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Can Technology in the Classroom Replace Expensive Textbooks

Kitaboo

According to NBC’s review of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data, textbook prices have risen over 3 times the rate of inflation from January 1977 to June 2015, a whopping 1,041% increase. After all, textbooks are a must in classrooms. It is believed that textbook prices have skyrocketed over the last few years.

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The Renewed Importance of EHR Training – Meaningful Use Incentives.

Dashe & Thomson

However, with the passing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), that’s all changed, and there is now significant financial incentive to adopt — and properly use — an EHR system. Up until now the effects of these failed implementations have amounted to little more than lost opportunities. Properly d.

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The Flipped Classroom: An Effective Training Strategy for Employee Engagement

Aptara

Driving Employee Engagement through Flipped Classroom Training. Flipped Classroom, as the name suggests, is an inverted classroom where learners access lectures (that consume a majority of the training time) through online mediums, and the virtual classroom is reserved only for activities and exchange of knowledge.

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The Future of Enterprise Mobile Learning [INFOGRAPHIC]

LearnDash

Technological advancements and the classroom’s tendency to adopt new ideas quickly has brought about a rather quick adoption of mobile learning. In the United States alone, 75% of the workforce is already leveraging mobile technology, and by 2015, projections indicate that 37% of the entire global workforce will be mobile.

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Tis the Season to Give – Your Brain Will Thank You!

Learningtogo

Adopt a Classroom. Adopt a classroom lets you select a specific class to support. With your donation, you can choose to send a paper greeting card (delivered in 3-10 business days) or an eCard (sent immediately) Better yet, give a beautiful animal a new home by adopting today and give yourself a new best friend!

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How to Effectively Track Student Progress in Publishing?

Kitaboo

However, given the importance of effective student tracking, it’s essential that schools and institutes worldwide adopt a system that ensures comprehensive student tracking for the best results. With online tools and the rise of learning-related databases, student tracking has improved a great deal.

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Andy Whitaker "Matching Learning Paths w/Performance Using Tin Can" #ATDTK

Learning Visions

The hope is in a year, two years, more vendors/products will have adopted xAPI. Andy attended TK 2015." Float''s Tappestry app lets an individual log their own learning events: "Andy attended TK 2015." -- that''s a real world activity that can be tracked. Innovative and progressive technologies are starting to adopt xAPI.