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It’s a sign of the times that the fastest way to get the family together is to unplug the wifi. According to research by Gartner by 2020 there will be 20.4 billion devices connected to the internet. This will be little surprise to those working in education, seeing students arrive with multiple devices expecting them all to connect seamlessly […]
Research shows that most online learning schools today aren’t improvingoutcomes for their students. Are there online learning environments that can actually help studentsflourish? If so, how might these environments differ from what we’recurrently doing? McREL International
As colleges turn to technology to remake education, preparing students for 21st-century work is a top priority. EdTech Focus on Higher Education
When asked what tools and technologies they would most like to adopt for their online programs, online education leaders cited adaptive learning and learning analytics as their most wanted tech, according to a recent survey. Campus Technology
Many types of L2 phonological perception are often difficult to acquire without instruction. These difficulties with perception may also be related to intelligibility in production. Instruction on perception contrasts is more likely to be successful with the use of phonetically variable input made available through computer-assisted pronunciation training. However, few computer-assisted programs have demonstrated flexibility […]
In light of the significant investments that some colleges and universities are making in their analytics infrastructures, how can an institution architect itself to tackle substantial, strategically important teaching and learning challenges? How can an institution innovate learning analytics for sustainable impact? EDUCAUSE Review
Universities are increasingly organized and managed through digital data. The collection, processing and dissemination of Higher Education data is enabled by complex new data infrastructures that include both human and nonhuman actors, all framed by political, economic and social contingencies. HE data infrastructures need to be seen not just as technical programs but as practical […]
Much literature has presented evidence that supplemental digital resources enhance student performance with mathematics. The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of a web-adaptive digital resource, Think Through Math©, on student performance with state-mandated annual standardized mathematics assessments. This study utilized a quantitative research design and conducted multiple regression analyses among 723 […]
Recently psychology has begun to amalgamate with computer science approaches to big data analysis as a new field of “computational psychology” or “psycho-informatics,” as well as with new “psycho-policy” approaches associated with behaviour change science, in ways that propose new ways of measuring, administering and managing individuals and populations. In particular, “social-emotional learning” has become […]
Buying a stake in Smart Sparrow, an emergent player in creating adaptive curricular content, ACT expands its footprint — in a way fully consistent with its mission, its leaders say. Inside Higher Ed
