Snapplify

EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY

Paper | March 15, 2023

On March 14, 2023, Paper, the education support system (ESS), announced the acquisition of Readlee to address the literacy crisis. It would use Readlee's innovative learning tool, artificial intelligence and speech recognition technology to improve learners' reading skills. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress report, about one-third of 4th and 8th graders cannot read the basic achievement level, which is the test's lowest level. The National ...

educationhq | February 25, 2020

Traditional teaching involved students absorbing information by listening to a teacher and taking notes, leaving little to no room for student creativity. But with the emergence of EdTech, teachers now have a vast range of platforms that can be used to enhance engagement from their students and unleash their creativity. John Dewey once said, “if we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.” This couldn’t be truer of the current landsc...

edsurge | March 03, 2020

Open educational resources have gone global and may help make learning more accessible, equitable and inclusive around the world. So says the new Educause Horizon report, which identifies technologies and trends that are changing higher education. This year’s forecast was created by nearly five dozen higher education experts, a third of them from institutions outside of the U.S. OER was one of six “emerging technologies and practices” the panelists highlighted as most likely to...

Study International | March 24, 2020

Many universities are switching to online exams during COVID-19.For one, Oxbridge’s summer assessments are moving online. Over at Imperial College London, 280 medical students successfully completed final-year exams last week. The university says this a historic first for medical studies.If you’re worried about this shift to online exams during COVID-19, fret not. History tell us it’s a pretty untapped area, but there’s potential to be uncovered.Online exams during COVID-...