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Alexa goes to uni: how smart speakers found their place in HE

Neo LMS

The assistant can provide them with a list of classes to choose from. Voice assisted technology is also meant to make it easier for students to find their way through campus, decide which courses to enroll in, which clubs to join, receive information about available medical services, or choose events to attend. Conclusion.

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What 5 chatbots tell us about the future of HE

Neo LMS

However, voice-assisted technology isn’t the only one making a splash in universities; text-based communication is also a big hit. The bot also uses personalized data , so it can proactively nudge students to complete tasks, based on their particular case. There’s also the problem of ensuring privacy.

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EdTech that transforms access for physically disabled students

Neo LMS

Undoubtedly eye-gaze technology has created the greatest advance in access for people with serious immobility such as those suffering paralysis or ALS. Analyzing eye-gaze data is deeply informative. In this way differently abled students are not studying in a noticeably different way to their peers. Accessible gaming.

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An Inside Look at the Edtech Purchasing Process

edWeb.net

They not only look at how the product would fit with their learning standards and curriculum, but the product must also work within their LMS. Diamond: Her district has a team of personnel to manage edtech initiatives from integrating it with their LMS to teacher training. How do you approach implementing a new edtech tool in schools?

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Technology in the Classroom: The Complete Guide

ViewSonic Education

2005 – Learning Management System (LMS) takes off as a viable teaching tool. Types of Technology in the Classroom. And display data needs to come from somewhere, so most projectors will be paired with a computer or other device. How are you going to transmit data to learners? Accommodates multiple learning styles.

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6 Steps to Take to Boost Tech Accessibility

edWeb.net

Within an educational context, inclusive technology comprises assistive tools and strategies that reduce or remove barriers to the learning experience for students with disabilities, mainly in mainstream classrooms. Making those assistive technologies available to learners requires a specialized infrastructure.

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Secrets of Accessible Online Content You Need to Know

The CoolCatTeacher

Bevin: For an online platform, what it means to be accessible is your images have alternate text, and descriptions , where whoever is a non-seeing user that uses assistive technologies such as a screen reader, can read the descriptions of to them. We just purchased the Ally tool this year.