How AI is Impacting The Education Sector?

By Michael Georgiou 

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Artificial intelligence has taken the world around us by storm, and like all things in the 21st century, it has thoroughly impacted the education sector.

From chatbots to automated thermostat conditioning, the machines around us learn from our behavior and then act intelligently to deliver the best possible service or product.

Almost every industry out there is leveraging the power of AI. How, then, can education not be impacted by something so all-consuming.

AI has changed the delivery, approach, and stylization of the education sector around the globe with relevant innovation. Here is how we see the industry evolve and grow, owing to AI.

Guiding Special Education Students to Stay on Track for Success in Hybrid Classrooms

By Daniel Vollrath

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Coaching special education students on metacognitive strategies helps them stay motivated during the pandemic.

4 Ways to Support Students During Online Learning

By CHRISTINE FLOYD

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Online learning swept across the country in early 2020, but it isn't without its hurdles-here's how to help students navigate their new reality

The Post-Pandemic Outlook for VR in Education

By Angela D Johnson

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During the pandemic, digital products and services have become the salvation, and the demand for technology and new developments has grown sharply. The global EdTech industry grows by 17-25% per year. It received an additional impulse to grow due to the lockdown. Those trends that were relevant before the current situation are gaining momentum more and more.

Education Technology and the Future of Higher Ed Leadership

By MATTHEW LYNCH

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Education Technology (EdTech) has had a more significant impact on education than anyone expected. Now its effects are reaching into the field of higher education. In this article, we will discuss Education Technology and the future of higher ed leadership.

Tips for Effective Social Distance Learning in 2021

By Shannon Flynn

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2020 was an enormous challenge for everyone, but for parents, adding distance learning to the mix makes things even more difficult. It’s been a solid nine months since the beginning of the pandemic, and while we’re starting to see the beginnings of a vaccine rolling out around the world, it will be quite a while before we’re ready to start heading back to school and work like we used to. 

8 virtual field trips for STEM engagement

BY LAURA ASCIONE 

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In-person field trips aren't possible during the pandemic, but virtual field trips offer fun learning experiences for students

How to Spark Engagement in Math With Pictures

By  Kristen Acosta

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A popular strategy, using pictures in math class gives students another way to access math concepts and can spark great conversations.

How Technology is shaping the Future of Education?

By Shawn Mack

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About 65 percent of students today will engage in an occupation that does not yet exist. Yes, that’s correct. At least, according to this survey conducted by the World Economic Forum.

The very findings depict the effect of rapid change in the learning modules. Modern approaches towards educating the children and the increasing integration of technology will soon bring forth subjects that haven’t yet had our attention. Thus, introducing newer fields with time.

And well, to put it straight, this is only one of the many outcomes that integration of tech into education may bring in the future. There may be several more.

But to truly know the possible potential of these outcomes and their respective impact, we need to study the process in detail. We need to know how exactly technology is shaping the future of education. Let’s look into it.

5 Ways Universities and Students Are Effectively Using Virtual Reality

By Arthur Evans

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Virtual reality (VR) has changed life as we know it. It has also affected the dynamics of education. VR has opened the world’s educational system to a vast horizon of possibilities. Working hand in hand with artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR), it has taken education to a whole new level.

Virtual reality brings the world to the students in the classroom. Students can visit and experience the place they’ve never even dreamed of, from the depths of the oceans to the heights of space. Several institutions are already using this technology to enable a more interesting, interactive, and explorative learning environment. It is already closing the gap between the varying ways and the pace students at which students learn.

Here are five great ways that universities and students are effectively using virtual reality across the educational system.