear distinction, as evidenced most recently by the comments of a number of our colleagues in a recent Campus Technology article. Personalized learning, adaptive learning, potato, potahto. The terminology doesn’t really matter.”.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

30 Examples Of Disruptions In The Classroom. This post is actually intended to supplement the “Cycle of Learning Innovation” model that will be publishing tomorrow (7.7.2015), which means this is less about analysis and context and more about the examples. 30 Examples Of Disruptions In The Classroom . by Terry Heick.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

The bevy of tech tips and trends brightening their classrooms—including 360-degree video, thoughtful ways to use Alexa, and the sleeper Google tool for improving note-taking and research. Over summer some teachers have been raving about their homemade video recording studios (picture bright green pop-up tents in the classroom).

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 20, 2015

A Visual Cheat Sheet For Education Technology. Keeping up with technology is impossible, even for blogs like Mashable, Engadget, and Techcrunch that do it for a living. And lately, education has had its share of innovation, whether it’s showing up in your local public school/K-20 classroom or not. Virtual Classrooms.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

It includes a variety of assessments, multiple-choice and claim-evidence-reasoning assessments, along with extensive support for teachers such as embedded professional development and instructional resources to support a differentiated learning experience for each student. classrooms with a range of education packages available online.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

. — Using small yellow and orange squares of paper and lengths of yarn stretched between tables and chairs, sixth-grade math students made number lines — including everything from fractions to negative decimals — in a classroom at Walsh Middle School. Related: Must a classroom be high-tech to make personalized learning work?

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Brainscape

JANUARY 11, 2023

According to cognitive scientists , the answer is almost definitely Student B (assuming Student A isn’t Elton John). Because Student B made use of a powerful learning strategy called interleaving or mixed practice , which has been widely shown to improve learning and retention. Think about it.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2024

To kick things off, we’ll start with a clear definition of what 21st-century learning entails, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of its features and implications. It’s important to note that while technology undeniably plays a pivotal role in this discussion, it’s not the sole focus.

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Wired Campus

APRIL 30, 2015

Our sharks were Goldie Blumenstyk, a senior writer at The Chronicle; Jason Jones, a co-editor of the ProfHacker blog and director of educational technology at Trinity College, in Connecticut; and Paul Freedman, founder of Entangled Ventures, an education-technology company. But I definitely would be interested.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

using technologies that haven’t yet been invented. 3) Technology has become a major player in the pedagogical equation.In Now that the cloud of confusion and uncertainty left by the pandemic has cleared up, one fact becomes certain: technology is here not only to stay but to reign.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Paul LePage has called for a review of his state’s groundbreaking 1-to–1 student computing initiative, highlighting the growing pains nagging an educational-technology movement now well into its second decade.” ProPublica on “ Discrimination by Design ” in digital technologies. Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2016

Facebook, like many digital technology companies, promises that in exchange for collecting your personal data – your name, your age, your gender, your photos, metadata on your photos, your location, your preferences, your browsing and clicking habits, your friends’ names – it will deliver “personalization.”

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