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Podcasting for learning—and an antidote to screen time?

Christensen Institute

But given that kids are unlikely to completely leave technology behind, podcasts can also be among the benevolent digital alternatives we need. The potential of podcasts to support healthy development and learning makes this a trend worth jumping on for kids, parents, and teachers alike. Yes to more free play for children.

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Connection over content: A new era for education technology

Christensen Institute

The pandemic cast education technology (edtech) into a starring — and some might argue above-its-paygrade — role in education. For many students and overwhelmed parents, virtual learning became synonymous with isolation. After all, virtual learning was put to the test under dire circumstances. Click To Tweet.

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Innovation in Education: How Universities can Benefit from Dedicated Software

Qmarkets

It’s natural to consider education and innovation as mutually compatible. Innovation in Education: A Proud History DNA, Genetic Fingerprinting, CDs, Computers, and the Internet. This is just a short list of some of the greatest innovations that have been made within institutions of higher education.

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3 education innovations to watch in 2024 (hint: it’s not just about skills and AI)

Christensen Institute

Despite these growing proof points, efforts to improve education lean on mental models, theories of change, and investment strategies that routinely ignore the social side of opportunity. I think that’s because in most conversations about education innovation today, skills are the “what”, and tech-enabled efficiency is the “how.”

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

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Which new developments in K–12 education will prove disruptive?

Christensen Institute

This is an interesting time to be involved in K–12 education. It’s a challenging time, for sure, given the learning loss, mental health crisis, and educator burnout that have come in the aftermath of COVID-19. Or will we be looking back in a decade or two astounded by how much K–12 education has been completely transformed?

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Empathetic AI: Bridging Technology and Humanity

Tullio Siragusa

Empathetic AI: Bridging Technology and Humanity Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly evolving from performing purely mechanical tasks to understanding and interacting with the human emotional landscape. Depersonalization: There’s a risk that reliance on AI for emotional interaction could lead to depersonalization in services and education.