Omega Notes

OCTOBER 15, 2019

The changing nature of higher ed coupled with the widespread availability of content through myriad providers can lead to greater emphasis on pedagogy and student-centered learning, according to Dr. Beena Giridharan. Measure Student Engagement in Real-Time. Measure Student Engagement in Real-Time.

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Omega Notes

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Differentiated learning in a post-secondary environment can improve not just student engagement and retention of material but instructor responsiveness to student needs. Ed tech is a tool that can provide faculty with student analytics and insight on how students engage with material, from acquisition to expression.

Learning 63

Learning Differentiated Instruction Secondary Collaborative Learning 63

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Most school’s aren’t using learning apps enough to actually impact student outcomes–but some might help students increase achievement, according to new research from BrightByes. Ryan Baker, director of the Penn Center for Learning Analytics, uses data from 48 school districts with more than 390,000 students.

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Learning Analytics Outcomes Study Data 83

eSchool News

MAY 6, 2022

. – May 6, 2022 – Riverside Insights ®, a leading developer of research-based assessments and analytics, today announced a new partnership with Educator Impact, an international, Australian-based Ed Tech company dedicated to enriching school cultures through student and staff well-being “pulse checks.”

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Assessment Education Industry Outcomes 52

techlearning

OCTOBER 22, 2018

School districts across the country spent more than $3 billion on ed tech products last year and chose from an assortment of 2,500 apps on the market. With so much money at stake and so many choices, educators need to know which products have a positive impact on student outcomes and the conditions under which impact is the greatest.

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Classroom Outcomes Learning Data 49

techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

With more than $3 billion spent on ed tech products last year and more than 2,500 programs on the market, educators across the country need to know which products are likely to make a difference in teaching and learning. Join us for What Ed Tech Apps Work Best for Learning? million hours.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2019

School advisers drew on predictive analytics to point him toward a degree in respiratory therapy. But the university was closely tracking his academic performance and knew from 10 years of student records that Robinson wasn’t likely to make the cut for the nursing program. Photo: Jill Barshay/The Hechinger Report.

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Data Dropout Company Report 106

Hack Education

JUNE 14, 2016

I was invited to speak this evening to Alec Couros and Katia Hildebrandt’s class on current ed-tech issues, #ECI830. Ed-tech is big business. I’ll start with some numbers: According to one market analyst firm, the ed-tech market totaled $8.38 Why do we measure? trillion industry.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

In the late 1960s, Nobel Prize-winning economist Herbert Simon posed the following thought exercise: Imagine you are an alien from Mars visiting a college on Earth, and you spend a day observing how professors teach their students. As a result, teaching is, to use another building metaphor, not up to code.

Education 216

Education Learning Software Knewton 216

Marketplace K-12

MAY 6, 2016

A pair of grant programs for ed-tech providers—one directed by the U.S. The SBIR gives money to small businesses trying to develop commercially viable ed-tech products. million in grants focused on developing ed-tech middle and high school math products. Analytic Measures, Inc.;

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

product/ ) 3DBear allows students to design and create mixed-reality scenes, then bring their models to life using a 3D printer to create three-dimensional scenes. Teachers can create transformational learning experiences for students by joining 3DBear’s AR Innovator Program. The program runs from May 2018-June 2019.

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Tools Robotics Software Microsoft 52

Ed Tech from the Ground Up

AUGUST 26, 2016

Panorama Education works with 6,500 schools to collect and use data in areas that are traditionally hard to measure, like school climate, family engagement, and social-emotional learning. Goals Have Measurable Data Attached. These numbers are less permanent than our values, but potentially even more aligning.

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Data Company Survey Report 150

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Using online surveys to gather data helps leaders understand what their schools are doing well, which specific parts of their programs are effective, and where they have gaps. This allows administrators to look at their school communities as a whole and measure the health and needs of each segment.

