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Resources to support distance learning amid school closures
Simon Bell, Director and Founder of Careermap, highlights what resources are available to support distance learning following the recent UK school closures due to coronavirus.
Ensuring the continuity of learning during school closures
Elliot Gowans, Senior Vice President, International at D2L explores how schools and universities can ensure the continuity of learning during school closures.
Reading motivation: The impact on child and adolescent education
Andrea Bertschi-Kaufmann illuminates how reading motivation can change the way children and adolescent develop their future abilities.
British Science Week: Instilling a love of science in the young
In recognition of British Science Week, Emily Whyte, Co-Founder at Mini Professors, highlights the importance of instilling a love of science in the young minds of today.
Denmark: A focus on education and lifelong learning
Here, we take a look at education and lifelong learning issues in Denmark, including the priorities of Minister of Children and Education, Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil.
Is augmented and virtual reality technology essential for education?
Dave Kenworthy, Director of Digital Services at CoSector, questions whether or not the education sector should be adopting augmented and virtual reality technology to improve learning experiences for all.
How can edtech resources support secondary school teachers?
Graham Glass, CEO of CYPHER LEARNING explores how secondary school teachers can harness edtech resources to maximise their limited time and supplies, while delivering a more engaging, personalised experience for students.
Keeping personalised learning alive with artificial intelligence
Wendy Francis-White, assistant headteacher at Hawkedale Primary, explains how schools can maintain personalised learning using AI technology.
Education and Human Resources (EHR): Building America’s STEM future
Here, we find out that the National Science Foundation’s Directorate of Education and Human Resources works to achieved excellence in STEM education at all levels.
Detecting Specific Language Impairment (SLI) in children
Mabel L Rice analyses the cause of Specific Language Impairment (SLI) and the need to identify it early on in children to provide a solution.
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in education
Dr Elaine Garcia, Senior Programme Leader at Interactive Pro explores the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in education.
What causes the powerful reasoning abilities of humans?
Research found neurological activity happening in the resting human brain that may explain our powerful reasoning abilities.
Play-based learning to develop 21st Century Skills
Aaditya Tangri, Co-Founder & CEO of Kalebr Americas and Founder of STEAMathalon shares his thoughts on why play-based learning today is important for a brighter future tomorrow.
Britain’s educational crisis revealed: indifference towards learning and development putting futures at risk
A new study, by AVADO, has revealed Britain's educational crisis as almost a third (32%) have a negative or indifferent attitude towards learning, including feeling lazy, unmotivated, nervous, tired or bored
Councils warn that costs of caring for adults with learning disabilities could increase by...
The costs of caring for adults with learning disabilities is projected to increase by almost £2bn by 2025 – with England’s largest councils warning that unless these ‘enormous’ costs are recognised, the ‘long-term’ survival of councils is at risk
RAF embraces digital learning in centenary year
The Royal Air Force have partnered with digital transformation experts AVADO and the CIPD (The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) to announce a new learning initiative for their service personnel
A deconstructive approach to the generation of knowledge
Dr Kevin J. Flint, Reader in Education talks about a deconstructive approach to style and the production of space from the generation of knowledge.
Self-regulated learning: What is all the fuss about?
Dr. Yves Karlen, M. Sc. Miriam Compagnoni and Prof. Dr. Katharina Maag Merki at the Institute of Education, University of Zurich highlight self-regulated learning and its benefits.
Raising academic standards in UK schools
AG looks at how the Department of Education is improving standards in schools to help pupils leave school with qualifications to find employment
Are UK schools performing as well as they should be? Last month AG reported that only 18% of parents in England thought that the government listened to them...
Continual Learning, Continual Improvement
Keith Parsons, Managing Director, Dembridge provides an insight into learning and delivering Lean Six Sigma
People see Lean Six Sigma as a massive toolbox. It is much more than that.
It is true that there are many, many tools that can be used to bring about improvements, but the real objective...