Collaborative Research and Technology

School librarians facilitate meaningful learning despite massive school closures

eSchool News

MAY 7, 2020

A visit to the school library is a highlight of many students’ weeks, but delivering those resources to students who are no longer on campus calls for creative thinking and an adept use of technology—two things school librarians have in spades. From great change comes great opportunity.

Schools

Schools Distance Learning Collaborative Research Learning

3 Strategies to Engage Students Remotely with StudySync Using Google Classroom

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 30, 2020

For teachers using StudySync in combination with Google Classroom, I’ve described three strategies that educators can use to capitalize on the activities in the StudySync First Read lesson plans to engage students in online discussions, collaborative research projects, and online vocabulary review. #1

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Enhance Student Engagement with Virtual Social Learning Spaces

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Despite the challenges associated with this moment in education, technology is rapidly evolving to allow students more opportunities to engage in social learning spaces online. In this post, I’ll review a collection of the technology tools teachers can use to engage groups of learners online. for a unit or text.

Learning Spaces

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10 Tips for Teachers who Struggle with Technology

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 17, 2015

With technology moving out of the lab and into the classroom, it’s becoming a challenge for some teachers to infuse their teaching with tech tools such as websites, educational games, simulations, iPads, Chromebooks, GAFE, and other geeky devices that used to be the purview of a select group of nerdy teachers.

Technology

Technology Teachers Critical Thinking Failure

Engaging Students in Collaborative Research and Writing Through Positive Psychology, Student Wellness, and Generative AI Integration

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Takeaways From This Teaching Experience The AI writing project was a valuable learning experience for the students, as it incorporated individual and collaborative learning elements alongside technology-based approaches. This balance will be crucial as AI continues to play an increasingly integral role in education and beyond.

Collaborative Research

Collaborative Research Writing Failure Students

Engaging Students in Collaborative Research and Writing Through Positive Psychology, Student Wellness, and Generative AI Integration

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Takeaways From This Teaching Experience The AI writing project was a valuable learning experience for the students, as it incorporated individual and collaborative learning elements alongside technology-based approaches. This balance will be crucial as AI continues to play an increasingly integral role in education and beyond.

Collaborative Research

Collaborative Research Writing Failure Students

How Technology Is Creating the Library of Tomorrow

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

One university has redefined what a research library of tomorrow is by incorporating collaboration research tools for solving problems in today’s tech-driven society. Library to serve companies and academia as a first-class research facility. State University designed the James B.

Technology

Technology Collaborative Research Universal Design Study

13 apps that promote higher-order thinking standards

eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2016

Here are a handful of high-quality apps that reinforce these skills and promote others.

Mobile Devices

Mobile Devices Collaborative Research Critical Thinking Writing

Edalex selected for the HolonIQ 2022 ANZ EdTech 50

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Edalex’s international collaborative research project explored the impact of Credentialate on learners’ confidence to express their workplace skills and the ability for employers to use the evidence presented as a signal to hire. . – This was quickly followed with the launch of a series of Skills Meet-Up events.

Intelligence

Intelligence Skills Collaborative Research Evaluation

#6: 13 apps that promote higher-order thinking standards

eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Here are a handful of high-quality apps that reinforce these skills and promote others.

Mobile Devices

Mobile Devices Collaborative Research Writing Critical Thinking

3 Pillars of High-quality Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

JULY 30, 2023

Blended learning aims to lean on technology to do what it does well–information transfer–and free teachers to do what they do well–support individual and small groups of students as they progress toward firm standards-aligned goals. They can also allow students to work with a research partner or in small groups.

Blended Learning

Blended Learning Learning History English

Enhancing Teacher Productivity With Acer Devices

EdTech Magazine

MARCH 12, 2025

Todays teachers are expected to wear many hats: instructor, curriculum developer, assessor, collaborator, researcher and mediator. With that in mind, teachers need technology that meets their unique needs.

Teachers

Teachers Collaborative Research Instructors Curriculum

How the latest ed-tech developments will impact teaching and learning

eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2016

Here are a handful of high-quality apps that reinforce these skills and promote others.

