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Education Technology

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The integration of digital tools such as interactive software, cloud-based platforms, and adaptive learning systems has shifted traditional educational models towards more personalized, flexible, and engaging learning experiences. What is the definition of educational technology?

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Why Instructional Design Must Focus on Learning Outcomes, Not Learning Activities

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Students expect to come to school to learn and to be challenged (although they may never tell us that). If we want such activities to produce genuine student growth, instructional design must focus on learning outcomes as opposed to the activity itself. Nonetheless, students also want to enjoy learning.

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How Research-Based Tools Provide Impactful Learning Outcomes

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We're looking at bias in adaptive learning and artificial intelligence technologies. We're looking at how reading affects mathematics outcomes. We have even developed an open-source A/B testing platform that allows us to evaluate the effectiveness of content changes we make in our software.

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How learning science informs edtech product development

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Incorporating learning science results in thoughtful products that have clear paths for impact on student learning and allow for a targeted and thoughtful experimentation and product iteration throughout the product development lifecycle.

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Establishing a Research-Based Framework for Edtech Product Quality

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Recently, EdSurge talked with ISTE researchers who managed Teacher Ready, a research-driven project that (1) provides edtech decision-makers with tools to validly and reliably evaluate edtech, and (2) helped expand the ISTE Seal of Alignment certification by integrating user experience and product usability components. Is it easy to use?

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The Best Edtech for Students Is Backed by Research. Here’s What to Look For.

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As researchers focusing on education technology, we see this often: interactive whiteboards covered in posters, desktop computers holding up plants, older devices that do not work with a newer assessment system. But the alternative is even less palatable: spending money and time on products that don’t work and don’t support learning.

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Developing a Research Base to Evaluate Digital Courseware

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An evaluation of adaptive learning products by. SRI Education revealed that different impacts may be found even when the same product is evaluated in different studies. For each of these features, we identified a small number of studies demonstrating that adding the feature to instruction improved learning outcomes.