Engaging students and empowering teachers are the two most important goals of any EdTech solution. I have discussed the latter at length in previous posts, but the true meaning of…
By Dr. Ioana Ghergulescu The decline in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths (STEM) graduates from 12% in 2000 to 9% in 2015 indicates that a lack of scientists will be…
Ghergulescu, I., Flynn, C., & O’Sullivan, C. (2015b). Adaptemy Science: Adaptive Learning for Science for Next Generation Classroom (pp. 1477–1482). Presented at the E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate,…
Many educational professionals, including the Adaptemy team, place heavy emphasis on the importance of being an empowered teacher. However, the concept of empowerment can seem abstract and its meaning in…
Although EdTech is an ever-expanding field in which innovative developments are being made at an increasingly fast pace, one of its most exciting areas is adaptive learning. Adaptive learning technologies…
Educators who have never incorporated digital solutions into their classrooms tend to have similar ideas about EdTech, particularly in relation to its perceived negatives. However, many of these beliefs are…
(source) From our recent conversations with a wide range of teachers, it is clear that many educators are currently involved in the interviewing process either as a candidate or as…
Dr. Ghergulescu at EdMedia 2015, Montreal. Back in June, I attended the EdMedia 2015 conference in Montreal, Canada, where I presented the research paper titled “Adaptemy – Building the Next Generation…
Ghergulescu, I., Flynn, C., & O’Sullivan, C. (2015a). Adaptemy – Building the Next Generation Classroom (pp. 86–95). Presented at the EdMedia + Innovate Learning, Association for the Advancement of Computing…
(source) While EdTech will certainly play a vital role in shaping the future of learning, a common misconception among both new and experienced EdTech users is that digital solutions should…