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Top EdSurge Higher Education Stories of 2021

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A Popular Study Found That Taking Notes By Hand Is Better Than By Laptop. More Students Are Using Chegg to Cheat. Young This analysis of a major MOOC provider proved prescient; the nonprofit was purchased later in the year. By Jeffrey R. Young Learning research doesn’t always replicate in subsequent trials. By Jeffrey R. By Jeffrey R.

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Can Technology in the Classroom Replace Expensive Textbooks

Kitaboo on EdTech

Smartphones, tablets, and laptops had become a permanent requirement along with using technology in the classrooms by this time. Thus, replacing expensive textbooks with technology in the classroom is the right thing to do in the current scenario. Related: Are Digital Textbooks More Effective for K-12 Curriculum.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. Um, they do.)

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

VR “comes of age,” says Campus Technology. ” Via the press release : “ Cengage , McGraw-Hill Education , and Pearson have joined forces with Ingram and Chegg , Inc. ” Via Campus Technology : “New Education Think Tank Debuts, Offering Online News and Research.” ” asks NPR.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. From The Express Tribune in Pakistan : “Around 500,000 laptops are likely to be distributed among talented and deserving students by the year 2020, according to Prime Minister Youth Programme Chairwoman Leila Khan.” ” Testing.