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Pearson Bets on Adaptive Learning (Again) With $25M Acquisition of Smart Sparrow

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Smart Sparrow , which provides course-authoring tools for faculty and instructional designers to build adaptive courseware, has found a new home in a much bigger nest. Already, the Sydney, Australia-based company has pulled back on its social media presence. One such provider, Acrobatiq, was acquired in 2018.

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How digital tools and AI can enhance social studies

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Personalized Instruction : With the advent of adaptive learning platforms and personalized tutorials, educators can now tailor instruction to meet the individual needs and learning styles of each student.

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KyEdRPG, Part One: Site Launch Announcement!

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On the digital side of the equation, the power of such gaming tools comes through in examples like the K-8 science and math lessons of Legends of Learning , the learning management system Classcraft , and an adaptive learning system like DreamBox for K-8 numeracy.

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ASU Agrees to Independent Investigation of Its Online Textbook Practices

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He alleged that the university was requiring students in many microeconomics courses to buy a digital homework tool called MindTap so that the university would get for a grant from Cengage, the textbook company that makes it. Goegan’s email went viral and led many students across the country to hail him as a hero on social media.

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Ed Tech Vocab: Keeping Up with Trends in Education

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The aspects of games that make them enjoyable are used in a classroom setting, such as player control, opportunities for leveling up, immediate feedback, and social connection. MOOC refers to a massive online open course, a type of distance learning. Digital citizenship refers to appropriate and responsible use of technology.

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Paying to Turn in Homework? ASU Prof's Viral Email Raises Questions About Online Textbook Model

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That charge, by Brian Goegan, clearly struck a nerve with students around the country, leading to memes on social media portraying the professor as a hero fighting corrupt university officials, as well as t-shirts with the slogan: “ my homework was more expensive than this t-shirt.”

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Ed Tech Vocab: Keeping Up with Trends in Education

eSpark

The aspects of games that make them enjoyable are used in a classroom setting, such as player control, opportunities for leveling up, immediate feedback, and social connection. MOOC refers to a massive online open course, a type of distance learning. Digital citizenship refers to appropriate and responsible use of technology.

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