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Education Technology Trends for 2017: An Interview With Martin McKay.

EdTech4Beginners

Another example of this is smartphones. Pupils can use a $5 Google Cardboard, put their own smartphone in there and their teacher can take them to the Moon or Mars, or to an art exhibition in Paris. Will Learning analytics have a major impact upon Education this year? Learning analytics and big data are huge.

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Hoping to Spur 'Learning Engineering,' Carnegie Mellon Will Open-Source Its Digital-Learning Software

Edsurge

Among the software slated to be released under an open-source license is the university’s pioneering adaptive-learning project, the Open Learning Initiative , as well as a learning analytics platform LearnSphere. She has studied the reluctance that many professors have to turning to research to improve their teaching.

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10 Steps to Create Interactive K12 Learning Modules

Kitaboo on EdTech

Ensure Mobile Compatibility With educational content being available to students 24*7, it goes without saying that your learning module must be mobile compatible. It should adapt to any screen it is being viewed on, be it a smartphone, tablet or laptop. Use this data to identify areas for improvement and refine the module accordingly.

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Florida Virtual School mirgrates to Brightspace

eSchool News

The new Brightspace Daylight experience is built from the ground up to work on any device and be fully accessible so students and teachers can use smartphones, tablets or any browser-enabled device.

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Mobile learning and personal metrics

Learning with 'e's

The first principle in the article above relates to access, and states: "A mobile learning environment is about access to content, peers, experts, portfolio artifacts, credible sources, and previous thinking on relevant topics. Such large data sets can conceivably be sold on for a sizeable profit to companies who are interested.

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The Changing Role Of The Teacher In Personalized Learning Environment

TeachThought - Learn better.

Today’s students are studying and learning differently – a change confirmed by the widespread adoption of digital studying. Our recent study found that 81% of college students use mobile devices (such as smartphones and tablets) to study, the second most popular device category behind laptops and up 40 percent in usage since 2013.

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Marketplace trend update: 6 ed-tech developments

eSchool News

The new Brightspace Daylight experience is built from the ground up to work on any device and be fully accessible so students and teachers can use smartphones, tablets or any browser-enabled device. This August, Subaru of America, Inc.

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