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Technology’s Role in Putting Learning Science Research To Work

Digital Promise

When used appropriately, these tools can help educators create learning environments that incorporate key research-backed principles shown to underlie effective learning in the following ways: Supporting personalized, differentiated and self-paced learning. Supporting collaborative learning.

Learning 195
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Would You Rather: Making Meaning

Catlin Tucker

Barriers to Student-led Meaning-Making Whole-group instruction often limits students’ opportunities to interact meaningfully with each other and their teacher, reducing the chances for collaborative learning, peer discussions, and immediate feedback, all of which are crucial for making meaning.

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4 Tips for Facilitating Powerful Student Collaboration

Digital Promise

Below, Melissa shares advice for how teachers can facilitate these kinds of powerful collaborative learning experiences with their students. In this culminating project-based unit, students design prototypes for real users that address issues related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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96 edtech predictions for K12 in 2019

eSchool News

Focusing on how students learn rather than what they learn will eventually lead to changes in conceptual frameworks of “teaching” and instructional practices. Principles of learning that are emerging from cognitive science will begin to infiltrate the education space.

EdTech 111
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A traditional model of organizational knowledge creation

Connecting 2 the World

Individual content knowledge: Resume and portfolio of work. Unlike formal schooling, individual content knowledge is not necessarily assessed through testing (Diaz, et al, 1999). As mentioned previously, content knowledge is explicit. Re-embedding situatedness: The importance of power relations in learning theory.

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Technology Tools Used in Teaching and Learning

eSchool News

Interactive whiteboards and smart displays facilitate dynamic presentations, fostering visual learning and engagement. Learning management systems (LMS) streamline course administration, enabling educators to organize content, assess student progress, and facilitate online discussions.