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Dror Ben-Naim – Nov 14, 2018To realize the true potential of digital learning, we must first change the software architecture at the heart of the education ecosystem. In technology, the only thing constant is change. While technology itself is changing rapidly — just consider the computing power of the average smartphone compared to a desktop 20 years ago — so, too, are user expectations. But...
Continue ReadingHow to turnaround Talent Development from an Expense into an Investment Let’s face it, the word “transformation” is simply “change” rebranded, and we use...
Amanda Newlin It’s never been a more exciting time to be working in educational technology, as we are seeing the advent of a new era of...
Botong Cheng As a university student in the late 2000s/2010s, and later as a teacher, I’ve had frustrating experiences on both sides of the screen when...
Matthew Bennett There is a reason why teachers want to teach. There’s something special about helping someone feel empowered; assisting them to move from not understanding...
Martin Van de Weyer Our recently published ebook on The Next Wave in Digital Learning explores the past and current trends in online learning. It discusses the two...
Rhea Jaju Have you ever longed for a learning tool to be your Valentine? Answer our 5 question quiz and we’ll tell you which Smart Sparrow...
Chelsea Goldsmith At Smart Sparrow, we are committed to making the best learning experiences for as many students as possible. We strive to create content that...
Grace Dover One of the great pleasures of my role at Smart Sparrow is all of the incredibly fascinating people that I get to speak to...
Amanda Newlin Transferring content from an in-person class to an online platform is not a one-to-one shift. Teaching online is a different experience with different advantages...
Grace Dover The Learning Nerds Podcast is Smart Sparrow’s new edtech learncast. Our goal is to create interesting, educational episodes for listeners who seek to push...
Grace Dover Are you ready to master the digital classroom? Learning technology gives instructors the power to help students not only push through and understand difficult...
Ashley Coolman In his keynote address at last month’s Learning Innovation Summit, Chan Zuckerberg Institute VP of Learning Science, Dr. Bror Saxberg, treated attendees to the...
Chelsea Goldsmith Episode two of the The Learning Nerds Podcast is online! This time, we take you to the Learning Innovation Summit 2018 hosted on June...
Ashley Coolman Earlier this week I attended the UPCEA SOLA+R conference, which brings higher education faculty and staff together to explore what they call “the online...
Ashley Coolman Have you found yourself in one of these common scenarios, now trying to navigate unfamiliar territory? Your university or college just updated their charter...
Ashley Coolman Part of maintaining a design thinking mindset means being open to finding inspiration in unusual places. Though learning designers focus on education in our...
Don Bratton When was the last time your students were able to explore a topic freely and construct their own meaning of the material? The internet...
Grace Dover Instructors and learning designers in higher education are stretched thin. In our recent survey, published in the Digital Learning Innovation 2017 Report, 100% of...
Chelsea Goldsmith Recently published is the Digital Learning Innovation 2017 Report, discussing the current state of learning innovation in higher education. Over 200 educators shared insights...
Ashley Coolman We’ve been having a lot of conversations at Smart Sparrow about the difference between “education innovation” and “learning innovation”. While the two ideas are...
Emily Watson More technology is entering the workplace, including within learning and development programs. Yet the 2017 Workplace Learning Report showed that the “number one method for...
Ashley Coolman How can you use online learning to meet individual needs? Motivate persistence and achievement? Inspire students? In this Q&A session with one of Smart...
Alison Murray In Todd Sampson’s series, Redesign My Brain, he is taught by an experienced “memoriser” how to internalise and recall the order of a pack...
Martin Van de Weyer Every learning designer has their own set of strategies they use when crafting learning experiences. As an enthusiastic Learning Designer, I’m constantly absorbing industry...
Sami Derradji To work on achieving student retention rate goals, especially for nontraditional students, many universities and colleges are revisiting their orientation programs and courses. Education...
Ashley Coolman An instructional designer recently wrote a blog post questioning what anyone means when they talk about “engaging” learning experiences. In it, he wonders about...
Ashley Coolman In today’s screen-centered world, learning has become a more complex collaboration between the instructor, the learner, and the medium. As learning resources, tools, and...
Amanda Newlin When you read about active learning, articles typically begin their discourse with a definition of the term — that tells me that even though...
Ashley Coolman Choose one of the following: Have you made a choice? Good. Now to the results. If you chose green, tough luck—you chose incorrectly. Well...
Martin Van de Weyer “Failure is the most powerful teacher.” I’ve heard people say this on several occasions, but failure alone is a terrible teacher—it’s a dead end...
Alison Murray Recently we’ve been sharing a lot of interesting learning experiences in our chat room. Videos for learning new languages, a game that explains how...
Dominic Sebastian In a single month of the game Minecraft being released for Xbox 360, players clocked a combined one billion hours. That’s 114,000 years of...
Lachlan Ford Before January comes to a close, we at Smart Sparrow would like to share our predictions for the year ahead. Significant adoption of “learning...
Daniel White Recently, our team revisited arguably one of the most important higher ed stories of 2015, which addresses the increasing trend among higher ed institutions...
Jazmin Mignaquy The answer is, “no”. In a recent EdSurge op-ed, digital learning expert George Siemens argues that educational technology is not becoming more human, but...
Jazmin Mignaquy What’s the Point of College? is an age-old tension. Is the primary role of the university as an employment gateway, or as an academic...
Jazmin Mignaquy Last week, the New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto, sending back the first close-up pictures of the planet. This, of course, brought up the...
Jazmin Mignaquy Eighteen months ago a small group of enthusiastic innovators launched the BEST Network with one shared vision – that every student and every teacher,...
Ariel Shoham This is the question posed in Cadre’s post “Is adaptive learning just another fad? The answer is still 42”. And while the Answer to...
Alison Murray Conversations about blended learning or eLearning generally focus on the increased flexibility it provides around time and place (instruction no longer happens just in...
Markus Ebenhoeh What does “iron triangle” mean? For us —and many others in the higher education space— the “iron triangle” refers to the three major challenges...
Jazmin Mignaquy For success after college, students need more than the traditional lecture format that most colleges and universities use. Demand from employers for graduates who...
Jazmin Mignaquy Instructional designers face many challenges when building a unique and personalized learning experience: it has to be pedagogically sound while also being engaging; it...
Alison Murray At Smart Sparrow, we believe that it’s time for a more effective and authentic exploration-driven model for science learning, centered on interactive, project-based learning...
David Schonstien Each academic specialty has its own specific vocabulary. This is important: to explore academic areas in depth, specific words are required for the tools,...
Daniel White In contrast to widely held perceptions, online learning can be as effective as in class learning. Done right, online learning outcomes can significantly outpace...
Greg Higgins Here at Smart Sparrow, we think a lot about how we can harness and make available technology that will make the world smarter. There...
Amanda Newlin The premise for MOOCs – Massive Open Online Courses - was simple. Educational institutions deliver free content to the masses, allowing a global community...
Jazmin Mignaquy Design thinking in higher ed has been a lot of talk, but not much action, our CEO Dror Ben-Naim says in a recent article...
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