Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

In 2003, a team of Harvard University researchers concluded a survey and mapped out the idiosyncrasies in the pronunciation of common English words across the globe. This messes with the speech recognition systems that were built for adults.” The software giant is piloting the technology in 20 schools in Ireland and Britain.)

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Columbia University invested $30 million into its own online learning initiative, Fathom, that opened in 2000 and closed in 2003. The learning management system, for example, originated at universities. (We Plagiarism detection software originated at universities. Fathom, for its part, does have a Wikipedia entry.

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2019

This isn’t because the internet is down or due to a device malfunction—it’s because the online gradebook isn’t able to share data with the student information system (SIS). When two systems don’t “speak” to one another or store data in the same format, it makes it hard to pass information back and forth.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 28, 2019

Google and Facebook are paradigmatic here, and Zuboff argues that the former was instrumental in discovering the value of behavioral surplus when it began, circa 2003, using user data to fine-tune ad targeting and to make predictions about which ads users would click on. I don’t buy it. There are still workers.

Technology 91

Technology Education Facebook Analysis 91

edWeb.net

JUNE 11, 2019

Whether you are a first-year teacher or a veteran teacher, classroom and system-wide assessments can be a time of high anxiety and stress for everyone involved. Preparing for the classroom, system-wide, or state-mandated testing requires organization, training, a great attitude, and patience. In this recent edWebinar , Vernice Y.

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Assessment Strategy Mobility Guidelines 46

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

The Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University has been playing video games for four hours every day since 2003, solving puzzles and battling bosses in games such as Doom, Darksiders 2 and Uncharted 4. Gee: The first game I played was Adventures of the New Time Machine , in 2003.

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Video Game-Based Learning Learning Pearson 60

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

The first online class we launched in 1998 was little more than flat text on webpages, and we closely followed the birth of learning management systems, meeting with both Blackboard and WebCT before they achieved their first $1 million in revenue. And behind the scenes, the federal government played a critical role in driving these trends.

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Kaplan Technology Education EdTech 159

Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 25, 2015

Today, Gaggle provides our Safe Classroom Learning Management System and Safety Management products for Google Apps for Education or Office 365 to millions of students who are creating, collaborating and sharing in a safe environment. Our customers purchase these services because they offer real value. We recycle all terminology and ideas.

EdTech 40

EdTech Differentiated Instruction Gamification MOOC 40

Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 25, 2015

Today, Gaggle provides our Safe Classroom Learning Management System and Safety Management products for Google Apps for Education or Office 365 to millions of students who are creating, collaborating and sharing in a safe environment. Our customers purchase these services because they offer real value. We recycle all terminology and ideas.

EdTech 40

EdTech Differentiated Instruction Gamification MOOC 40

Connecting 2 the World

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

It also becomes a tangible representation of tacit knowledge for both group members and those outside of the group (Conceicao, Heitor, & Veloso, 2003; Yaklief, 2002). Organizational Science (2003) 14 (3), 283-296. 2000; Moreland & Levine, 2001). References Akgun, A., Lynn, G., & Byrne, J. Human Relations, 56 (7), 839-868. Willmott, H.

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Groups Outcomes Training Study 52

EdTechSandyK

JUNE 14, 2012

The site is a little hard to navigate in my opinion, but worth it when you find the software instructions you are looking for. Resources exist for Office versions back to 2003. An extensive repository of educational resources from universities and K-12 school systems all over the world, it''s hidden right there in iTunes.

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Resources Microsoft Training Video 81

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2019

Georgia State’s analytics system color codes a student’s risk of dropping out and Robinson’s file was showing yellow, a sign that his plan to go into nursing was risky. Most of the schools using predictive analytics systems aren’t elite universities, where low graduation rates aren’t a big problem. he wondered.

