For many teachers, edtech translates to visuals and video. But during the edWebinar “Voice Devices and Beyond in the Classroom,” the presenters made the case for using voice technology in schools to ...

Many people believe that closing their eyes improves their hearing. It feels natural to shut one’s eyes when trying to focus on a sound. However, new research shows that this may not be true, ...

“Do we need to read, or can we just get everything through audio, like podcasts and audiobooks?” – Sebastian L (15), Denmark Let’s start with a thought experiment: Close your eyes and imagine what the ...

Ever since audiobooks began to gain in popularity more than a decade ago, this question has been raised: Are kids who listen to assigned books rather than reading them actually cheating? Is reading a ...

In the early days of television, some proponents confidently claimed that it would shortly replace textbooks for learning (Vandermeer, 1948), while others apparently worried that television would ...

Science and semantics are only part of the debate.