How ed-tech can help leapfrog progress in education

whitePaper | March 17, 2023

It’s no secret that enrollment in colleges and universities declined markedly during the COVID-19 pandemic. These losses are now putting intense competitive pressure on higher education institutions to recoup their student populations for fiscal viability.

whitePaper | May 30, 2022

Project-based learning (PBL) is an inquiry-based approach that aims to engage students in challenging, active, and meaningful experiences connected to the world outside the classroom (Baines et al., 2021a). Project-based learning can improve student performance on traditional measures of academic achievement, build social and emotional learning skills, and engage students in deeper learning. This means focusing on higher-order think-ing and skills that will help students succeed in college, their future careers, and their lives as active members of their communities. The alignment of PBL and deeper learning is supported by a growing body of evidence that PBL has a significant positive impact on student learning and other outcomes of deeper learning (Duke et al., 2021; Deutscher et al., 2021; Krajcik et al., 2021; Saavedra et al., 2021). This paper will provide guidance for those who are designing curricula1 to achieve similar goals through project-based learning.

whitePaper | February 24, 2021

Education in the United States faced a crisis this year. The looming threat of the coronavirus which spreads easily in highly-populated, enclosed rooms forced schools across the country to develop new strategies for education.

whitePaper | March 13, 2020

An online learning plan covers the teaching strategies, communication rules, devices, solutions, and policies supporting online or blended learning in the school community. Keep the plan as simple as possible, but make the expectations clear for learners, teachers and guardians as to how to learn and teach online. An IB World School has agreed to share their online learning plan as an example of what to consider when creating one. This plan is updated regularly, as is common for schools using online learning under emergency circumstances.

whitePaper | November 24, 2022

As students navigate an increasingly high-tech world, digital literacy has become crucial to STEM success. Learn how educators can address the globe’s growing digital divide by teaching STEM along a high-touch to high-tech spectrum.

whitePaper | August 22, 2022

Corporate e-learning is increasingly becoming an important part of modern organizations. According to data released by the Brazilian Association of Training and Development, in 2021 companies should invest 20% more in training and development (T&D), compared to the previous year. Many organizations support this idea and consider corporate training an essential part of a company’s investment and growth strategy