A while ago we received a comment on a post about Augmented Reality. I had erred by not at any point in the blog referring to Augmented Reality, but only AR. Our reader asked us simply to clarify what...
Introversion is easily misunderstood; with disinterest, with being aloof, with not caring, even with being stupid. In a setting that was designed upon and promotes extroverted character traits — a sch...
This post has been updated on March 4, 2020. The use of technology in an educational environment is certainly nothing new - teachers have been relying on computers and similar devices for decades now....
As the year draws to a close I thought we could take a look at how edtech has transformed schools, students and education this year - in countries across the world. It is most pleasing to see the stri...
A version of this post was originally published on November 8, 2018, in OEB Insights The e-learning industry is constantly evolving. Whether we’re talking about K-12 or Higher Ed, face-to-face instruc...
This post was originally published in the October 2018 issue of the Education Today Magazine. The way people learn is as unique as cats’ noses. In case you wonder, there are no two cat muzzles exactly...
AR is one of those edtech products that has received a lot of hype — primarily from AR-based companies themselves. We all know edtech is a burgeoning market, and the media and communication landscape ...
The thing about podcasts is that they have the same familiarity, immediacy and immersion as the radio programs of bygone days. Ask any person over 40 and they’ll invariably remember the radio programs...
This post has been updated on March 4, 2020. While face-to-face instruction allows teachers to inject their personality and tone into their lessons, it nonetheless demands that teachers be organised a...
Last week we began an in-depth exploration of why video-based learning works from a cognitive, psychological and learning theory point of view. I looked at research by Prof. Richard Mayer of Santa Bar...
In my previous blog post I discussed some of the initial steps teachers need to take in order to flip their classrooms. One of those steps is getting comfortable with video. Today I’m going to explore...
I have recently started playing The Room, a series of incredible mobile games from Fireproof Games. It is an incredible, multi award winning game that test your mechanical and analytical problem solvi...
This post was originally published in Innovate My School Inspiration, on January 26th, 2018. With artificial intelligence (AI) on the rise, educators have increasingly reflected on how this might impa...
Project-based learning, as we have often examined in this blog, is a powerful way to not only impart information, by exploration, but has the added advantage of stimulating and developing a range of o...
Mobile learning is generally defined as training or education conducted via a mobile device such as a smartphone or tablet, generally connected to a wireless network such as GSM, G3 or Wifi. Typically...
This post has been updated on February 16, 2020. STEM, which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, is an important group of subjects that are in high demand — not just in class...