Mobile Devices

Mobile Devices Teaching Internet Collaborative Research

Bringing Better STEM Education to the Rural South

Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2024

The collaboration, researchers from Michigan State and Alabama A&M say, is rooted in an equitable sharing of knowledge and best practices between the institutions. The project is funded through a nearly $8 million innovation grant from the U.S. Department of Education and will last five years.

STEM

STEM Education Culture Science

‘Why Am I Just Learning About This?’ In New College Board Offering, Students Explore the African Diaspora

Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2020

The African diaspora is not taught as a standalone Advanced Placement course, but rather as a theme in AP Seminar through which students learn about real-world issues while developing skills such as critical thinking, collaboration, research and presentation.

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Interdisciplinary Art History Culture

Hoping to Spur 'Learning Engineering,' Carnegie Mellon Will Open-Source Its Digital-Learning Software

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2019

Like Herb Simon said, we need to change higher ed from a solo sport to a collaborative research activity,” said Koedinger. Leaders of CMU’s new effort run out of a center that bears his name and say they are trying to help realize Simon's dream of bringing learning engineers to campuses. But doing that will mean a change of culture.

Learning

Learning Open Learning Culture History

169 Tech Tip #130: 7 Google Tricks Teachers Should Know

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 6, 2018

Share/Collaborate –multiple students can create and use the same document and automatically save it to their Google Drive. This is great for note-taking, projects, collaborative research, and plan/revise/edit/rewrite requirements. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 25 years.

Teachers

Teachers Collaborative Research History Classroom Management

Data Interoperability Provides a Path Toward Equity—4 Lessons Learned

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Get Rolling with Data Interoperability: The Digital Promise Data Interoperability Challenge Collaborative identified six key factors for districts to consider when implementing data interoperability. Download and share this infographic! Here are four lessons taken from their journey to interoperability: 1.

Learning

Learning Elementary School Elementary School Achievement

Data Interoperability Provides a Path Toward Equity—4 Lessons Learned

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Get Rolling with Data Interoperability: The Digital Promise Data Interoperability Challenge Collaborative identified six key factors for districts to consider when implementing data interoperability. Download and share this infographic! Here are four lessons taken from their journey to interoperability: 1.

Learning

Learning Elementary School Elementary School Achievement

What Factors Influence Your Tendency to Plagiarize in School?

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 6, 2019

To make matters worse, we live in a world that emphasizes and encourages collaboration. Researchers studying trends behind plagiarism suggest that it is a modern idea, fueled by a student’s difficulty in differentiating between beneficial collaborative learning and harmful intellectual infringement.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism Failure Schools Collaborative Research

Classroom Learning

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Despite advancements in technology enabling remote education, the traditional classroom endures as a vital hub for holistic growth, nurturing not only intellect but also character, empathy, and social skills indispensable for success in a rapidly evolving world. Why is classroom learning more effective?

Learning

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How K12 Supports Elementary Students in Science and STEM

k12

APRIL 14, 2025

When we think about STEMscience, technology, engineering, and mathwe usually think of high school or college. Science, technology, engineering, and math shape how we think, solve problems, and interact with the world. But the foundation for curiosity, problem-solving, and innovation starts much earlier.

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STEM Science Elementary School Elementary School

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How Technology Is Creating the Library of Tomorrow

13 apps that promote higher-order thinking standards

Edalex selected for the HolonIQ 2022 ANZ EdTech 50

#6: 13 apps that promote higher-order thinking standards

3 Pillars of High-quality Blended Learning

Enhancing Teacher Productivity With Acer Devices

How the latest ed-tech developments will impact teaching and learning

Bringing Better STEM Education to the Rural South

‘Why Am I Just Learning About This?’ In New College Board Offering, Students Explore the African Diaspora

Hoping to Spur 'Learning Engineering,' Carnegie Mellon Will Open-Source Its Digital-Learning Software

169 Tech Tip #130: 7 Google Tricks Teachers Should Know

Data Interoperability Provides a Path Toward Equity—4 Lessons Learned

Data Interoperability Provides a Path Toward Equity—4 Lessons Learned

What Factors Influence Your Tendency to Plagiarize in School?

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How K12 Supports Elementary Students in Science and STEM

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