Axel Lopez Blog

ICTs in Education Mobile learning New advances in hardware and software are making mobile “smart phones” indispensable tools.  Cloud Computing Applications are increasingly moving off of the stand alone desk top computer and increasingly onto server farms accessible through the Internet. Teacher-generated open content OECD school systems are increasingly helping teachers and networks of teachers to both identify and create the learning resources that they find most effective in the classroom. Personalized learning Education systems are increasingly investigating the use of technology to better understand a student’s knowledge base from prior learning and to tailor teaching to both address learning gaps as well as learning styles. Ubiquitous learning With the emergence of increasingly robust connectivity infrastructure and cheaper computers, school systems around the world are developing the ability to provide learning opportunities to students “anytime, anywher...