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How Effective for Learning are the Apps we Use?

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As tablets, Chromebooks, and other handheld devices are employed in classrooms, instruction relies more and more on apps instead of on traditional computer-based programs. Join us for What Ed Tech Apps Work Best for Learning? Growth is particularly high in web-based devices. Dr. Ryan S.

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15 hot edtech trends for 2017

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Stephen Downes works in the Learning and Performance Support Systems program at the National Research Council, a multi-year effort to develop personal learning technology and learning analytics. As we reflect on the year that was in 2016, the Presidential election continues to loom as the largest event of the year.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Course Signals, a software product developed by Purdue University, was designed to boost “student success” by using learning analytics to inform teachers, students, and staff to potential problems, labeling students with a red/yellow/green scheme to indicate their danger in failing a course. Course Signals. In 2013, Pearson paid $7.7

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