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Can the Metaverse Improve Learning? New Research Finds Some Promise

ED Surge

A new study co-authored by one of the world’s most prominent researchers on the effectiveness of edtech, Richard Mayer, offers some answers to that question. Some students experienced the field trip while wearing a VR headset, while others watched the same material in standard video on a computer screen.

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The Sound Of The Future: My Experience Piloting ChatGPT Voice In The Classroom

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The Genesis of an Idea So, to aid this process, I created a unique GPT setup, ensuring it suggested only age-appropriate activities, and made TRAVEL Assistant , which stands for: Teaching Resourceful Adventurous Values-based Enjoyable Logistical This setup allowed my students to interact with ChatGPT by typing or speaking into my phone.

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Combining medicine and research to treat children with tuberculosis

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Combining medicine and research to treat children with tuberculosis. Dr James Seddon is a clinician scientist, working both as a medical doctor at St Mary’s Hospital and as a researcher at Imperial College London in the UK and Stellenbosch University in South Africa. FIELD OF RESEARCH : Childhood Tuberculosis.

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Will Hybrid Teaching Stick Around as the Pandemic Fades?

ED Surge

One of the biggest complaints about the HyFlex model is the logistical challenge for the teacher of attending to those in the physical classroom as well as those logging in remotely on Zoom. I would love to ask faculty, ‘Do you know of any research on traditional education showing the efficacy?’”

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How can data management tools help us discover new treatments for a chronic disease?

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There is still much we do not know about the disease, and researchers are working hard to learn more about what causes it. Researchers, medical professionals, and scientists all over the world are trying to understand what triggers the disease so that new treatments can be developed.

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First Day Back to School Activities: First Day Back Stations

Cool Cat Teacher

First, let’s look at the research of why back to school activities are so important to us teachers. And then I continue, so when a computer messes up, what is the first thing we do? First, let's look at the research of why this is important. One way to do this is first-day back stations. × Dismiss alert.

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How to Interest the Next Generation of Great Minds to Work in STEM Fields

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Scientific research thrives off the exploration of chemistry and biology, in addition to climatic initiatives such as sustainable and nuclear power. Businesses such as Pacific BioStorage specialize in providing support to pharmaceutical companies, universities, federal research labs, and hospitals across the nation.

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