Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Might those failures have less to do with financial challenges or lack of product-market “fit,” than with a failure to understand the pieces and politics at play in the board game of education? Education reformers and technologists often lament that the best ideas or tools don’t win.

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Educational Technologies Technology Failure Education 174

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

It’s that in some cases attention gets really focused on a set of practices that are untested and can distract from the discussion that we have about teaching. I put it in the “authenticity” chapter because a lot of times the culprit with lecturing being ineffective is attention span. Why does it work? Do I need this?

Art 167

Art Science Teaching Failure 167

Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2020

His message is that learning scientists need to pay more attention to context when they test various teaching methods. But he agreed that the takeaway should be to pay more attention to context in learning science research. Considering Context But that doesn’t mean Reich has given up on behavioral interventions in online learning.

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Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2021

In the last couple of decades, as online learning was steadily being recognized by millions of students as a convenient way to earn a highly prized academic degree, most senior officers at the nation’s colleges and universities paid little attention, dithered or dabbled. None of them partnered with OPMs.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2020

As a teacher, the long nights and weekends I spent creating and customizing resources, along with the thousands of dollars I spent each year buying classroom supplies, copy paper, books, winter coats, and even food for my students eventually led me to turn my attention to school finance: Why were there never enough resources for my students?

Education 208

Education Failure Special Education STEM 208

Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2018

My day normally starts at the breakfast table with a cup of coffee in one hand, my cat circling the table below, and a laptop in front of me—all subjects vying for my morning attention. The field of academic advising has received more attention in the last decade than in the thirty years prior for two primary reasons.

Failure 167

Failure Students Attention Questions 167

Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2023

As a mother, I can say that’s also true for parenting, which is problematic for educators who are also parents because the demands for attention and care are increased. Expecting perfection of ourselves can result in feelings of failure or inadequacy. And it takes time and patience for the work of self-compassion to bear fruit.

Education 205

Education Motivation Failure Attention 205

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Even with all our new technology and the amazing strides we have made in the science of learning, our sons’ classrooms in Gastonia look a lot like my classroom did–and an awful lot like my father’s, who was born in 1923. Technology has transformed us. The technology now exists to power the education system of the future.

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Learning Failure Languages Language 239

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology. Disclosure: Two of the report’s authors, Richard Culatta and Joseph South, work at the International Society for Technology in Education, which is the parent organization of EdSurge.) The report also includes a foreword co-written by five former U.S.

Learning 218

Learning Internet Writing Failure 218

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

But failure is the whole point of the exercise. He has also been named a Master Educator by Course Hero , an education technology company that produced a short film about him. One of the failure points of international marketing is human beings’ inability to understand, appreciate, and exploit cultural differences.

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Quizzes Failure Culture Students 167

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

And because of exponential technologies (the essential bits inside your tech that get smaller, faster, cheaper and more powerful at an exponential rate) the changes in the coming decade will be even more unfathomable than those which redefined the previous decade. billion strong. Change your lens.

Failure 160

Failure Multidisciplinary Testing Skills 160

Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Every time I hear this, I am faced with the gut-wrenching realization that the student has internalized failure by age eleven. This raises two questions for me: How can we turn eleven-year-olds who have internalized failure into students like Abby who retain information for years? They learned how to learn.

Teaching 168

Teaching Failure Quizzes Learning 168

Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2017

In 2017, reality took a massive swipe at the wobbly optimism of technology progressives. Echoing wider soul searching over technology’s polarizing role in politics and society, the education technology scene has been doing its own reckoning. Equitable: An analysis by John Hansen and Justin Reich of U.S.

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Culture Failure Exams Attention 146

Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2023

The Learning Ally Audiobook Solution As children age and learning shifts from learning to read to reading to learn, support can mean the difference between learning from reading or suffering sustained academic failure.

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Reading Failure Motivation Study 166

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Both struggle to pay attention regardless of how innovative and engaging are the lesson plans. Using these seven suggestions, you can make sure the learning continues even as Thanksgiving pulls their attention away. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Students and teachers alike are ready for a break.

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Activities Learning Art Attention 171

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Both struggle to pay attention regardless of how innovative and engaging are the lesson plans. The Crossing – student attempts to cross a gorge and experiences failure as well as success. Using these seven suggestions, you can make sure the learning continues even as Thanksgiving pulls their attention away.

Activities 174

Activities Learning Attention Failure 174

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

As the chief technology officer and assistant dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Education, Paul Kim spends more time than most pondering how artificial intelligence (AI) can impact education. Through technology, we can find each child's level of learning and speed—kind of like one-on-one running. That’s where AI comes into play.

Teachers 166

Teachers Intelligence Coaching Failure 166

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

I felt self-conscious about my failures every day. We know what its like not to register anything the teacher said and to be met with raised eyebrowsas if we are poor students who dont pay attention. For weeks, I would feel incredibly low, with sporadic days of high energy.

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Teachers Attention Failure Disabilities 180

Edsurge

JULY 13, 2019

I could never pay full attention because I always felt on alert. Technology has helped me answer those questions. But if you want technology to be a transformative force in your classroom, school or district, you have to start with “why?” Technology should provide an opportunity for each student to respond individually.

