Business & Industry
Future of Education Technology 2021
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Smart devices… smarter learning
Smart devices play a huge role in our daily lives, but now they are also enabling us to learn smarter through fostering motivation and engagement. In our consumer-driven world we expect choice. We’ve come a long way since Henry Ford offered cars in any colour, providing it was black. The world of learning now has...
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Learning beyond the classroom: why stop now?
One year on from the start of national lockdown, the use of edtech and blended learning is here to stay. Here we are: one year on from the start of the UK’s first COVID-19 related national lockdown, which saw schools in England closed to all children, except those of key workers, for over two months....
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Enhancing teaching with technology
Last December, Hollywood superstar Forest Whitaker announced Jamie Frost the winner of the Global Teacher Prize COVID Hero Award for his website Dr. Frost Maths. Ahead of EduTECH Europe, BESA’s Nina Iles caught up with Jamie. “What’s the story behind Dr. Frost Maths?” asks Iles. “I originally did my degree in Computer Science at Oxford”...
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The education revolution is here
Teaching and learning have evolved dramatically over lockdown. Where do we go next? Now we have a 21st century platform, what will teaching look like? In the past 12 months teachers at all levels have adapted beyond any imaginable measure. First was the dash to online. Today we see a hybrid model, teaching students simultaneously...
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How do we deliver effective remote teaching?
Teachers and students have risen to the challenges of remote delivery, now the focus should be on engagement and addressing the ‘digital divide’. Home learning has now been in place for almost a year and during that time we’ve seen a change in the way remote lessons are accessed. Schools have reviewed their approach with many...
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Building edtech strategies for the future
As we look forward beyond the unpredictability of COVID-19, how can we learn from the shift to remote education? From the onset of the pandemic, the speed of change towards remote learning strategies was something none of us could have ever predicted. Despite the many challenges and prolonged unpredictability experienced by educators and learners alike...
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Affordable ultrafast broadband for the edtech revolution
Increased use of cloud-service back-office functions and online learning resources is straining some schools’ internet connectivity; but the introduction of ultrafast broadband is set to provide supersized edtech opportunities for schools. Industry experts believe the tech sector is now a million times more advanced than it was just 20 years ago. And there is nowhere...
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How technology is leading the way for schools in the 21st century
As schools across the world begin to recover from a period of extreme disruption, technology can offer the support staff and students need. The pandemic presented education with arguably its biggest ever challenge: how do you create a provision for children and young people when the learning environment has changed beyond all recognition? Rising to...
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Reassess our priorities in the classroom…without compromise
As the UK education system continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to showcase the balance of sustainability with access to good quality education technology. While the notion of recovering the UK’s education gives schools the chance to reassess their priorities and put sustainability side-by-side quality based on what technology they use,...