Educational Technology Guy

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Especially in higher education, where the need to offer classes outside of the classroom as well as offset campus overcrowding is more concerning, Learning Management Systems (LMS) have really improved upon opportunities to reach more students. With LMS the internet keeps you connected in or outside the classroom.

CMS 175

CMS LMS Technology Education 175

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The Rise of the Low-Cost Tablet & the Promise It May Hold for Learning BYOD: Does It Solve or Does It Worsen K-12 Tech Woes? iOS 5 contains a number of new features, including better notifications, wireless syncing, and Twitter integration. Updates and Upgrades Apple released its latest iOS this week.

Knewton 43

Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

Tech Helpful

MAY 6, 2016

I recently participated in a #TnTechChat Twitter chat moderated by @TeachTnTech regarding Technology skills needed in preservice teachers. At the end of the chat I shared the following tweet: "I know I'm biased but I think teacher prep students should be aware of blended learning, value of PLN and recent buzzwords to explore."

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Blended Learning Future Ready Edcamps Assessment 44

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

” According to WCET , “Developing Effective Courses Using Adaptive Learning Begins with Proper Alignment.” ” Via Getting Smart : “ Virtual and Augmented Reality in Personalized Learning.” ” Tom Vander Ark lists “ 15 Dimensions of Personalized Learning.”

Education 51

Education ProctorU Company Report 51

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

” The technology revolution has delivered Google searches, Facebook friends, iPhone apps, Twitter rants and shopping for almost anything on Amazon, all in the past decade and a half. We also see it in many instances of adaptive-learning software. See: the LMS, the MOOC. What it hasn’t delivered are many jobs.

Technology 85

Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

It was one of two social media messages – the other a Twitter photo of Tunsil smoking marijuana through a gas mark – that were posted during the NFL draft. “ Blackboard Partners with Fishtree for Personalized Learning,” says Campus Technology. From the HR Department. Or something. Because ed-tech is not science.

Education 52

Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

It is the instructional designer and tenured professor’s signal — “to the barricades!” — and everyone snipes at the other side from the Twitter trenches for a week, until there’s an unspoken truce that lasts until the next “ban laptops” op-ed gets published. Or rather, their interest wasn’t in the features of the new LMS.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

“ Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : ”Why Twitter Is Calling Abigail Fisher ’ Becky With the Bad Grades ’: A Brief Explainer.” ” Here’s the rub: it’s an LMS. The adaptive learning company has raised $4.57 ” Thank goodness for education journalism. “Can U.S.

Coursera 60

Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

It’s 2017, and ed-tech is so “disruptive” that we’re still debating the LMS , a technology that is at least 30 years old (and that’s just if you date it to the founding of Blackboard. It’s about 50 years old if you recognize some of PLATO’s functionality is LMS-like.)

Education 46

Education LMS Robotics E-rate 46