Features
Course Content
Multimedia tools offer flexible formats, but UI and layout reduce accessibility suggesting a universal design for learning (CAST, 2018).
The integration of Google Apps offers a powerful and collaborative framework for flipped learning, where “flipping a classroom becomes much simpler when these features are present” (Ferreira, 2014, p. 5).
Collaboration
Reduced geographical barriers with cloud based design that supports students in multiple locations (Sukmawati & Nensia, 2019, p. 144).
Strong teacher presence, but limited peer/personal interaction recommended by the ACE Framework (Borup et al, 2020)
Assignments
Prescriptive design streamlines delivery but limits emergent learning.
Design
Access and Equity
English language learner & translation 📄
Digital literacy and digital citizenship
"It is no longer the access to computers that is the problem but the quality of access” (Chen, 2015, p. 14).
Future of the Platform
Modular AI-paced learning paths 📄
Peer feedback
Enhanced analytics
Integration of virtual reality,
adaptive algorithms, and built in translation.
Education Plus
Practice Sets automatically generated resources from existing assignments and material. Provides immediate feedback and adaptive resources for students if they need help.
Auto grading provides immediate feedback
Allowing teacher to adjust instruction if many students struggle with the same concept.
Insights and analytics for student attempts, demonstrating learning trends.
Keeps students engaged with responsive hints
Gemini Education is Google's home brand AI system which is seamlessly integrated into Google classroom and G suite applications.
Automatically generate quizzes, tests, and assessments.
Re-level text for different grades or accommodations.
Conveniently outline lesson plans from materials or learning objectives.
Read Along uses AI to support early literacy. It helps educators identify reading challenges early and offer targeted support to developing readers
Real time reading support providing immediate pronunciation and fluency tips.
Adaptive to each learner’s reading level, helping build confidence and comprehension
Originality Reports are a free alternative to Turn It In for Google classroom submissions. It helps detect plagiarism by comparing submissions to indexed web pages and Google Drive documents.
Gives students immediate feedback prior to submission.
Has an edit feature for submitted documents.
YouTube AI Questions allows students to interact visual media using relevant AI generated questions to assess comprehension.
Curriculum as technology
Constructivist approach in the age of communication (Senturk et al, 2020)
Technology shapes curriculum design
Rigid
Prescriptive
Limited accommodations
Curriculum shapes technology design
Emergent learning
Descriptive
Flexible