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Digital Courseware or ePUB – Which is the Future of Higher Education?

Kitaboo on EdTech

The transformation towards digital has been accelerated impacting all aspects of education including learning materials and content. Many colleges and universities have invested in technology, laying emphasis on education facilitated by digital and remote learning techniques. Digital Learning Material is the Future of Higher Ed.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

In other Salesforce news, “The University of Texas System teams up with Salesforce to turn its learning platform into a learning relationship management system ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. It includes all the buzzwords : competency-based education, personalized learning, and even blockchain!

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” “Personalized learning,” I believe Zuck calls this. Via Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein : “ Pearson Open Sources Equella – Properly.” ” Lots to say about “personalized learning,” but amazingly little reflection on if any of that vision actually works.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “ Pearson , WTF? Via Education Week : “Why Neuroscience Should Drive Personalized Learning ” – because of “the propagation of myths and misinformation.” The business of OER. From the EU’s JRC : “ Blockchain in Education.” The business of Peter Thiel.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” The publishers in question are Cengage , McGraw-Hill , and Pearson. Testing, Testing… Via Chalkbeat : “Calculator mix-up could force some students to retake ISTEP, and Pearson is partially to blame.” ” The testing firm in question: Pearson. ” ISTEP is the Indiana state standardized test.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Not ed-tech per se (unless you recognize that “personalized learning” is greyballing), but according to The New York Times , “ Uber Faces Federal Inquiry Over Use of Greyball Tool to Evade Authorities.” Via CNBC : “This Chinese-Israeli start-up wants to change the way kids learn to code.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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The US Department of Education released its “ #GoOpenDistrict Launch Packet ,” encouraging schools to use OER. Lots of press releases were issued this week to coincide with the ISTE conference in Denver – Amazon’s new OER platform, for example. month gives you a “personalized learning plan.”

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