Jean Piaget, an influential developmental psychologist, argued that every time children learn something before they have the chance to discover it by themselves, they lose the opportunity to make sense of it on their own, and subsequently fully understand it. Studying without a teacher gives …
Adaptivity is one of the biggest trends in education technology – and rightfully so! It allows students to walk their own learning path, perfectly tailored to their needs. Adaptive systems work by analyzing the performance of the students, and subsequently choose to …
Personalized learning sounds like a strange term. Of course, every learning is personal, and nobody wants unpersonal learning. But there’s more to the term than just that. It actually refers a set of strategies that can help to better address the …
Many of us use Google products on a daily basis. However, for those of us involved in mathematics, Google Drive and Chrome have some limitations. Luckily, there are some great and useful add-ons and extensions that make working with these products a lot …
It took one year for the educational ecosystem to go do a 180 on MOOCs (Massive Open Online Course). Where 2012 was declared ‘The Year of the MOOC,’ 2013 had people ask whether or not ‘MOOCS are already over?‘ The reason for …
Remember MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses, as they are called? They were all the rage a few years ago. Each was promising paradigm shifts in teacher-learner relationship, and, above all, a sort of a revolution that would ensue in …
MOOCs: Massive Open Online Courses. They’re hot, hip and happening. Last year for example, MOOC enrollment surpassed a whopping 35 million, a doubling of the year before. In 2015, there were 4,2000 courses, offered by more than 500 universities. A large …
For most people involved in higher education, summer has officially ended. With classes having started, or starting soon, university towns are getting more lively by the second. A new beginning, both for those receiving as well those providing education. With our minds …
In math education, we’re always thinking of ways to make math appear more “sexy” and interesting. How do we motivate and enage students? It’s one of the core questions every math teacher asks themselves daily, and the source of many …
Even in 2016, the discussion regarding the use of education technology in the (math) classroom rages on. Whatever people say, one thing is clear in every discussion: you either love tech, or you hate it. Opponents of edtech believe introducing any …
