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65 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

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As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning.

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A Siri for Higher Ed Aims to Boost Student Engagement

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They’re looking for the answers to easy administrative questions, and they have similar type of questions regarding their subjects each year,” says Erik Bøylestad Nilsen, an advisor in edtech and innovation at BI Norwegian Business School. Students are able to get to answers as quick as possible and move on.”.

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12 Practical Tips for Remote Learning During School Closures – SULS057

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As I learned many weeks ago from my interview with Jennifer Pearson , a teacher who had been teaching her students in China remotely for many weeks, this is NOT the time to throw a bunch of new tools at our teachers and students. Only use new tools if you haven’t been using this kind of technology at all!

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Your Syllabus to SXSW EDU 2019 (and Where to Find Us!)

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From facial-recognition cameras to web and social media filtering software, surveillance technologies are finding their foothold in schools across America. But how much surveillance is acceptable, and what are the implications for students’ privacy rights? Ostensibly these tools are for the greater good—keeping kids safe.

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Savvas Delivers Innovative Back-to-School Solutions to Help Teachers, Students and Families Succeed with Distance Learning

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They include features specifically designed to help teachers seamlessly shift between in-person and remote learning, easily identify both learning gaps and the critical content from the previous grade to close them, as well as increase student engagement with immersive activities and simplified access to their digital content.

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Former Pearson, edX Exec Raises $7.5M to Build AI-Powered Digital Courseware

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The demand for innovative digital learning technology has never been higher. And investment continues to flow into the edtech space. Shrier has led graduate business courses at institutions including Oxford, MIT and Imperial College; Porter was a vice president at Pearson and edX, the nonprofit online course platform developer.

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Google EDU Releases Expeditions and ‘Cast for Education’ Apps, Introduces Quizzes to Google Forms

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teacher), shown above, to reference while students engage with the experience. Shrom also shares that he and his team are continuing to create more Expeditions through partnerships with Getty Images, Associated Press, Pearson and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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