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Edtech Should Be More Evidence-Driven

Edsurge

Over the past decade, global investment in edtech has soared to new heights. The urgent need to educate children at home created by COVID-19 lockdowns turbocharged already existing momentum, and analysts now expect edtech expenditure to reach an eye-watering $300 billion globally this year.

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Next Generation Learning: Assessments

Neo LMS

“Next generation” learning is receiving some buzz in edtech circles, and so I thought we could delve into it a little more, not least because what I have discovered is a lot of NGO-style verbage, of the kind that is heavy on policy and light on real-world detail. Today we’ll explore a new approach to assessments.

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5 Flipped Classroom Activities for High School Students

ViewSonic Education

Read on for more information on five specific flipped classroom activities for high school students or visit the ViewSonic Education page for more classroom insights and innovative EdTech solutions. . Case Studies. This can either be a real or fictional scenario, but it should be realistic. Class Discussion.

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Edtech Reports Recap: Video Is Eating the World, Broadband Fails to Keep Up

Edsurge

All in this Edtech Reports Recap. But there’s still a ways to go to hit the FCC’s “longer-term” target of 1 Mbps, which was to kick in by now, for taking advantage of bandwidth-hungry edtech apps. Think lots of nuts-and-bolts, this-should-go-into-a-checklist details punctuated with brief case studies.

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Assessment strategies in higher education- What are formative and summative approaches in student assessment?

Linways Technologies

To do so, they need to have a proper assessment strategy in place. In the absence of a clear mapping between program outcomes and assessment tools, student achievement of program outcomes is inaccurate and unreliable. Conscious efforts need to be made to bring application skills or higher cognitive skills to the assessment.

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Using EdTech Analytics to Improve Group Work

Omega Notes

Instructors always have the option of soliciting self and peer-assessments after group work, but those may not be the most reliable indicators of who’s engaged and who’s struggling. The EdTech Solution. A specialized EdTech platform can provide group work activities directly to students. Easier Collaboration. by Andrew Lang.

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An Onboarding Course to Help Your New Edtech Hires Empathize With Educators

Edsurge

But the reality is that there are not enough people with this background in the edtech industry. The journey into the edtech industry is different for everyone. Engage Edtech Employees in Extended Learning We call the program Freshman Seminar. (Sorry, simply being a former student doesn’t count.) Class Clowns ” by Jonathan A.

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