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Common Misconceptions of Teaching with Technology

The progress of technology is disrupting traditional industries and changing every aspect of our life. In education, integration of technology starts to reconstruct the teaching and learning process and lead to new pedagogy. Although holding great promise, technology has not been fully accepted by educators and opinions vary greatly about the benefits of embracing educational […]

Are Apps Going to Replace Textbooks?

Printed textbooks have long been used as the centre of education, but as the aeon of paper books has transpired, traditional textbooks face great challenges to serve as the main mode of deliverance of education. It is a common perception now that digital technology holds great potential to improve institutional learning. In just a few […]

Create Effective Mobile Learning Through Three Cognitive Levels

Mobile learning or m-learning is the new trend for education, and pioneers of alternative education are trumpeting the use of this modern technology to enhance learning and teaching. But with most mobile learning adaptors still focus on simply changing the existing content to fit into new mobile platforms, little efforts have been tried to design […]

Enhance Teaching and Learning with Simulation

What is Simulation? Simulation, which replicates substantial aspects of the real world in a fully interactive manner, is a technique to restore and mimic real experiences with guided ones in an immersive environment. As a form of experiential learning, simulation-based training comes in different forms. Sometimes they contain elements of games, an activity that acts […]

Google Glass in Education

Google Glass is Google’s attempt to leap mankind into the future by supplying wearable technology that is easily accessible by its users. Poised as a lightweight and nonintrusive eyewear, Google Glass responses to voice commands and taking photo/audio/video with a wink.  Google Glass gives its wearers ultimate access to digital information and the most modern […]