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What is Digital Accessibility? (And Why It’s Crucial at Schools)

ViewSonic Education

Student Engagement . What is digital accessibility to student engagement? That’s one of the most important aspects of inclusive learning. Student engagement can be summarized as the extent to which students are interested and emotionally invested in what they are being taught.

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Metaverse Education: What’s Next for Virtual Learning?

ViewSonic Education

These types of virtual platforms are part of what is known as the gamification of learning, which is the use of gaming elements to improve student engagement and overall enjoyment. The use of metaverse environments has the potential to cater to all three student engagement types — behavioral, emotional and cognitive. .

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Five Ways Teachers Can Use—and Create—Augmented Reality Experiences

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Many educators find that gamifying learning keeps students engaged. Digital puzzle boxes — breakouts Teachers can create activities similar to those in BreakoutEDU, but instead they configure a set of challenges on a computer, and students engage with these challenges via a smartphone, tablet, or Chromebook.

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Are Digital Textbooks More Effective for K-12 Curriculum

Kitaboo on EdTech

Always Accessible: Students access smartphones for around five hours a day. They spend their hours watching, reading and listening to content, or learning new stuff over the internet. Digital Textbooks are Interactive: etextbooks are embedded with interactive elements to keep the students engaged.

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15 hot edtech trends for 2017

eSchool News

Not the tethered headsets and computer-based environments, but the simple Google Cardboard-compatible headsets with a smartphone as the “computer.” ” Bringing the global experience into the classroom with immersive images and videos can enhance lessons and is informative and engaging for students.

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Learning in the Digital Age

eSchool News

Exposure to coding, digital collaboration, and information literacy empowers students to navigate and contribute to an increasingly interconnected global society. Additionally, digital learning enhances student engagement and motivation.