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How Instructors Are Adapting to a Rise in Student Disengagement

Edsurge

In the past year, colleges have seen a rise in students skipping lectures , and some reports indicate that students are more prone to staring at TikTok or other distractions on their smartphones and laptops during lecture class. Most had the lecture slides up on their laptops or iPads, or were using paper notebooks and pens.

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Should Robots Replace Teachers?

Edsurge

One person who has dug into that topic is Neil Selwyn, a research professor of education at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. He’s the author of the book, “Should Robots Replace Teachers?” EdSurge: To some readers in education, even asking the question that titles your book—’should robots replace teachers?’—might

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#ICE18: Robert Dillon Explains the Pillars of Technology Integration

EdTech Magazine

The third piece around tech integration is really finding the partnerships that matter , whether that is with a company like CDW that can really get you what you need when you need it, or whether that is finding another peer that you can trust. We have to stay focused on engaging learners and bringing joy to the classroom.

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And the top e-learning trends for 2016 are.

Neo LMS

There are those who are already replacing their full-blown laptops with a more portable tablet. And learning platforms are starting to get mobile developers to publish mobile apps and have them updated on a regular basis. Personalized learning changes that style by making the learning process more student-centric.

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Teaching isn’t Rocket Science – It’s Way More Complex

The CoolCatTeacher

Vicki: So we need to personalize learning. Doug: Well, the Science Learning Academy in Philadelphia is one where I visited. Doug: Kids walk in there.They hand them a Mac laptop. There’s a great deal of self-paced learning. And we do have the capability to personalize learning so much more. Doug: Yeah.

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What Problems Has Edtech Solved, and What New Ones Did It Create?

Edsurge

Nearpod seized an opportunity to help the classroom teacher deliver tailored lessons and assess learning in real time. These devices accelerated the unbundling of content so that students can directly access leveled news articles on Newsela, or their favorite book on Epic. But the consultant was right. What prediction never panned out?

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The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed

The Hechinger Report

Many charter networks here, including Crescent City Schools, Firstline, ReNEW, and KIPP, have embraced an educational philosophy known as “personalized learning.”. Though personalized learning doesn’t have to include technology, many New Orleans charters have put computers at the center of their personalized learning efforts.