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Transcription and Accessibility—New Partnerships from Microsoft and Amazon

Edsurge

Via Microsoft Translator , a translation service, students in classes and lectures can get automated transcriptions on their mobile and desktop devices. Founded in 2005, the Edinburgh, Scotland-based company claims on its website that it serves “over 50 top universities for lecture transcription.”

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

Finally, somewhat for the sake of brevity, I have excluded consideration of the role of the E-rate (which is overseen by the Federal Communications Commission and not the U.S. FY 2005 $496,000,000 (President Bush’s request: $691,800,000). Department of Education’s national educational technology plans.).

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Best Websites to Help You Find Academic Books and Journal Articles

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

WorldCat also features open source e-books, articles, and downloadable audiobooks and photos. In 2005, Internet Archive started a program to digitize books and since then the site scanned millions of books with a current rate of 4000 scanned books every day. All books published before 1927 are available for free download.

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The Complete Cognitive Science Behind Brainscape

Brainscape

Enter Brainscape , a cutting-edge web and mobile study platform designed to optimize knowledge retention through the power of cognitive science. For centuries, educators have sought the most effective ways to enhance learning, from one-on-one tutoring to modern classroom instruction.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

“To Save Students Money, Colleges May Force a Switch to E-Textbooks,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reported in 2010. The story examined a proposed practice: “Colleges require students to pay a course-materials fee, which would be used to buy e-books for all of them (whatever text the professor recommends, just as in the old model).”

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