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Macmillan Learning is launching a new course materials product that brings together open educational resources, instructor supplements and on-demand support. Dubbed Intellus Open Courses, the materials are curated by the company’s subject-matter experts and editorial team.

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2018/02/14/macmillan-learning-intros-curated-oer-course-materials.aspx…

Ultimately, there is no one right digital learning device for every school. But there are some basic guidelines that schools can follow to help them choose the right digital learning device for their needs.

http://www.theedadvocate.org/choose-right-digital-learning-device/…

It’s no secret that I love Chrome web extensions. They are an awesome way to add new features and tools to your Chrome web browser. Extensions can be a powerful benefit for schools as they provide options for creation, curation, …

Mobile phones have become ubiquitous in Africa. Among younger users, basic phones are most common. But more pupils are accessing smartphones that can connect to the internet – and taking them along to school.

http://www.thetechedvocate.org/mobile-phones-disrupting-teaching-learning-africa/…

Students who are conceptual and visual learners can grasp concepts through AVR, which in turn allows textbooks to make sense.

http://www.centerdigitaled.com/A-Visually-Stimulating-New-World-through-Augmented-and-Virtual-Reality-The-Limitations-of-Academic-Textbooks-.html…

By applying advanced analytics and machine learning, we have identified factors that play a critical role in student achievement.

https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/social-sector/our-insights/how-to-improve-student-educational-outcomes-new-insights-from-data-analytics…

Larry Berger “is exactly right that there is a fundamental problem with the assumptions behind what he calls the engineering model of personalized learning,” writes Phil Hill.

https://mfeldstein.com/alternative-engineering-model-personalized-learning/…

Reclipped is an excellent educational tool to use to annotate and create video snippets. It allows you to collect relevant parts from videos, add your comments and notes to them and then share them with others. You can trim videos …

If you’re looking to improve the success of your students these steps can help you get to the root of the problem and establish strategies to increase key graduation statistics.

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2018/01/31/student-success-rates/…

The snow last week in the U.S. Midwest has allowed some Chicago-area schools to test their “e-learning day” arrangements. Leyden High School is ” one of three Illinois school districts participating in a pilot program that could put an end …

Pixorize is a free tool for adding interactive annotations to your images. Using Pixorize is a fairly straight-forward process. Once the image is uploaded you can add points, circles, squares, and stars as annotation markers on your image. After adding …

In this post I’ll give you some tips on which educational apps you could use to go paperless. Yes, this digital classroom software is easy to use and very, mega, extremely handy. My paperless classroom ideas come with a nice …