EdTech Report: Key Findings in Response to Remote Learning
[…] completes an analysis of the different digital tools being used by educators and students throughout the United States and gathers all of the information to create an EdTech Top 40 list. With the school closures and the widespread shift to online learning, LearnPlatform recently released its annual EdTech Top 40 report, which was an […]
What’s the EdTech Vaccine? 10 Design Principles
There are 10 design shifts that represent an opportunity in learner experience and supporting learning tools that can improve the life trajectories of billions.
Codesigning the Future of Edtech Tools
By: Katie Boody Adorno The pandemic shuttered schools, leaving us perhaps overly reliant on edtech. Private investment ballooned and ESSER dollars soared, accelerating the proliferation of edtech products purchased by school systems. Two years later, we’re left to reckon with an education system in recovery; many of us saw the pandemic-forced disruption on school systems […]
Lifelong Learning is the Antidote to the Shifting Workforce
By: The Skillrise Editorial Team. Along with the EdTech Center @ World Education, the Skillrise team is working to close digital divides and ensure that all learner-workers in the United States have opportunities to develop essential technology skills and digital resilience.
The New Fundamentals: Tools to Optimize Remote and Blended Learning and How Educators Can Use Them This Year
Global education advisor Giancarlo Brotto explores how edtech is transforming instruction to make learning more visible, accessible, and progressive.
5 Recommendations to Improve Remote Learning for Families
[…] surveyed, caregivers with more education (those with schooling beyond high school) felt more prepared to support their student at home, felt more comfort and confidence in using edtech tools, and were less concerned about their student’s educational progress. 3) Families Lack Access to the Tools They Need—Including the Internet An important piece of understanding […]
What Happens When AI Doesn’t Understand Students? An example for creative and equitable AI policy in education
[…] requirements. Many recent discussions highlighted in the news have concerned various technologies and applications prone to AI bias. Still, an excellent example that deserves more attention in edtech is speech recognition applications requiring automatic speech recognition (ASR) and Natural Language Processing (NLP). Speech recognition has proliferated in various consumer-based products, toys, games, productivity apps, […]
100 Podcasts Educators and Education Leaders Should Check Out
[…] Escamilla and other experts from diverse disciplines will showcase innovative pedagogies, technologies and other educational developments at the service of enhanced learning outcomes. Podcasts for Educators on EdTech EdSurge: Weekly podcast on edtech covering K-12 and higher ed (owned by ISTE). Trends and Issues in Instructional Design: Abbie Brown and Tim Green review clips of […]
5 Personalized Learning Strategies for the Online Learner
[…] need for learning to become more student-centered as opposed to teacher-centered has changed the scenery of teaching and learning. The tasteful blend of education and technology ( edtech) has already provided affluent opportunities for young people, especially for students who are in school and college or simply those who take online courses, to develop […]
Can’t Miss Education Conferences in 2022
[…] education conferences for your 2022 planning: BETT January 19-21, 2022; London In-Person and Online With almost 35,000 attendees from 130 countries, representing 850 leading companies and 103 edtech start-ups, and thousands of exhibitors demonstrating the latest in EdTech, BETT is the world’s largest EdTech conference. Taking place in London, BETT believes in creating a […]
