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Education Technology Trends for 2017: An Interview With Martin McKay.

EdTech4Beginners

Martin also serves in working groups to advise the US Department of Education on the accessibility of education materials, and Universal Design for Learning. I also expect to see a lot more robotics and makerspaces in schools. Will Learning analytics have a major impact upon Education this year?

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A 140-Year-Old School Partnered With a 10-Year-Old School. Here’s What Happened.

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The learning model is based on an architecture design studio, and is a far cry from the assessment and standards-based paradigm of most education systems around the world. NuVu first came on KA’s radar in 2017 when Ian Munro, the Scottish school’s rector, was studying at Harvard. But how are students being assessed?”

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Top 8 Advantages of an Interactive STEM Curriculum

Kitaboo on EdTech

million as of 2017; the U.S. Related: 5 Ways to Use Learning Analytics in K-12 Education. An interactive STEM curriculum comprises of learning modules which test a student’s critical thinking skills. Engineering students can see and learn the functioning of a machine or robotics.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2017, just a week before Christmas, the New Media Consortium abruptly announced its immediate closure “because of apparent errors and omissions by its former Controller and Chief Financial Officer.” Good for you. with Pigeons.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

million in venture capital from high profile names like LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and from firms active in ed-tech investing such as Learn Capital. Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?). The company has raised some $77.5 They’re supposedly “engines of innovation.”