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Self-publishing in ELT (Part 1)

January 30, 2020July 25, 2013 by Nick Robinson

My recent post on whether ELT brands had become more important than ELT authors generated lots of interesting discussion in the comments, and a few things in particular jumped out: Jason R Levine: … in the age of education 2.0-3.0, have the ELT teachers, content creators, and curators become more important? Eric Roth: Given the … Read more

Duolingo: Simply Better Than University?

January 30, 2020April 30, 2013 by Tim Gifford

Duolingo, the online learning platform that provides free language courses, has published a paper measuring the effectiveness of its learning model in comparison to a traditional university language course. Its findings are worth some consideration.

Education now 4th highest earning category in iOS App Store

February 4, 2020April 17, 2013 by Laurie Harrison

The App Annie market index, released today, has tons of interesting stats on the iOS and Google Play app markets: the two platforms are now neck and neck when it comes to downloads, but iOS still dominates in revenue; China is now the second biggest app market; the biggest category by far is still Games; … Read more

The Grading Game: birth of the “first person tutor”

January 30, 2020April 17, 2013 by Tim Gifford

The Grading Game is an addictive action word game centered around the pursuit and eradication of grammar and spelling errors. The game’s levels take the form of students’ papers, with a fresh set of errors generated for each play. Meanwhile, the papers themselves cover the most interesting and unusual topics, from the history of ramen to … Read more