Information and communication technologies (ICT) offer new opportunities for improving basic education in Africa.
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Our fascination with space shows no signs of slowing down, 60 years after the Soviet Union launched the world’s first satellite, Sputnik.
“Flipped classrooms” aren’t yet common around Africa, but a partial flip that marries technology and collaboration has real potential.
The affective domain - motivation, interest and values and their inter-relationships - forms an integral component in facilitating learners’ construction of physics knowledge.
For many universities, working with private edtech companies could be the only way of keeping pace with the changing world of education.
Here’s a guide to getting rid of “junk” apps and ensuring your kids develop healthy tech habits both in term time and during the school holidays
Schools are focusing on the wrong objective when it comes to using technology in their classrooms. They should focus just as much on how they teach.
Educational technology is not science fiction. Lecturers need to ensure that they adapt to a future which has already arrived.
There’s a great deal of debate about what devices schools should be using. But educators should be focusing on how children learn, not what they learn on.
Technological and digital literacy are crucial for university students who hope to truly contribute to the world in the 21st century.
Teenagers spend more time consuming media than they do sleeping. Most of this consumption is passive - a habit that’s creeping into classrooms, too.
Micro:bit has a parallel in the Model B, which the BBC launched in the 1980s.
Educational technology can be a powerful tool, but it must be accompanied by new, modern teaching methods.
As technology becomes more prevalent in classrooms from preschool to grad school, the concern is that it’s all flash, no substance.
As another teachers’ strike looms on July 10 it is worth setting out the reasons that teachers are unhappy with their profession. It’s not just because of conditions of service, pay, and pensions. Teaching…
It’s a brave new world for higher education in Australia. We will soon have an open market and an overall reduction in government expenditure per student. This means universities will need to find alternate…
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Associate Professor in Education & Technology, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Associate Professor in Information Systems, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of learning technologies, University of Minnesota
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Associate Professor for Digital Innovation, University of the Western Cape
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Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Education and Technology, Royal Roads University
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PhD Candidate, Faculty of Education, Lakehead University
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Emeritus Professor of Education, University of Derby
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PhD, économiste « Développement Humain » / "Human Development" economist, Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
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Professeure associée en Psychologie de l'éducation, CY Cergy Paris Université
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Emeritus Professor, MTN Solution Space Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town
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Assistant Professor, Educational Policy and Equity, University of Toronto
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Director of the Learning, Instruction & Technology Lab and Professor of Educational Psychology, School of Education, The University of Queensland
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Dean, Syphax School of Education, Psychology & Interdisciplinary Studies, Virginia Union University
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Chef de projet « Éducation, formation, emploi », Agence Française de Développement (AFD)