A large number of education-technology licenses are never used, and about 98% are not used intensively, according to a report by BrightBytes - findings backed by a separate study from Glimpse K12 that found 67% of educational software product licenses go unused. One potential cause is that edtech purchases are not aligned with the needs…

Google has unveiled "transformation reports" to give educators data on how often various Google offerings are actually used and for which specific tasks. This is important because a study last year by BrightBytes found the majority of software licenses purchased by schools went unused and another study by LearnTrials revealed just 9% of education-technology tools…

Students ages 6 to 8 who learned in a classroom setting with a robot named NAO showed more improvement than peers who didn't learn alongside the robot, according to researchers from the University of Louisville in Kentucky. The researchers said they think the robot made students less afraid of reaching the wrong answer and helped…

Nu gör sakernas internet entré i skolorna. Ett stort forskningsprojekt som synar tekniken kan ge företagen nya ledtrådar till nya tjänster och öka kvaliteten i undervisningen.

Skolan som vi känner till den är snart ett minne blott. Under 2020-talet skräddarsys utbildningen helt efter elevens kunskapsluckor – och lärarna får en helt annan roll i klassrummet. Det säger Joel Hellermark, vd och grundare av Sana Labs.

As educators find ways to integrate artificial intelligence in the classroom, some question whether it will help to level the playing field in education, write Andre Perry and Nicol Turner-Lee. They consider steps that AI developers must take to ensure racial equity in the technology.

Google has unveiled "transformation reports" to give educators data on how often various Google offerings are actually used and for which specific tasks. This is important because a study last year by BrightBytes found the majority of software licenses purchased by schools went unused and another study by LearnTrials revealed just 9% of education-technology tools…

Som lärare, lärarutbildare och läromedelsproducent har Joke Palmkvist gjort det mesta inom skolans värld. Nu är hon edtech-chef för Sverige på Microsoft. ”Jag såg tidigt en enorm potential för digitala verktyg i skolsammanhang”, säger hon.

Forskaren Jan Hylén ser över möjligheterna med Internet of Things (IoT) i skolan, ett tidigare outforskat område. Hans arbetsgrupp tittar bland annat på hur man kan mäta och följa elevers lärande för att ge mer individuell hjälp och minska betydelsen av enstaka prov.

It’s can empower students, solve for issues of equity, and enable personalized learning. But there's much more to a 1-to-1 deployment than buying laptops.