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The Secret to Learning Any New Language May Be Your Motivation

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We can’t just use a college textbook, we go through it so fast.” A startup with offices in New York and São Paulo, Brazil, the company has raised millions of dollars for its adaptive software designed to teach English to people who want to learn it for work. We have to build our own curriculum,” says Col.

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10 Great Virtual Reality Apps

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Google has partnered with leading museums, universities, laboratories, and publishers to develop more than 1,000 VR (and AR) tours. It is available in English, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Japanese, The app is free to get started but includes in-app purchases to enrich the experience.

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What a Reinvented College Looks Like: 4 Alternative Higher-Ed Models

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This seems to be an employment service and on-the job training, at the employee’s expense,” said Gardner Campbell, an associate professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth University, in an interview with EdSurge earlier this year. Instead, there will be large open spaces for laboratories, and areas designed for students to work in groups.

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Pioneering a Future Where Education Meets Innovation

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Equipped laboratories, including Fab Labs and 3D printing facilities, enhance hands-on learning. The company has begun transforming textbooks into interactive realities by incorporating virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and even Metaverse applications. The companys initiatives reflect this vision.

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AI Lesson Planning: Crafting the Perfect Prompt

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This could include textbooks, laboratory equipment, art supplies, or access to digital tools. Mention whether you’re planning a single class period, a double period, or a week-long project. Required Resources or Materials If your lesson requires specific resources or materials, mention them. Include a risk assessment.

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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

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Reading back over a textbook or taking lecture notes with a highlighter at the ready is often done by students, for instance, but these practices have proven of limited merit, and in some cases even counterproductive in aiding recall. As a result, teaching is, to use another building metaphor, not up to code.

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