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How can intelligent systems revolutionise healthcare?

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To tackle these challenges, deep-learning methods are being developed which can automatically learn and identify patterns from vast amounts of data.” These deep-learning algorithms aim to improve the accuracy, efficiency and personalisation of healthcare based on smart home sensor data. “As

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7 Authentic Assessment Tools

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that students have connected lessons to other learning and applied it to their lives. that students take responsibility for their learning by embracing deep learning. that lessons are scalable and dependent upon each child’s learning style. that students think creatively with their new information.

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What is the 21st Century Lesson Plan?

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You allow different approaches as long as students achieve the Big Idea or answer the Essential Question. You aren’t the only one to come up with these varied approaches–students know what works best for their learning and present it to you as an option. Differentiation is the norm.

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Are we giving young people the capabilities they need to succeed?

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In the 1980s, Nobel prize-winning economist Amartya Sen challenged traditional welfare economics with his capabilities approach – a concept that focuses on a person’s actual capability to achieve well-being or life success, rather that it being a mere right. Too often, students are asking, “Why am I learning this?

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Closing the Reading Gap with Effective, Brain-Based Reading Instruction

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After decades of studies, professional learning researchers such as Linda Darling-Hammond, Bruce Joyce and Beverly Showers have identified integral elements to foster continued educator growth and lasting instructional change to improve student achievement. How do we build strong comprehension skills in developing readers?

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Visions of Education Futures Floating Around in My Head

User Generated Education

Why is there one person standing in front of the room doing all of the talking with students sitting passively at uncomfortable desks when we know that active, social, and experiential learning promotes interest, engagement, and deep learning?

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How Can Analytics Augment Open-Ended Learning?

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In addition, simulations do not include conventional measures of achievement. What can we achieve through learning data? Usage data can help determine what kind of simulations suit different content types and engage learners in deep learning. How to design simulations in step with learning levels.