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Technology in Schools – Future Changes in the Classroom.

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They’ve aided the beginnings of ‘flippedclassrooms – where students view video lectures or read background material at home and spend their class time being guided through exercises, projects, or discussions on the material. Today, most schools use some type of virtual learning environment. Open Ended Education.

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New learning environments: The challenge and the promise #EDENchat

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The last two decades alone have seen a rapid rise in popularity of the World Wide Web, smartphones, social media, social networks, augmented reality, wearable technologies and user generated content sites.

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10 Experts’ Predictions for Education and Technology in 2016

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We are seeing far more interest in concepts such as the flipped classroom , which are giving students the capacity to learn outside of the class so that class time is used for higher level skills work, where the new knowledge is applied. The most common device among students is the smartphone. Mobile learning.

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Tools for professional-looking digital portfolios

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Just to give a few examples, Khan Academy , Crash Course , and popular MOOC sites like Coursera and edX have started a revolution in education, making their own content or their partners’ content (especially higher university institutions on Coursera and edX) available for everyone. Read more: 6 Things you may not know about MOOCs.

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A Dictionary For 21st Century Teachers: Learning Models & Technology

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” BYOD programs allow students to use their own technology (usually smartphone or tablet) in a classroom. The Christensen Institute clarifies that “the Rotation model includes four sub-models: Station Rotation, Lab Rotation, Flipped Classroom, and Individual Rotation.” Flipped Classroom.