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How to be successful analysing edtech data
There’s a wealth of data emerging from edtech. To be successful in revealing useful and reliable insights, here are the battle-worn principles I’ve developed from two decades of analyzing behaviours, use cases, and outcomes.

Beyond the hype of big data in education
Are you drowning in edtech data, but starving for insights? Here are tips and tricks for deriving reliable and useful insights. A white paper published by Drs Rasil Warnakulasooriya and Adam Black at Macmillan Learning.

How to design edtech for impact
Great edtech delivers value by empowering teachers and helping learners to advance. But how do you design to achieve these outcomes? After two decades leading product, technology, and R&D teams, here are six key lessons.

Six key principles for learning experience design
Learning science is a huge area of research. Here are six key principles for edtech design derived from synthesizing “what works”. Published under Creative Commons by Dr. Jeff Bergin and team at Macmillan Learning.

The science of remote learning
As we move from emergency solutions in the COVID-19 crisis to developing tools for sustainable and effective remote teaching, there is much we can draw on from the learning sciences. Here is an excellent summary of research and teaching strategies from Jim Goodell at QIT and…

A blueprint for building Active Learning into edtech
Active Learning embraces a range of research-proven teaching techniques. But, how can you build these into your edtech in ways teachers can incrementally adopt? Here’s a blueprint, published under Creative Commons by Dr. Jeff Bergin and team at Macmillan Learning.