Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

Over the past 25 years, multiple waves of education technology and innovation have slowly washed into America’s schools and colleges. Join me on a quick tour of the past quarter century in education technology history. Although we were convinced that technology could transform education, simple internet access was patchy at best.

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Kaplan Technology Education EdTech 161

Neo LMS

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Americans spend an average of 17 minutes per day reading for personal interest; in 2003, the average reading time was 22 minutes. Technology might come in handy in this case. Contrary to conventional wisdom, technology is a friend, not a foe of books and reading. This is an app especially designed for kids of 12 and under.

EdTech 261

EdTech Gamification Libraries Study 261

Neo LMS

MARCH 30, 2017

These days, using multimedia tools is a foregone conclusion for the well-resourced teacher; technology is enabling greater interactivity and engagement between students as well as with the information they are required to learn. Teachers have a plethora of options when it comes to using technology in their lessons. Google Cardboard.

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Classroom Android STEM LMS 150

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

My recent post about the cost trap and inclusive access prompted responses by Jim Groom and Stephen Downes. For example, in 2015 I wrote that “My ultimate goal is this: I want to (1) radically improve the quality of education as judged by learners, and (2) radically improve access to education. And I want to do it worldwide.”

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Accessibility OER Pearson MOOC 62

Edsurge

JULY 2, 2019

Empower Learning , a Utah-based developer of a learning management system (LMS), understands this pressure well. Why Interoperability Is so Critical for Empower Empower Learning, which offers an LMS and gradebook, is designed to support schools transitioning to a competency-based education model.

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Data LMS Company Education 110

IT Bill

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

For the past several years the Horizon Report has listed mobile learning, in one form or another, as an emerging educational technology (e.g. Mobile technologies have changed over the years: from the early PDAs, Blackberrys and feature phones with texting capability and cameras, to tablets and eReaders to the ubiquitous smartphones of today.

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Smartphone Learning Mobility Social Media 28

Hack Education

AUGUST 23, 2016

One pays a fee for the right to register (and renew) a domain name for a website; one likely also pays a fee to a company that hosts the files for that website so that it is accessible over the network. One pays a fee to access the network. These fees must all be paid monthly or annually to maintain access and functionality.

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Software Data Company Libraries 40