Educational technology
The 'CIOB Artificial Intelligence (AI) Playbook 2024', glossary of terms, published by the Chartered Institute of Building(CIOB) describes Educational technology as 'Technologies specifically developed to facilitate teaching and learning which may or may not encompass AI.'
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