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8 Ways in which edtech supports Vocational Education

Neo LMS

For example, in Germany, vocational school graduates are more likely to be employed than their traditional education counterparts. Finland offers free of charge vocational education for all students and even state grants to help them finish their studies. . 95% of Career and technical education students also graduate high school.

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Five EdTech Story Ideas for Education Reporters

Doug Levin

This week, education reporters from across the nation are gathering at the 2017 Education Writers Association National Seminar in Washington, DC. Among the topics they will focus on is technology in education (AKA "digital learning"). To that end, I suggest five story ideas for reporters interested in the topic.

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Follow Along With a Grad Seminar About Edtech: Part 1, Picking the Best Tech

Edsurge

This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University. When teaching a course on edtech, it’s logical to start with a look at how professors can select the best tech tools for their courses. There are more edtech tools to choose, from. For that matter, what is technology?

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What’s next? Lessons from the lockdown on traditional education

Neo LMS

Specifically, many teachers are wondering: What’s in store for the future of education? However, we can make at least some educated guesses about what needs to change from now on. The problem might stem from the fact that in general, we view traditional, teacher-centered education to be the best way to teach.

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An Onboarding Course to Help Your New Edtech Hires Empathize With Educators

Edsurge

The most effective educational tools and services are ones developed and informed by those with firsthand experience in schools. But the reality is that there are not enough people with this background in the edtech industry. The journey into the edtech industry is different for everyone.

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Grad Seminar on EdTech Part 2: How Can Digital Audio Enhance Teaching and Learning?

Edsurge

This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University. Bryan Alexander Audio has a long history that is important for edtech folks to understand. Over the next two months, I’ll share the experience and highlights in a series of columns for EdSurge with highlights from the course.

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My School Learned The Hard Way That Edtech Saves Time, But It Can't Solve Human Problems

Edsurge

A former student of mine shared this opinion in a class seminar about Transcendentalism. Like many educators who saw the early pandemic fallout, administrators in my school knew that we had to respond to students’ needs as they faced increased isolation and unprecedented stress levels. Need to foster relationships between students?

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