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Best Open Access Journals and Scholarly Articles for Research Students

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Unfortunately, a sizeable portion of this academic scholarship is locked behind paywalls thus restricting its access to those who can afford to pay. Several researchers and students are unable to afford the high costs required for access thus crippling their efforts to participate in the generation of quality knowledge.

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Is There Still Time to Build Equity into Virtual Reality Edtech?

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That’s a big price tag for the many students who already can’t afford up-to-date computers or internet connections adequate for completing their college coursework. A Digital Divide — Or Bridge? A virtual reality headset costs hundreds of dollars.

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Best Academic Research Tools for Researchers and Educators

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While my academic background is in the social sciences and more specifically educational studies, I believe that regardless of your discipline, social sciences or natural sciences, the research process, structurally speaking, is more or less the same. What you need is access to academic search engines.

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The Math Revolution You Haven’t Heard About

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Around the country, “ math wars ” are raging over attempts to increase equity by playing down calculus from the curriculum in favor of statistics or computer science, or by delaying when students take algebra. Kelly has taught a similar modeling course for economics and social sciences for the last few years.)

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Wolfram Alpha + ChatGPT = Amazing Math Teacher Help

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Join the waitlist to gain access to plugins. The ChatGPT plugin store is accessed, and you can install the Wolfram Alpha plugin! ChatGPT Adds Plugins ChatGPT is gradually adding plugins. So, if you have a ChatGPT account, sign up on the waitlist here. ChatGPT plugins are coming. The ChatGPT Plugin Store Now it gets exciting.

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A Decade Into Experiments With Gamification, Edtech Rethinks How to Motivate Learners

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One benefit of CoCo is its mild learning curve, says Tiffany Zides, a digital literacy and computer science teacher at Clarke Middle School in Lexington, Massachusetts. Students have also been asked to use the platform to make presentations for English or social science classes, she adds.

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Harnessing CS and Technology Skills for Culturally Responsive and Sustainable Solutions

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In today’s rapidly evolving world, computer science (CS) and technology skills have become indispensable tools for addressing a wide range of societal challenges. Technology and computing are in all industries including farming and agriculture, manufacturing, construction, and retail.