Part 2 and 3: the changing faces of Education and Schools of the future Flashcards

(48 cards)

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distance education

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study/ being taught from where you live
or given work to do over the internet

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remote (areas)

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: far away from distance (from any towns or cities)

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homeschooling

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the teaching of children at home, usually by parents

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e-learning

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studying at home using computers and courses that are provided on the internet

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a tool

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smth that helps u do a particular activity

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a network

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a grp or system of interconnected people or things so that they can share infos

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resources

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smth that can be used to help you/ a valuable possession

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online

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things that can be found/ used on the internet

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self-assessment (= self-evaluation)

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a judgment/ evaluation of your own knowledge/ performance on a specific task

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interactive

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involves the user in the exchange of information
input/ output a two-way flow of info between pc and pc-user

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a value

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the importance or worth of smth for sm

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an opportunity

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a chance/ possibility to do smth
an occasion which makes it possible to do smth you want

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sought-after skills

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skills that are looked for/ wanted/ desired by many people

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cloud-based learning platform

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learning experience that take place and is stored on a network (in a digital cloud)

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ready-to-use mobile apps

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fully supplied, tested apps that are ready to be used

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a career

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smth you do regularly for most of your life
your main way to earn/ make money

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AI

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(artificial intelligence) computer technology that allows smth to be done in a way that is similar to the way a human would do it

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a gap

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a period of time spent doing smth different
smth lacking/ an empty space between two things

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a task

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a piece of work that has to be done, esp. done regularly/ with difficulty

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fake (news)

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false stories that appear to be news, spread on the internet or using any other media

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an assignment

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a task or piece of work that is given to sm to do, often for a limited period of time

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a classmate

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sm in the same class as you

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individual

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a single person or thing considered separated from the set/ group which they belong to

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autonomous

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independent and having the power to make your own decisions

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an injury
physical harm or damage to the body
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a disease
an illness of people/ animals caused by infection or failure of health rather than an accident
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high-tech
using the most advanced machines and methods
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tech free
without any technology
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to have (equal) access to
all indiv have access to it, can make use of it
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to lauch a project
mark the beginning of it (by an event)
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to provide
to give smth that is needed
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to recognize
to k sm/ smth bc you have seen it before
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to boost
to improve/ increase smth
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to allow to
give permission, make it possible to happen
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to enable to
make smth possible/ sm able to do smth
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to support
to agree with/ give encouragement to smth bc you want it to succeed
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to focus on
give full attention to smth
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to hack
cut into pieces (in a rough/ violent way) get into smth without permission (sm else's phone of account)
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to spread
to cover a large area to affect more and more places
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to suffer (from)
to experience physical/ mental pain from smth
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to disappear
to no longer exist to go to a place/ into a condition where you're cannot be seen
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to motivate
to cause sm to behave in a part way make sm want to do smth well
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to prevail over
get control or influence / become a more powerful influence than smth else
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synonyms of prevail over
beat, defeat, overcome, master
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to procrastinate
keep delaying smth that must be done often bc its unpleasant, boring
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to drop (out)
stop doing smth before its finished student drops out= stop going to classes before they have finished their course
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synonym of drop out
resign/ retire
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to manage
to succeed in doing smth/ especially difficult be able to use smth (money/time) in an effective way be in charge of smth