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?Scaling Mobile Technology for Community College Students: 5 Tips for Entrepreneurs

Edsurge

After three years of utilizing a BYOD (bring your own device) policy with my classes at Nassau Community College, I have seen how tools like tablets and laptops can lead to better academic engagement. It’s why mobile access has been one of the most important means of connecting students to their academic resources.

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How to Boost Classroom Engagement With the Tech Tool That 'Always Works'

Edsurge

EdSurge: How has Vivi affected teacher mobility? And teacher mobility definitely encourages students to pay more attention to the learning and instruction that’s going on. teacher mobility definitely encourages students to pay more attention to the learning and instruction that’s going on. Briana Allen: It's had a huge impact.

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Self-Paced E-Learning Market Evaporating, Report Finds

Marketplace K-12

However, sales of mobile learning, simulation-based learning, game-based learning, and “brain-training” software are all on the rise. market is the trend toward open and free educational resources, or OER. Educators Weigh iPad’s Dominance of the Tablet Market. Suppliers don’t pay for bad news.”.

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Can Technology in the Classroom Replace Expensive Textbooks

Kitaboo on EdTech

Smartphones, tablets, and laptops had become a permanent requirement along with using technology in the classrooms by this time. If educational institutes start adopting OERs in classrooms, students will be able to save a lot of money that would otherwise be spent on purchasing textbooks and rental subscriptions.

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Empowering Learners: K-12 Digital Curriculum Solutions

Kitaboo on EdTech

Exploring the K12 Digital Curriculum Solutions Interactive eBooks Online Collaborative Platforms Adaptive Learning Systems Open Educational Resources (OER) Virtual Labs and Simulations III. They can also access the K12 digital resources through tablets. Educators and learners can collaborate and share knowledge using OERs globally.

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Digital learning futures

Learning with 'e's

I touched on personal learning networks, mobile technologies, games and gamification, the use of social media in learning, the role of user generated content, the phenomenon of ubiquitous connection, and technological convergence. As a nod to the possible futures we might see, I discussed the development of semantic web technologies (Web 3.0

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Technology and Casey Green on campus: Future Trends Forum #3, notes and full recording

Bryan Alexander

Community colleges are much more interested in OER than other sectors. I asked if the mobile world offers a partial way to address inequality of access, since we know poorer Americans, plus blacks and hispanics, tend to use mobile devices more often and for more purposes than wealthy and white people.

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