education technology
Classroom software tools
Education technology refers to tools, platforms, and systems designed to facilitate learning and teaching—from classroom projectors to online learning management systems to educational apps.
Often shortened to edtech, especially in business contexts: The edtech sector has attracted billions in venture capital.
The term encompasses both hardware and software, ranging from simple digital flashcards to AI-powered tutoring systems.
- distance learningEducation conducted remotely
- remote learningEducation conducted from separate locations
- online classesCourses taught via internet
- adaptive learningInstruction adjusting to learner
- tabletsFlat portable computing devices
blended learning · SCORM · interactive whiteboards · educational apps · digital libraries · collaborative learning · gamification · flipped classroom · microlearning · virtual reality · e-readers · screen time · digital natives · digital literacy · personalized learning · learning analytics · MOOC · video
- educationschool, schools, teachers, students, learning
- Education Policycurriculum reform, K-12, school reform, curriculum standards, school funding
- higher educationuniversity, college, degree, diploma, graduate school
education technologytraditional education
Standard classroom-based instruction
chalkboards · chalk and talk · pen and paper · slate and chalk · textbooks
education technologyclassical education
Greco-Roman intellectual training
one-room schoolhouse · Victorian education · Socratic method