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8 EdTech Trends to Watch Out for This 2020

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This year, educational institutions are using blockchain for accessible record keeping. Virtual classrooms are online spaces that allow students who don’t have access to a traditional school setting to interact with teachers and even classmates. Some of the features include live streaming, screen sharing, and interactive presentations.

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It’s 2020: Have Digital Learning Innovations Trends Changed?

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The primary trends identified by the team were: adaptive learning, open education resources (OER), gamification and game-based learning, MOOCs, LMS and interoperability, mobile devices, and design. To those working in higher education, some of the trends presented by the team may not have come as a surprise.

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14 Examples Of Innovation In Higher Education

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Also note, the point of this post isn’t to showcase how innovative higher education is but rather to point out innovations that are out there as a kind of survey while also hopefully helping pollinate the possibility of innovation in the upper end of the field and ‘industry’ of education. Competency-Based Learning. .”

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?Why an iTunes Model for Online Learning Is Bad for Educators

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In the future,” he wrote, “I envision three tiers of education that look a lot like the music industry of today. Customers can now pay a monthly fee to get access to a library of content. This compensation structure may seem common (or to some even fair) in other industries such as entertainment.

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Lessons from Boise: What colleges can teach us about fostering innovation

Perry Hewitt

A new reseller model bringing internet access to villages in rural Mexico. A critical part of this learning stems from transparency : organizations used to sweeping failed projects under the rug are now sharing them via processes like blameless post-mortems to capture lessons and encourage experimentation. Lumineye demo.

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An Index Of Online Courses For Teachers: Summer 2015

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Prior Learning Assessment for Educators and Industry. Tinkering Fundamentals: A Constructionist Approach to STEM Learning. Universal Design and Accessibility for Online Learning. IOC Athlete MOOC via Independent. College Readiness Math MOOC. iTDI Summer School MOOC For English Teachers. via CourseSites.

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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

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The hope is that if what would normally take 10,000 hours could be shortened to 1,000, and be done via methods that are more affordable and accessible, many more people can become experts. He co-founded the company in 1999 with Maria Machado, who also got her start in the semiconductor industry before turning her attention to education.

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