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Using AI in the Classroom: 5 Ways to Transform Learning & Teaching

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Student B already has a strong grasp of the water cycle, so the AI challenges them with more in-depth questions and tasks that explore the impact of the water cycle on climate. This dynamic approach to personalized learning keeps students engaged, making sure they stay challenged without feeling overwhelmed. The good news?

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Former Pearson, edX Exec Raises $7.5M to Build AI-Powered Digital Courseware

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Shrier has led graduate business courses at institutions including Oxford, MIT and Imperial College; Porter was a vice president at Pearson and edX, the nonprofit online course platform developer. If I were teaching on campus and 3 percent of my students completed the class, they would fire me,” Shrier said.

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Pearson CEO Fallon Talks Common Core, Rise of ‘Open’ Resources

Marketplace K-12

Few corporate brand names in education are as recognizable, and as polarizing, as Pearson, the giant education provider whose reach extends to virtual schools, testing, language training and an array of other areas. Pearson officials have been talking about shifting away from being identified as simply a publishing company for years now.

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What Separates a Good Blended Learning Program From a Bad One?

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Perhaps the “secret sauce” in ensuring that a blended learning program is the most effective is student engagement. One promising development in blended curriculum design that promotes student engagement is the new COVA model. The best programs feature teachers who are strong in all these areas.

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A Siri for Higher Ed Aims to Boost Student Engagement

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They wanted a solution that would not only manage course content, but would “make the students an active part of the teaching and learning process.” They teamed up with Edtech Foundry to pilot Differ , which the company is building with the goal of tackling low student engagement, according to founder and CEO Kristian Collin Berge.

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Pearson reaches 1 million subtest milestone for psychology test tool

eSchool News

Cleveland Metropolitan School District psychologists target an increase in student engagement, time and cost savings with Q-interactive. Pearson announced that more than 1 million clinical assessment subtests have been administered on Q-interactive, a digital system used by psychologists and speech-language pathologists.

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How Academic Publishers Can Push the Boundaries of Digital Learning

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A recent Deloitte study found that digital content in a blended or flipped classroom allows for improved class management, more personalized learning for struggling students, and an increase in student engagement and grades. These small chunks of information are concise and targeted to meet any learning objective imaginable.