Listen to the story {Play} In the 21st century, lifelong learning is more important than ever before. The world is changing rapidly, and demand for new skills and knowledge are constantly emerging. To stay ahead of the curve, we need to be able to learn and adapt continuously. One way …
Listen to the story {Play} German federal and state governments have reported that 90% of the Digital Pact funds have been used. This means that around 2.3 billion euros have been spent on expanding the digital infrastructure in schools. The Digital Pact is a joint initiative by the federal and …
Listen to the story {Play} A new study published in the journal “Educational Technology Research and Development” has found that digital pedagogy can significantly improve student learning. The study, which was conducted by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, found that students who were taught using digital pedagogy scored …
Listen to the story {Play} Pedagogical innovation is driven by discoveries in neurological research and teaching-skills-development research. In the Digital Society School to be able to prepare pupils for the future. Pedagogical adaptation to a large extent takes place in interplay with this development and use of edtech. Especially, since …
Listen to the story {Play} Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a conceptual educational framework in which access is a formal principle rather than an add-on. UDL is thus an approach to educational access that is proactive rather than reactive, benefiting not just students with disabilities but improving access for …
Listen to the story {Play} Whether it be in education or in the workplace, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused substantial disruption but also opened up some big opportunities for change in how people work together. For example, organisations that have been looking for ways to become more flexible, innovative, or …
Listen to the story {Play} A new Edtech trends report from the trade association Swedish Edtech Industry shows that the pandemic has had a transformative impact. While the sector in general at the same time is about to leave the pioneer years. The pandemic has also directed the attention on …
Two areas where Artificial Intelligence will have a considerable impact on education is with its adaptive sequencing capabilities. The other is how AI transform pedagogical models. The first means artificial intelligence that is embedded in content that help students learn in a self-directed manner. That improves the learning process. Both …
Ty Hollett, assistant professor of learning, design and technology in Penn State’s College of Education recorded youth action-sports participants. To get a better understanding of how they learn and the driving force for learning. The total material includes 200 hours of video-recordings from a skateboard-camp. Driving-force for learning The results …
The University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has started a new research project where pupils are becoming the teacher to educate a robot. The robot is programmed as “the ideal pupil”. With the characteristics that it is curious, want to understand everything and ask a constant flow of questions. In this spirit, …
