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Personalized Learning, Teachers Unleashed, and a Learning Analytics Partnership: The Story of Fresno Unified

Edsurge

This collaboration occurs in person and asynchronously, with teachers, students and leaders collaborating through Microsoft Teams. Through a partnership between Fresno’s PLI team, Microsoft and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, the PLI has gone further by incorporating learning analytics for an improvement approach to the work.

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Current Trends in Education

eSchool News

Attend workshops, webinars, and conferences to learn about emerging trends, innovative teaching methods, and best practices. Educational Conferences and Events: Attend educational conferences and events, both locally and nationally. Professional development can provide valuable insights and networking opportunities.

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15 hot edtech trends for 2017

eSchool News

Conferences ran streaming video events. 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. The rise of video carried over into education.

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PROOF POINTS: How to get teachers to talk less and students more

The Hechinger Report

Does Feedback on Talk Time Increase Student Engagement? Silence may be golden, but when it comes to learning with a tutor, talking is pure gold. It’s audible proof that a student is paying attention and not drifting off, research suggests. Does Feedback on Talk Time Increase Student Engagement?

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Can Notifications Encourage Struggling College Students to Succeed?

MindShift

Innovative predictive analytics are essential for businesses, especially tech companies. They’ve got annual conferences on the stuff. So why aren’t more of the best minds in higher education doing more to tap those data streams to improve teaching and learning? Yep, more annoying ed-tech buzzwords.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Indeed, according to one story in The Atlantic , a school district in Colorado opted to do away with parent-teacher conferences entirely, encouraging parents instead to simply check online to see what their children were up to. Students who completed courses were more likely to complete courses.) Course Signals.

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