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| | Today's Top Stories | | 1. | SMART Interactive Flat Panels #1 in US Education | | | via AV Network | | | According to data from Futuresource Consulting, SMART Technologies is the leader in interactive flat panel displays (IFPs) in the US. Based on data for Q1 2016, SMART shipped more than double the number of IFPs into the US than the next most popular competitor in the market. More
Why This Matters: Interactivity is the name of the game when it comes to flat-panel displays in education. Teachers and students report better learning outcomes and deeper investment in the learning process when there is genuine engagement. Read why SMART is edging out the competition for mindshare and marketshare in the US. |
| | 2. | Could these 3 burgeoning nontraditional pathways be a boon for traditional institutions? | | | via eCampus News | | | If Malia Obamas doing it, you know it either is, or will soon become, a popular trend among the young crowd: opting out of a traditional 4-year college experience immediately after high school graduation to pursue nontraditional pathways to postsecondary education. More
Why This Matters: Noodle. UnCollege. Coding Dojo. What do these three have in common besides creative wordplay? They are online, nontraditional professional development options that might signal a turning tide for high school grads. It's as exciting as it is unmapped terrain. |
| | 3. | How to Do Adaptive Learning Right | | | via EdSurge | | | As one variant of the saying goes, if your strength is using a hammer, everything can look like a nail. Examples abound in attempts to use new technologies to enhance (if not transform, or even disrupt) education. Technologists who have built successful systems in other domainsand who frequently view education as just another market in which to apply their expertiseoften doom their project to fail at the start, by adopting a narrow and outdated educational model. More
Why This Matters: It's not about tech. It's not about content. The real secret sauce, when it comes to adaptive learning success, is metacognition. This article makes the case. |
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| | Blog Quote of the Day | Open Educational Thinkering
"Im a big believer that, consciously or unconsciously, we live a lot of our life through metaphor. We have mental models that help us make sense of the world and our place in it. One of these is what it means to progress at something. While as educators we would freely admit to learning as being a messy affair, when it comes to demonstrating, mapping, or visualing progression we tend to default to linear approaches." Doug Belshaw, Open Educational Thinkering |
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