ED Surge

APRIL 4, 2022

As Educational Technology Director for the entire district, Susan Uram is responsible for ensuring that roughly 28,000 students and their teachers have access to the most impactful learning technology available. Here, she explains how Course of Mind: ISTE’s learning sciences initiative factors into that ambitious plan.

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Digital Promise

MAY 19, 2021

Thank you for your work on the front lines to ensure our children and youth’s health and education were sustained throughout this difficult year. As Digital Promise team members who have researched and supported teachers’ use of educational technology, we want to recognize and celebrate your successes.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The goal of Digital Promise’s Marketplace Research work has been to create smarter supply and smarter demand in the education technology (edtech) marketplace. A foundational element of this work is research communications–helping consumers find reliable, evidence-based information they can trust about learning tools.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 9, 2016

With more and more educational technology tools on the market, schools and universities , the government , and parents all want to know, Which products are effective for which teachers and students? The three categories are: Learning Sciences : How developers use scientific research on how people learn to inform product design.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

The good news is that more organizations today are devoting efforts to giving underrepresented groups greater access than in the past, according to a new report by the State Educational Technology Directors Association. ” It is also important to remember that educational technologies should be designed with equity in mind.

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ED Surge

MAY 22, 2024

And while CEO Barry Malkin is excited that today's artificial intelligence has the power to personalize education in ways we couldn't have imagined just a year and a half ago, it hasn't changed how Carnegie approaches AI: with humans in mind. And grow, they have.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Chatbots that leverage AI are going to be a kind of intermediary a translator, says Zachary Pardos, an associate professor of education at the University of California at Berkeley, who is one of the editors on a forthcoming special issue of the Journal of Learning Analytics that will be devoted to generative AI in the field.

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ED Surge

MARCH 21, 2022

As such, it should come as no surprise that, upon learning about Course of Mind: ISTE’s learning sciences initiative , she jumped at the chance to enroll a cohort of her colleagues. Here, she discusses her experience in the course and shares some key takeaways that she hopes will improve learning outcomes in her district.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 5, 2022

Additionally, stories about companies and nonprofits trying to innovate within higher ed attracted a lot of attention, as did several articles about learning science and new teaching practices. The story was part of a series on learning engineering and learning science. Thanks for reading, and happy new year.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 27, 2019

Part two will discuss how edtech vendors can return the favor to develop great working relationships with educators. Whether you’re an educator or product developer, one of the key components to the educational technology (edtech) selection and purchase process is creating a mutually beneficial partnership.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

“But the paper’s overall message was, ‘All of y’all are doing flipped learning wrong, and we’re doing it right.’ I didn’t think that was fair to people practicing flipped learning.” I’m on team science, and this is what the empirical science is proving,” he said in an interview.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 14, 2018

Education technology and innovation continue to evolve, making it easier for teachers to harness the power of technology to improve education outcomes for learners. At the same time, a growing field of learning sciences research offers more precise knowledge of how learners learn.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 2, 2023

Michael Crow, president of Arizona State, said the technology creates a memory of learning that isn’t associated with a rigid, structured way of learning science. “We At the end of each section, students are tested with real-world problems that are similar to what they’ve encountered in the Alien Zoo.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2017

Applying Research to Truly Personalize Learning. One critical aspect of personalized learning is too often missing: the use of learning sciences research to best understand and reach each learner. Putting Learning Science Research to Work.

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ED Surge

APRIL 19, 2024

“The most important thing for me is to do social science that can be replicated by other people,” Schneider says, adding she hopes more HBCUs will join the project. When Michigan State reached out to Alabama A&M University, Samantha Strachan thought the partnership was a good fit and a way to improve how students in Alabama learn science.

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ED Surge

JUNE 26, 2023

To address this issue, ISTE has taken a significant step forward by introducing the next iteration of the ISTE Seal , which aims to elevate the importance of usability and strong pedagogy in learning solutions’ product design to both school districts and solution providers. This could be critical for our process.” Barbara Hubert, Ph.D.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 9, 2024

Lessons From This 'Golden Age' of Learning Science Experts have described this as a 'golden age' of discovery in the area of learning science, with new insights emerging regularly on how humans learn. So what can educators, policymakers and any lifelong learner gain from these new insights?

