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Best Vocabulary Apps for Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Key features like voice search, Word of the Day, integrated thesaurus, example sentences, and audio pronunciations elevate the learning experience. The app also caters to personalized learning with features like favorite words, search history, and iCloud syncing. This ensures a thorough understanding of each concept.

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Top Trends Higher Education Textbook Publishers Must Follow

Kitaboo on EdTech

Rather than giving out a default collection of chapters in every eBook, let them choose their own learning resources and create personalized learning materials. This chapter-based content selection will enable higher education students to take and combine specific learning content that suits their learning needs.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Larry Cuban on personalized learning : part 1 and part 2. The Wall Street Journal predicts “The End of Typing: The Next Billion Mobile Users Will Rely on Video and Voice.” I missed this news back in February: Chegg acquired RefMe. Upgrades and Downgrades. Venture Capital and the Business of Ed-Tech.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Kno was headed by Osman Rashid, the co-founder of the textbook rental company Chegg, and the tablet was aimed at the college market. They contend that their schools expand on Montessori’s vision by adding new digital technologies to “personalize learning,” as well as to surveil students.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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.” Via Techcrunch , which never ceases to amaze me with how readily it acts as a stenographer for the tech industry: “As some pricey coding camps fade away, Codecademy barrels ahead with affordable paid offerings and a new mobile app.” ” Contests and Awards. This Week in Betteridge’s Law of Headlines.