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Diversity, Cybersecurity and the Future of Libraries: Day 2 Recap From Educause

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At a conference where educators and entrepreneurs seemed enraptured by the possibility of personalized and adaptive learning technology, Mitra offered this warning: “The problem we have in our system is that we think we can tell the learner where to go.” SAVE THE LIBRARY? In fact, she argues, “we may need libraries to save us.”

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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Computing platforms have different abstraction levels, including a computer architecture, an OS, or runtime libraries. The LMS giant Blackboard celebrated its 20th anniversary this year. (I Pearson promises “personalization” through its “adaptive learning” products, for example. (It

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October 24 - Ed Tech News, Our Weekly Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Teachers and the Future of Education" (the importance of teacher voice in education discussions, "Hack Your Education" (thinking about self-directed learning--Audrey''s in this proposal), and "Technology, Pedagogy, and the Silver Bullet" (addressing the myopia of some ed tech business ventures). The Classroom 2.0 show is back!

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WHAT’S NEW

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BLACKBOARD AND READSPEAKER ( www.blackboard.com ) & ( www.readspeaker.com ) Blackboard and ReadSpeaker are furthering their partnership to help instructors worldwide improve course content accessibility. New features include a web-based teacher console, automatic keyword library updates, GDPR compliance support, and more.

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

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BLACKBOARD ALLY ( www.blackboard.com ) Blackboard announced that Blackboard Ally is now available for multiple learning management systems used by K-12 school districts. who are interested in establishing a makerspace in their libraries. These solutions will be offered to school librarians in the U.S.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via Chalkbeat : “Can in-house child care keep young teachers in the classroom? “ Blackboard ’s Defense of its Finances is not Persuasive,” writes Michael Feldstein. Also from Feldstein : “ Moodle and Blackboard Cut Ties.” DreamBox Learning has raised $130 million from The Rise Fund.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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classrooms in new deal with McGraw-Hill Education.” “The RISE Package for R: Reducing Time Through the OER Continuous Improvement Cycle” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. “ Blackboard ’s Debt Grows While Canvas Gains Contracts,” says ELearning Inside News. .”