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Learning science continues to develop, and it should guide us away from learning practices steeped in nostalgia to ones that can truly nourish more students. There are quality ingredients that are affordable that let students experience learning in active and engaging ways. Let's avoid the low hanging fruit.

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ED Surge

APRIL 25, 2022

Here, she explains how Course of Mind is helping her district strategically incorporate learning technology into their curriculum. EdSurge: What led you to enroll in the Launch into Learning Sciences course ? McEllen: Actually, it was our Director of Innovation who found Course of Mind.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2023

Through my work as director of MIT’s Teaching Systems Lab , I’ve asked the question to teachers, school leaders, coaches, researchers and experts of all stripes (think: learning science, instruction, teacher education, culturally responsive teaching and so on), and it typically elicits more pauses and wonderings than answers.

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ED Surge

MARCH 18, 2022

“Think of the screen as a place for two-way conversations rather than just talking at your students,” says Kristen Sosulski, executive director of NYU Stern School of Business Learning Science Lab. “If If you recognize it as a space for conversation, rather than a lecture, you’ll design your course with that in mind.”

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

This week the Brookings Institution released a policy brief titled “ A Whole New World: Education Meets the Metaverse. ” It offers advice to tech companies that are jumping into the metaverse, with principles from learning science for how to shape the development of their products and services.

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ED Surge

MARCH 26, 2024

So they're continuing the content learning, going back and forth between teachers each day so they can get exposure to both languages. And they're not just learning each language, they're also learning in each language. So for example, they're learning math in Mandarin or they're learning science in English.

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ED Surge

JULY 8, 2022

So I explored the notion of caring pedagogy and discovered, to my surprise, that it goes all the way back to the 1930s and ‘40s, to the pioneering work of Soviet psychologist Lev Vygotsky, noted in learning-science circles among the founders of social constructivist theory.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 25, 2022

Teachers use that to their advantage by beginning the next class with some retrieval practice and interleaving , learning science strategies that can boost knowledge retention. We do this intentionally to create a little extra time for some “good forgetting” and rustiness. has a different feel than Wednesday’s at 1:40 p.m.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 4, 2023

Listeners to the EdSurge Podcast like to learn about brains—and what research shows can best reach and teach them. Our two most popular episodes of 2022 addressed just that subject, exploring fresh findings in learning science and how educators can apply them.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The hope is that by partnering with the government, we can bring the latest learning science, the best content and the best technology to every worker and parent who is associated with early childhood development. We share similar small activities with parents and invite them to share with their communities.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

And that sparked her interest in digging into learning science research that she’s gathered into a recent book, “ The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain.”

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ED Surge

JULY 4, 2023

Then he switched careers to become a kindergarten teacher and later a high school teacher before going back to get a doctorate in education from Stanford University.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Malkin: Carnegie Learning originated at Carnegie Mellon University, one of the most respected research universities in the country, known for its work in education and cognitive science. So research, data and learning science have always been at the core of what we do.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 14, 2024

These standards were designed to move science education away from rote memorization and toward engaging students in practices real scientists use to explore and model the world, fostering deeper understanding of scientific concepts and developing skills like critical thinking, collaboration and communication.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 28, 2021

And understanding those maps can be a key to better understanding how the mind—and how learning—works, according to Rebecca Schwarzlose, a postdoctoral neuroscientist at Washington University in St. Learning science is always advancing, yielding new insights about how people gain and retain knowledge and skills.

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ED Surge

MARCH 1, 2022

According to Noakes, Digital Promise has found that the companies who went through their certification process report that using learning sciences in the design process allows their products to be more dynamic. The process was relaunched this year.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

At the September 2016 Summit to Expand Research Use in Education , educators, technology developers, and researchers met to address an essential question: How can we work together to expand research use in the design, development, and improvement of education programs, products, and practices?

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ED Surge

JANUARY 23, 2024

Leo Lo, a professor of libraries and learning sciences at the University of New Mexico who recently led a survey of librarians about the need to address the ethical and privacy concerns raised by AI.

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ED Surge

APRIL 17, 2024

These tools have the potential to enhance reading experiences for children, if they’re designed with insights from educators and researchers, particularly in the field of learning science. And product developers could draw from learning science research to build tools that foster children’s self-expression and creativity.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 26, 2022

During my career, I have obtained three degrees in education and social policy, cultural and educational policy studies and learning sciences — not to mention, I am currently working on a doctoral degree, as we speak.

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