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The Changing Role Of The Teacher In Personalized Learning Environment

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Today’s students are studying and learning differently – a change confirmed by the widespread adoption of digital studying. Our recent study found that 81% of college students use mobile devices (such as smartphones and tablets) to study, the second most popular device category behind laptops and up 40 percent in usage since 2013.

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UMUC’s Blueprint for Designing a Culture of Constant Innovation

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Major organizational change—pivoting an institution and its policies and practices—is difficult. Selecting courses, reaching their academic advocate 24/7, using free online learning resources, getting IT and other problems solved quickly and effectively, and countless other services will be the norm in the cloud-based, mobile world.

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As Colleges Move Away From the SAT, Will Admissions Algorithms Step In?

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“The reason these are being marketed as making the process more equitable is, that’s the delusion that’s been adopted in the tech sector,” says Rashida Richardson, director of policy research at the AI Now Institute at New York University. Admissions With Algorithms One of those ways may be through mobile games.

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What's on the Horizon (Still, Again, Always) for Ed-Tech

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The topic names have been modified “for consistency,” the report’s authors say (although I’m a little unclear about some of these choices – how are “mobile learning,” “tablet computing,” and “bring your own device” separate technological developments? Mobile Learning.

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

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Learning to Code. Education Data and Learning Analytics. Online Learning. Mobile Learning. Social Learning, Social Networks. This series always ends up being incredibly lengthy – I apologize in advance – and this year, it threatens to be even more so. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2012.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 10 Edition)

Doug Levin

Here’s what caught my eye the week of March 6, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. This reversal in policy is a bad decision for all of us." " Hopefully, not shades of future conversations about learning analytics.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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The company provides “interactive lessons and content on a mobile platform to low-skilled workers.” ” “Social emotional learning” content provider Move This World has raised $1 million from AT&T, The Global Good Fund, Prairie Capital, and New Media Investment Group. .” Cell-Ed has raised $1.5