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A Siri for Higher Ed Aims to Boost Student Engagement

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Some researchers even think the approach might increase engagement, since some students who are embarrassed to ask professors a question in front of their peers might prefer to talk to a software robot. Students have a lot of the same questions over and over again.

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Classroom Learning

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Key points: Traditional classroom learning is now modernizing Debates remain about online vs. classroom learning Stay up to date on the latest in classroom learning trends Classroom learning remains a cornerstone of education, fostering a dynamic environment where students engage with peers and instructors in real-time.

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The Making of the Modern Librarian: The Value of School Libraries

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For a new generation of educators, these pursuits have something in common: They’re all appropriate learning exercises that can take place in the school library. Makerspaces, or library media centers that encourage collaboration and support student invention, are on the rise across the United States.

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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

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In the late 1960s, Nobel Prize-winning economist Herbert Simon posed the following thought exercise: Imagine you are an alien from Mars visiting a college on Earth, and you spend a day observing how professors teach their students. That sentiment is backed by learning-science research in a concept called the “doer effect.”

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Digital Literacy Skills for Students

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Teaching digital literacy in K-12 education requires a multifaceted approach that combines hands-on activities, critical thinking exercises, and interactive technology integration through digital literacy lesson plans. Coding and computational thinking skills can be introduced through interactive coding exercises and projects.

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How AI tutoring personalizes learning for students

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Unlike traditional tutoring formats, in which the materials and pace of delivery are standardized for students, AI systems track students’ performance, monitoring shifts in student strengths and weaknesses and adapting the type of content, its delivery method, and speed accordingly.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

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Most educators and students are not technology professionals and prefer classroom solutions that are simple to use and easily work with the various programs, software and other hardware which educators have grown accustomed to. They need the power to exercise their skill sets. Teachers should feel free to put their marks on it.

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