Educational Technology

June 2, 2019

Just Right: Rethinking The How And Why Of Technology Training (Revised)

Technology training for students and teachers in K-12 settings is often akin to the difficulties encountered by Goldilocks as she attempted to make herself comfortable in the Three Bears' home. Some types of technology training are "too long" and others "too short". The challenge is how to provide teachers with technology professional development that is as "just right" as possible.

by Mary Burns

May 30, 2019

How To Boost Your Online School's Presence And Grow Like Crazy

Growing your online school is difficult. So what can you do to boost your online school's presence when there are thousands of online schools offering very similar educational content to students?

by Ed Fernsby

May 23, 2019

How Google Is About To Disrupt Education

Google has just announced it will add Augmented Reality to its search results. By the end of the year, most people will be familiar with AR and able to create their own content for free. This is a big opportunity for education to start turning the EdTech hype into reality.

by Richard Anning

May 22, 2019

5 Ways The IoT Affects eLearning Now And In The Future

The number of devices which will be a part of the Internet of Things (IoT) by 2025 will reach around 75 billion in number. The IoT will be ubiquitous, and so will be eLearning as a result. In this article, we'll discuss the connection between IoT and eLearning now, and in the future.

by Debadrita Sengupta

May 15, 2019

3 Tech Tools To Assist With Peer Review In Writing

A college professor shares here experience with tech tools from Google, Turnitin, and Panther, and how they helped sharpen her students’ peer review techniques on writing projects.

by Wayne D'Orio

May 2, 2019

Editors' Choice

Are Textbooks Becoming Obsolete?

In their 2019 Annual Letter, Bill & Melinda Gates claimed that "textbooks are becoming obsolete". I look at whether textbooks really are becoming obsolete, and if eLearning solutions should be used to augment or replace them. The answer is more complex than a soundbite; the trends are clear.

by Richard Anning

April 27, 2019

Social Media In Education: Can They Improve The Learning?

Using social media such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and so on provides free access to online communication and information. What if schools made use of them? Can they contribute to improving learning and teaching? See some examples of the benefits of social media in the classroom.

by Manuela Willbold

April 24, 2019

How Is IoT Establishing The Modern Classroom?

The Internet of Things or IoT has many applications in our daily lives. One of the aspects it affects is modern education. Explore how the IoT is changing modern classrooms and education.

by Muhammad Qamar Shafiq

April 20, 2019

Digital Transformation In Higher Education: Will Universities Survive?

Higher education and the nature of universities is changing and will continue to change for the next decade. Twenty years ago, 'digital' was not a major concern for universities. Although the World Wide Web started as an academic endeavor, universities were slow to catchup with a global digital transformation.

by Dariya Lopukhina

April 19, 2019

Mobile Apps In The Education Industry: A Productive Approach

This article is for the education institute owners and student who are not aware of the mobile apps in the education industry and its uses.

by Paresh Sagar

March 24, 2019

8 Top Trends Of Digital Transformation In Higher Education

The process of digitalization has started among all the major industries. However, in this article, I would like to cover digital transformation in higher education. Those who have tried modern technologies in education report increase in the overall performance of higher education institutions.

by Danylo Fedirko

March 22, 2019

5 Ways LMS Forums Can Be Used By Educators

This article outlines 5 interesting approaches to using forums for online courses. Examining the potential uses of forums helps educators to develop online class environments that have clear pedagogical intentions which keep the student experience at the core of course design.

by Christopher Drew