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Innovation In E-learning In The Last 10 Years

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Let’s take a look at the some of the innovation in E-learning industry in the last 10 years: The Usage of Smartphones. However, it has taken the e-learning industry by storm. According to a Google report , almost 80% people don’t exit their homes sans smartphones. MOOC is not a new concept in the e-learning industry.

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The 2018 ‘Horizon Report’ Is Late. But It Almost Never Emerged.

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And this year’s predictions range from the abstract, such as “advancing cultures of innovation,” to more specific ones like an increasing appearance of new interdisciplinary studies on campus. Open educational resources (OER) have been included as key trends since 2013, for example.

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5 Ways Video Games Transform Learning and Prepare Students for Tomorrow's Jobs

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You may gasp, but gaming is a multi-billion-dollar industry for a reason. Attend our ISTE 2018 session to learn about gamifying Google Classroom. Games Make Us More Social Companies like Google are finding that SEL skills are more important to students’ success than the mastery of STEM subjects alone.

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Why ‘Personalized Learning’ Can Feel So Impersonal

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Technology companies—in all industries—make users anxious when they describe their work with the vagueness of a magician. Let’s, for instance, take how companies like Google and Facebook “personalize” a user’s web browsing experience through search results, ads and content—and then apply that to instructional experiences.

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SXSWedu 2017: Ones to Watch and What to Know

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Now in its seventh year, the annual gathering brings together thousands of entrepreneurs, educators and industry experts from around the world for four days stacked with panel discussions , workshops , an expo hall , meetups , film screenings —plus plenty of after-hours shindigs. to 11:00 p.m. K-12 11:00 a.m. Higher Ed 9:30 a.m.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” It’s being positioned here as the first time Congress has funded open textbooks, but it’s not the federal government’s first commitment to OER. ” “ OER , CARE , Stewardship, and the Commons” by “Econproph” Jim Luke. Government Will Travel to Latin America.”

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The Evolving Economics of Educational Materials and Open Educational Resources: Toward Closer Alignment with the Core Values of Education

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Educational materials published under an open license are called open educational resources (OER). When digital educational materials become OER, they are converted back into public goods. Instructional designers, faculty, and other educators and administrators should develop a basic understanding of OER. Education is Sharing.

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