What are Common Core State Standards?
This initiative has its roots in the 1990s when states began creating academic standards for their schools. Governors from various states banded together to create Achieve, Inc., an organization devoted to the creation and adoption of viable standards. By 2009, a set of common standards had been written and agreed
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What is Artificial Intelligence?
The development and ability of computer programs to complete tasks normally performed by people, such as speech recognition, language translation, visual perception, and even decision making. In the future, we can expect to see even more artificial intelligence in the classroom. Artificial intelligence could be used to personalize the education
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What is Adaptive Learning?
Is a technology-based or online educational system that analyzes a student’s performance in real time and modifies teaching methods based on that data. Think AI meets dedicated math tutor meets personalized engagement. To help you better understand the basics and benefits of adaptive learning, we’re breaking down a few must-knows.
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What is a Personal Learning Network (PLN)?
Is a group of people who you connect with to increase your knowledge of a particular subject. We’re breaking down this definition into three parts, so you understand exactly what a personal learning network is and how to use it to your educational advantage. What’s Personal? A PLN is personal
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What is Media Literacy?
According to the National Association for Media Literacy Education, media literacy is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create, and act using all forms of communication. Media literacy means anything from interpreting emojis to understanding underlying messages in online advertisements to producing viral video content and recognizing native advertising. While
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What is Digital Inequity?
Is the unequal distribution of digital resources and availability. This inequality disproportionately affects families of color and families living below the poverty line. Black and Latino students are far more likely to live in homes without internet access, as are students in families with an annual income below $50,000.
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What is Neuroscience?
Is the study of how the human nervous system develops and functions. The subcategories of computational, cognitive, cultural, linguistic and developmental neuroscience focus on different pathways in learning. We can derive a greater understanding of how our minds develop, what influences higher education functions, and how to better retain information
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What are Digital Leaders?
Digital leaders do more than consume information. They synthesize learning and use it in collaborative environments. Digital leaders are dynamic change agents who transform the status quo, facilitate better communication and understanding, and integrate a variety of technology tools in their lives. Also, digital leaders improve technology experiences not just
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What is a Subject Matter Expert (SME)?
Usually, an educator, a Subject Matter Expert (SME) can be used both to design and to deliver elearning modules and courses.
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What is Elearning Localization?
Many elearning courses are designed to be rolled out internationally, but in order optimally to engage learners in different regions, they need to be ‘localized.’ Elearning localization tweaks elearning tools so that they are sensitive to language differences and varying cultural attitudes in a given region.
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