Remove Adaptive Learning Remove Digital Learning Remove iPad Remove Libraries
article thumbnail

Trends to watch in 2015: education and technology

Bryan Alexander

We still see the majority of campuses failing to formally recognize professors’ digital work. Yet we also see academic deans and provosts showing more interest in digital learning than their faculty. Primary and secondary schools are a battleground between iPads and Chromebooks, it seems.

Trends 40
article thumbnail

The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Steve Jobs wouldn’t let his kids have iPads. And like so many products on this list, 3D printing was hailed as a revolution in education, and schools were encouraged to reorient libraries and shop classes towards “maker spaces” which would give students opportunities to print their plastic designs. Siegler: “ The End of the Library.”

Pearson 145
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

techlearning

who are interested in establishing a makerspace in their libraries. Five bundles will be available for purchase: one each at the preschool, elementary school, middle and high school levels with grade-appropriate curricula and resources, and two with building blocks and related non-digital materials.

Tools 69
article thumbnail

Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

Computing platforms have different abstraction levels, including a computer architecture, an OS, or runtime libraries. Pearson promises “personalization” through its “adaptive learning” products, for example. (It Students will receive iPads.