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It’s 2020: Have Digital Learning Innovations Trends Changed?

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The primary trends identified by the team were: adaptive learning, open education resources (OER), gamification and game-based learning, MOOCs, LMS and interoperability, mobile devices, and design. As the conversation continued, Joosten discussed the importance of design in online course development, a primary finding in the scan.

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

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Finding Existing Evidence Your first step in this process is locating any available evidence of impact, including research, evaluation or impact studies done on the product you are considering. Research databases, including Google Scholar, ResearchGate and JSTOR can serve as resources for peer-reviewed studies.

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Supporting research in a world of finite resources

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They suggested that additional reductions in teaching loads could be explored that reward faculty based on specific and measurable research metrics, for example, but are not limited to the number of peer-reviewed publications, grant proposals submitted and secured, number of graduate students supervised, etc.