Technology 88

Technology BYOD Learning Advocacy 88

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

This is part ten of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Perhaps it’s no surprise that there was so much talk this year about education, technology, and emotional health. And “people” here certainly includes students. I mean, 2017 really sucked, and we’re all feeling it.

Technology 67

Technology Education Facebook Company 67

eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

When onboarding, Seage saw firsthand how teachers were under great stress as they struggled to create crucial engagement and ensure students weren’t feeling left behind in the classroom. Samsung’s Interactive Whiteboard was ready out-of-the-box and was an easy-to-use product for educators to easily provide personalized experiences.

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Education Learning EdTech Data 121

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The panelists detailed cyber threats schools face and strategies they can use to identify, heighten their awareness about, and thwart cyber incidents. Measures to Enhance Security. Taking preventive measures early on is crucial to guard against threats and incidents. Blog post by Michele Israel based on this edLeader Panel.

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Policies Data System Industry 84

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

As technology evolves, industries must evolve alongside it, and education is no exception – especially in an era where students heavily and regularly engage in technology and its applications. How can I use AI as a teacher? Here you will find everything you need to know about AI in education so you can determine for yourself.

Education 52

Education Industry Company Exercises 52

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on innovative ways to engage students, digital resources, and online and hybrid learning strategies related to post-pandemic teaching. As we wrapped up 2020, we thought for sure that 2021 might bring us a reprieve from pandemic learning. Founding President, Dasaran.

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EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 115

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

As we wrapped up 2020, we thought for sure that 2021 might bring us a reprieve from pandemic learning. Virtual and hybrid learning continued into the spring, but then classrooms welcomed back students for full-time in-person learning in the fall. Well, it did–but it also didn’t. Founding President, Dasaran.

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EdTech Learning Data Classroom 145

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Tech devices won't fix our education system | Lockport Union Sun & Journal → Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan recently issued a plea for greater student access to high-tech tools. "This This from the school district that is still reeling from a major student data privacy breach.

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EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

This is part eight of my annual review of the year in ed-tech. Pokémon Go, a free augmented reality game developed by Niantic (a company spun out of Google in 2015), became the most popular mobile game in US history this year. Many students cannot afford the heavy data usage required by geofencing apps, for starters.

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Data Technology Education Software 40

Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

There’s more US federal government news in the guns section below. There’s also more US federal government news in the for-profit higher ed section below. Elsewhere… Via The Atlantic : “How the Dutch Do Sex Ed.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Purdue Global Demands Students Waive Right to Sue.”

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Education Social Media Company Data 41

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

I thought for a good long while about how best to summarize this decade, and inspired by the folks at The Verge , who published a list of “ The 84 biggest flops, fails, and dead dreams of the decade in tech ,” I decided to do something similar: chronicle for you a decade of ed-tech failures and f**k-ups and flawed ideas.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

” “Not An Advocate for Students or the Public Interest” – historian Sherman Dorn on “ Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education.” ” More on the politics of student loans in the business of student loan section below. (National) Education Politics. “Who Is Betsy DeVos ?”

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Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ DeVos Falsely Suggests That Student Loans Were Federalized to Pay for Obamacare.” ” An op-ed in The New York Times by Gail Collins : “No Profit in Betsy DeVos.” ” It’s always interesting to see which stories like this get picked up by the tech press.

Education 48

Education Facebook Company Robotics 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2017

This is part seven of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” It was one of the most frequently repeated stories of the year – a story that has, if we’re being honest , been repeated for decades now: college students, particularly left-leaning college students , are intolerant.

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Technology Education Social Media Groups 58

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

I suppose I’ll save the rest of this rant for my newsletter … Via Inside Higher Ed : “British citizens voted on Thursday for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union , ushering in a period of uncertainty for universities. universities attract top scholars and students.” The margin was 52 to 48 percent.

Coursera 60

Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

This is part two of my annual review of the year in ed-tech. The business of education technology overlaps with the politics of ed-tech. Privacy overlaps with “personalization,” and surveillance overlaps with data collection and analytics and algorithmic decision-making.

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Technology Education Facebook Company 40