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ChatGPT, being so new, requires predictions to be made about how the tool will change industries and fields as a whole. This MIT review project that ChatGPT will become integrated into schools and will partner up with educational resources to provide multi-modal support. Heaven argues that based on current trends with AI, educators will need […]

The use of Digital Simulation as a branch of eLearning has seen significant growth, particularly during and after the Covid period. While eLearning is generally easier for general subjects with its computer and internet requirements, STEM subjects with experimental components rely on various simulation tools. The application of Digital Simulation in eLearning has witnessed remarkable […]

Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) are technologies that fall within the Extended Reality (XR) realm. While these technologies are gaining traction in a range of industries, their uptake in K-12 formal education does not seem to have really gone mainstream yet. That being said, according to this market insight report from “Statista”, AR/VR […]

A good synthesis of the current landscape of speech recognition and how artificial intelligence can improve and expand this technology in the future. Includes “There are so many benefits that these types of technologies provide to advance our world forward from: increasing productivity in many businesses, such as in healthcare to detect depression, to analyze […]

Big data in education allows for analysis of large sets to see patterns to create new changes/address any problems, etc. Big data analyses, of both retrospective and prospective data, can help us focus on improving learning/education for students. Further, with regard to technology, big data can help us to understand the functioning of learning systems. […]

Google Trends provides access to a largely unfiltered sample of actual search requests made to Google. It’s anonymized (no one is personally identified), categorized (determining the topic for a search query) and aggregated (grouped together). This allows us to display interest in a particular topic from around the globe or down to city-level geography. (Google, […]

This is another Gartner-related post, which can be considered an update or at least related to the Gartner Top Technology Trends posted in this same forum. Just like the Top Technology Trends post, this is a yearly publication of new and developing technologies plotted as the Gartner Hype Cycle (with creatively named phases: Innovation Trigger, […]

This report focused on the experiences of students and educators from institutions of higher education in the United States with educational technology used during the switch to online learning necessitated at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. It categorizes educational technologies and has clear information about which were used most frequently and which students and […]

The Old-Timer: LMS Ventures I think in terms of educational ventures, the last few decades the headlines have been dominated by the big corporations that held the LMS market. These “big edu companies” were usually in two fields: LMS systems or student management systems. Their products were aimed at large institutions (like universities and colleges) […]

Global Silicon Valley (GSV) is a private “growth investment platform powering the world’s most dynamic entrepreneurs, companies, institutions, and emerging growth hubs.” In simpler terms, GSV identifies and invests in innovative leaders throughout the global tech market. GSV Ventures is their global learning technologies investment stream, where they share insights into the global learning landscape, […]