Industry Thought Leadership 52

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8 informal assessments to pinpoint what your students need

By Chris Balow
chief research scientist, Illuminate Education

The great thing about informal assessments is they help us gauge students’ understanding during the learning process instead of after. Informal assessment also changes teachers’ relationship to student learning. Through informal assessment, a teacher becomes a guide throughout the learning process, rather than the...

Pay attention! 5 ways to improve your students’ attention spans

By Cory Armes
national education consultant, Scientific Learning Corp.

Paying attention sounds easy. But is it really? How many times have we reprimanded students for not paying attention? Attention is the ability to focus on information and tasks while ignoring distractions. We know that fluent reading requires sustained and focused attention, yet attention...

What’s next for higher ed?

By Abhi Ramesh
co-founder, Horizons School of Technology

Education as an industry has undeniably missed the change cycle. Today's higher education system is based on foundations that were built centuries ago for a country fundamentally different from the one we live in today. Historically, higher education existed to train the clergymen in subjects...

5 questions to ask before your university goes mobile

By Danial Jameel and Haider Ali
co-founder and chief executive officer; director of product marketing and insights, OOHLALA Mobile

Before they set foot in their first class, incoming college students face a maze of requirements and resources that will be critical to their success. So-called “student supports” abound. Yet forty percent of first-year students don’t return the following year, and a growing number...

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