Edsurge

JANUARY 29, 2018

The move may seem unusual particularly as Thille, a frequent speaker at education conferences, has openly questioned the role of technology companies in developing learning technologies. That’s a problem, she argues, as these tools increasingly inform the decisions that instructors make. “To To just say: ‘Trust us.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

We must ask: is designing our next-generation learning tools with such a content-driven focus on academic mastery sufficient to help people break into the middle class, when we know our economy is still so connection-driven ? Connection-Driven experiences emphasize who you’ll learn with and from.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2017

One is specifically for instructional designers and the other is for deans, directors and provosts leading digital learning initiatives around the country. The cohort model provides an organic value to the discussions, much like seminars among graduate cohorts. The future is adaptive. adaptive learning.

Digital Learning 101

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2019

Its primary customer is the nonprofit university called Minerva Schools at KGI, which aims to offer a selective liberal-arts undergraduate education where classes are fully online, using video and interactive tools. That doesn’t require a human being,” he says of asking a professor to monitor such a large-scale course.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Thus, learning objectives were reframed as quests—a staple of many role playing games—challenging kids to design a safe transport into the earth’s crust during science class or simulate court cases during civics. But make no mistake: game design is very important for learning.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

Increasingly, Asian companies are also investing abroad to find fresh ideas and tools to bring to their local markets. The technologies built by these companies span a wide gamut of buzzwords (adaptive learning, artificial intelligence, gamification) but will be integrated with TAL’s online offerings.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Rachel Davenport, a senior lecturer at Texas State University, has taught so many large classes that she jokes she has trouble readjusting to a small seminar room. There are adaptive-learning components, all sorts of things that are available from the publishers. Those things are, to me, great in majors courses.

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