Future of Education Technology

5 Tips For Staying Motivated While Studying Online

January 25, 2012

With the continued growth of online education, the challenge of staying motivated in self-directed study is something more students struggle with. Here’s a few tips to help. Guest post from Amanda Tradwick. Taking courses online provides flexibility for a wide range of students. Working adults can balance the demands of study with other commitments such [...]

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Have an idea about leveraging technology to help students succeed in college? Want it funded? Read on.

January 22, 2012

Next Generation Learning Challenges is accepting grant applications through June 8, 2012. Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) is an exciting grant awarding collaboration between five education technology organizations, and they are currently on their third round of grants. Last year, NGLC awarded $17.5 million in grants to 48 organizations, including research universities, community colleges, start-up [...]

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When It Comes to Education Technology, Video Won’t Kill the Radio Star

January 15, 2012

Emerging technologies are not limiting teacher’s roles – they are expanding their tool kits, improving their availability, and empowering them in many exciting new ways. Imagine a class of 50 students preparing for a biology exam on a digital learning platform. Patterns emerge from the students’ annotations in the cloud: perhaps more students are highlighting [...]

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Online Schooling and The Democratization of Education

December 26, 2011

What better topic for a day-after-Christmas post than the gift of free education? Thanks to Elaine Hirsch for this article about exciting recent developments in online education. MIT and Stanford’s online schooling initiatives represent a dramatic change in the model of higher education. Since these programs are known for offering the best undergraduate and graduate [...]

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Reverse Instruction – A Tale Of Two Students and Active Skill Learning

December 18, 2011

A look at the learning science behind flipping the classroom, through the lens of a fictional tale. Last week we were introduced to Kieran Mathieson and the CoreDogs approach to the flipped classroom. This week we further explore the resources Mathieson has made available through CoreDogs, and how to leverage Reverse Instruction techniques to improve student learning outcomes. Kieran has [...]

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Discussing The Future of Electronic Textbooks And Digital Course Materials With Jill Ambrose

December 4, 2011

Part two of our interview with CourseSmart’s Chief Marketing Officer. Last week we published Part 1 of this interview, in which we learned a great deal about digital course materials and CourseSmart, and this week we continue this learning journey with Part 2 of the dialogue. In this interview we examine the following: What is it going [...]

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Learning All About Electronic Textbooks In A Video Interview With CourseSmart CMO Jill Ambrose (Part 1 of 2)

November 27, 2011

Catching up on today’s digital textbook market and eTextbook functionality with CourseSmart’s Chief Marketing Officer. This week on EmergingEdTech we’re delighted to publish an interview with Jill Ambrose. This is the first of a two-part video conversation in which we discuss CourseSmart’s offerings, and the future of the evolving electronic textbooks marketplace. In this interview we discuss: eResourses – the future of digital course materials CourseSmart’s innovative new Offline [...]

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Most Impactful Education Technologies (Survey Results, Part Two)

November 16, 2011

Further examining educator’s technological preferences and commentary. In Sunday’s post we examined some of the results from last month’s survey, which looked to gather educator’s insights into the question, “Which technologies can most impact student learning?” Today we wrap this up by looking at some additional data from the survey. Top Votes for “Second Most” and “Third Most” [...]

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The Education Technologies That Educators Believe Can Have The Biggest Impact On Student Learning (Survey Results)

November 13, 2011

Survey results indicate several specific technologies as those that we should be investing in and focusing on if we want to effectively leverage technology in education. Tough economic times have more people questioning what we are getting out of technology spending in our schools. Unfortunately, results are often being sought in overly broad terms, like improved grades and graduation [...]

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Succeeding With Reverse Instruction: Share Your Flipping The Classroom Story

November 2, 2011

Have you tried your hand at Flipping The Classroom? Tell us about it and have your story featured here on EmergingEdTech! Reverse Instruction, or “Flipping The Classroom” is a great way to leverage education technology and the idea has gained a lot of attention recently thanks to high-profile advocates like Salman Khan and The Khan Academy. By [...]

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