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5 Higher-Ed Innovators Share Challenges, Ideas for the Future of Digital Learning

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She laid out their belief that in a world of constant change, those who are best equipped are those who generate new ideas when the path is unclear. This focus has become increasingly important, as we, for the first time in history, reached a point where students from low-income families will form the majority in K-12 schools.

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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

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There are widespread beliefs about the best way to teach and learn that have been proven wrong by science, yet they persist. Taking flight Learning engineers, such as Kenneth Koedinger of Carnegie Mellon University, like to point to the Wright brothers as inspiration. It’s a refrain among many working in learning engineering.

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