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Discussions Failure Textbooks Culture 168

Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2018

In Mitchell’s keynote at OpenEd, she asked the audience of educators, librarians and other open education enthusiasts to think about their “tolerance for failure” in education. Each of us are making decisions about where we are okay with failure happening. What’s the role of technology in all of this? What’s next on that end?

Textbooks 139

Textbooks Ethics Failure Attention 139

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2019

They have valuations in the billions; that’s a sign of where their attention is. Failure” only happens when makers stop trying; otherwise, making is about iteration, experimentation and perseverance. Failure only happens when you quit. “Maybe it’s a sign of the times. It’s not on youth, education or even culture.

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Fairness Failure Testing Culture 163

Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2018

Mark Milliron, cofounder and chief learning officer for Civitas Learning, which makes student-success technologies, told the story of one case of an early-alert system backfiring during a panel this week at the annual SXSW EDU conference, during a session called NudgeU: Learning from Behavioral Economics.

Failure 143

Failure Ethics Motivation Attention 143

Edsurge

APRIL 6, 2017

On the surface, adopting technology to support teacher needs or student challenges isn’t terribly complex: define the problem you’re trying to solve, identify the right tools for the job, and implement the tools effectively and with fidelity. These parents aren’t unsupportive of education technology. End users are.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 6, 2020

As for long-term solutions, the spread of artificial intelligence technology, microcredentials and online education means institutions must redesign their academic programs and learning experiences—and also better prepare faculty to deliver them. This program is designed to quickly retool adults for employment opportunities present now.

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Education Learning Outcomes Study Failure 209

Edsurge

MAY 15, 2024

As I’ve considered whether to pursue the path toward principalship, I’ve paid close attention to what the job entails. Without ample funds, they are essentially set up for failure. I would like to become the kind of leader they were to me, and part of me feels compelled to honor their mentorship by becoming a school leader.

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Schools Failure Attention Participation 187

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Vallon: When I found out about Quest to Learn, what caught my attention wasn't just the game-like learning but the view on wellness. One of our game-based learning principles is "failure reframed as iteration." EdSurge: You’re a mental health professional; what attracted you to a school focused on game-based learning?

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Game-Based Learning Skills Learning Middle School 187

Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2017

Technology providers, in turn, tailored a generation of such products. Failure to do so is a failure to rebut the administration’s argument that these funds are unnecessary. School District of Palm Beach County in Florida is one example that will earn a lot of attention. In contrast, ESSA broadens the work.

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Failure Education Secondary Education Exams 106

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 18, 2015

Murphy & Beland’s recent study is making the rounds online, particularly among those who are eager to find reasons to ban learning technologies in classrooms. Most schools I know didn’t adopt their learning technology initiatives for the sole purpose of test score improvement. (if if they did, how sad is that?).

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Failure Testing Critical Thinking Knowledge 109

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

I once sat through a multi-hour meeting in which a college leader refused to accept responsibility for persistent issues with equity and inclusion that had been brought to their attention years prior. Some leaders may simply be reluctant to own failures they did not personally commit, even if it happened under their watch.

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Failure Counselling Ethics Communication 190

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 4, 2018

She didn’t try to be my best friend and she didn’t make excuses for my third-grade failures. It was a challenge to correct her without having her shut down, declare herself a failure, and move on. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. They are committed to a student’s success.

Teachers 132

Teachers Failure Quizzes Knowledge 132

Edsurge

JULY 26, 2022

Many are also taking action to address child care challenges at their organizations and nationally, after the pandemic brought greater attention and awareness to the issue. businesses’ bottom line performance. At Synchrony, 60 percent of our workforce are women.

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Confidentiality Counselling Failure Evaluation 203

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

With the advent of each new technology—like AI, automation, VR/AR, and nanotechnology—comes economic shifts that demand different skills from employees and creates new challenges for both employers and educators. We can’t walk away from technology use—not when it’s a mainstay of students’ daily lives and futures.

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Gamification Learning Culture Students 153

Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2018

They will easily get distracted by technology and when working with peers. For students who struggle with attention, the devices have become a tool of distraction and some of them will start playing video games or watching sports on YouTube if I’m not standing right behind them.

Learning 160

Learning Assignments Students Motivation 160

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

And she figured that games are not only fun and engaging, but they allow for greater agency and more room for failure, according to Dubé. Yet the attention iCivics games have garnered this year eclipses what they saw in 2016, she adds. “She felt it was boring, and that we needed a way to reach this new generation of kids.”

Failure 159

Failure Fairness Participation Writing 159

Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2025

With new technologies and opportunities for help outside the classroom, like private tutoring or AI, wealthier students are often better equipped than their peers to enter college. Some of that can be attributed to the pandemic and the loss of foundational academic and social skills during online learning.

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Students Math Writing Skills 176

Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Philipp Schmidt began thinking about the potential for blockchain in higher education long before the technology became a buzzword. Schmidt, who is the director of learning innovation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab, began issuing non-academic credentials for his team around 2013. Maybe,” says Bonneau. “I

Learning 141

Learning Failure Attention Testing 141

Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

My classmates from Stanford’s Learning Design and Technology master’s program have gone on to design for big brands like Airbnb and Google as well as edtech upstarts including the African Leadership University, General Assembly, Osmo and Udacity. To get serious about education technology, you have to read Seymour Papert.

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