Education 3.0 is an

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used by

educational theorist Education sciences, also known as education studies or education theory, and traditionally called ''pedagogy'', seek to describe, understand, and prescribe education including education policy. Subfields include comparative education, educationa ...

s to describe a variety of ways to integrate technology into learning. According to Jeff Borden, Education 3.0 entails a confluence of neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and education technology, using web-based

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and

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, including apps, hardware and software, and "anything else with an ''e'' in front of it." Instead of viewing digital technology as a competitor to current teaching models, Education 3.0 means actively embracing new technologies to see how they can help students learn efficiently. Writer Michael Horn describes it as moving "beyond mass education to mass-customized education through blended learning," using the flexibility of technology to help students of varying backgrounds and skills. The term has been included in the term ''Entrepreneurship Education 3.0'' which denotes a broadening of entrepreneurship education with interdisciplinary appeal for non-business majors, according to a report in ''Technically Philly'' magazine. With Education 3.0, classes move away from traditional lectures and instead focus on interactive learning, with question and answer sessions, reviews and quizzes, discussions, labs, and other project-based learning. It usually involves customization and personalization, such that educational content is tailored to meet the needs of specific students. It can mean reversing the traditional classroom learning, in which lectures happen in class and homework is done out of class, into

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s, such that new content is delivered online while students work on assignments together in class. The term has been used by educational theorists in

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and in

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. According to a report in ''

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'', schools such as the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology or

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are actively exploring Education 3.0. In Latin America, ''Educación 3.0'' is being explored as a way to make education affordable to impoverished people throughout the region, and to help ameliorate

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Education 3.0 LinkedIn group

GETideas.org

Equipping Every Learner for the 21st Century
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