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The History of the Pedometer (and the Problems with Learning Analytics)

Hack Education

I was asked to speak about learning analytics, but like I said in my keynote last week at NMC , ed-tech is boring. But it’s become not so much a philosophy of introspection or reflection but a compulsion for data collection and data analysis. Is our analysis, based on the data that we’ve collected, accurate?

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HE Challenges: Fast changing digital teaching methods

Neo LMS

A range of specialist companies and private institutions is now providing excellent higher education components, as well as providing ancillary and support services such as examination and certification services, learning support, learning analytics, etc. Read more: Will AI replace teachers?

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How Effective for Learning are the Apps we Use?

techlearning

A recent University of Phoenix College of Education survey showed that about 58% of teachers use educational apps and 41% use social media. With this knowledge, administrators can leverage their data to make smart decisions about using the apps that will best improve learning. Growth is particularly high in web-based devices.

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Surveillance, Worst-Case Scenarios, and the Wince-able Moment

Graphite Blog

Because data analysis often occurs invisibly to us, via proprietary algorithms that we don't even know are in play, assigning harm can be a matter of informed guesswork and inference. If people are doing adolescence right, they are making mistakes, asking questions, and breaking things, all in the name of growth and learning.

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The Weaponization of Education Data

Hack Education

I delete all my old social media now on a regular and ongoing basis. This software would track and analyze the social media and digital activity of visa holders in order to identify those who might be “high risk.” How will all the education data and analysis that’s gathered be used?

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The Stories We've Been Told (in 2017) about Education Technology

Hack Education

This series is meant to serve in-depth exploration of the events of the past year and an analysis of how these events shape the way in which we imagine and prepare for the future of teaching and learning. Social Media, Campus Activism, and Free Speech. Learning to Code. Education Data and Learning Analytics.

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Top Ed-Tech Trends: A Review

Hack Education

It’s from these weekly and monthly reports that I start to build my analysis. Social Media, Campus Activism, and Free Speech. Learning to Code. Education Data and Learning Analytics. Social Media: Adoption and Crackdown. I listen to stories. I try to verify the wild, wild claims.

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