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Data Dropout Company Report 107

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

Toppan, a junior at the high school, was angry that the administration hadn’t sought student input about the change, and worried that a switch to a 1-4 grading system, with a 3 the highest possible grade on some assignments, would hurt her chances of getting into a good college. In 2003, the Gates Foundation gave RISC $5.8

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Learning Report System Case Study 111

Connecting 2 the World

AUGUST 8, 2011

For example, a teacher in a rural area without access to internet service may not have access or use of learning management system (LMS) software. He or she may learn about the software, how to use it by using reading a textbook, or even receive some hands on training away from his or her classroom. The Knowledge Evolution.

Software 52

Software LMS Training Handbook 52

Hack Education

AUGUST 23, 2016

You (likely) do not own the software you use (unless it’s open source); it’s been licensed to you. Similarly, you (likely) do not own the operating system that powers your computer; you’ve paid for a license there as well. ” How do we resist this? Nor has, to be fair, the ability to have "a room of one's own."

Software 40

Software Data Company Libraries 40

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

After Neil built the platform in 2003, several early studies showed promising results , and then a large randomized control trial (RCT) in Maine, published in 2016, confirmed them. How is it that this rather simple piece of software is succeeding while more sophisticated ed tech has often shown mixed results and failed to gain traction?

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Khan Academy Study Report Software 128

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 11, 2022

(Longtime readers may recall that the research group I founded at Utah State University in 2003, the Open Sustainable Learning Opportunities group, became The Center for Open and Sustainable Learning in 2005, which I directed until I moved to BYU.) The empirical work on the sustainability of open source software (e.g.,

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OER Analysis Software Outcomes 147

Connecting 2 the World

MAY 26, 2011

Relating this to Skitka’s (2003) AIM model of Social Identify Theory (as discussed in Chapter 2), a greater level of ownership may create higher stakes for the individual within a group. 2000; Moreland & Levine, 2001; Skitka, 2003; Whitworth et al., Using social identity theory (McGrath et al., 2001; McGrath et al.,

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Study Groups Training Report 63

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Beginning in 2003 and continuing consistently thereafter I have depicted learning resources as words in a conversation , and applied the logic of language to the logic of reuse. Is it the software we’ve created to simplify the process of integrating OER into any LMS via the open standards LTI and Common Cartridge?

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Accessibility OER Pearson MOOC 62

Connecting 2 the World

JULY 6, 2012

As discussed in previous chapters, knowledge creation in distributed groups are situated in the work patterns and power structures within which distributed groups work (Contu & Willmott, 2003; Foss & Pedersen, 2002; Goodwin, 1994; Laufer et al., 1998; Sternberg & Horvath, 1999). Theories in group communication (Akoyo, et al.,

Groups 61

Groups Knowledge Base Accessibility Study 61

ProfHacker

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Our family’s budget software of choice is YNAB (You Need A Budget). The Korean skincare system has turned my skin from acne-prone desert to hydrated and glowing in a little under a year. and has been *quite* good this year, why not check out the Fizzics beer system , which can turn any can, bottle, or growler into draft beer.

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Exercises System Software Comparison 40

The 21st Century Principal

MAY 26, 2019

Sir Ken Robinson, Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That's Transforming Education Let's face it, our public education system is still all about conformity and standardization. We really don't need more software to help us resolve these issues; we need the freedom to approach the unique problems we face in a creative manner.

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Software Company Assessment Strategy 70

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

In 1970, when the courts ordered schools to desegregate and controversies over busing erupted across the country, white parents in Coahoma County fled the public system for private segregation academies, calling it “school choice.”. Even as white children left the public system, the white power structure remained.

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Report Libraries Elementary System 106

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2018

A 2003 study by researchers Adena Klem and James Connell of the nonprofit Institute for Research and Reform in Education found that a whopping 40 to 60 percent of all students are “chronically disengaged” from school, meaning that students don’t perceive themselves as having a strong support system within their educational environment.

Comparison 110

Comparison Report Training Study 110

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2024

Students have been blocked from going to websites that web-filtering software categorizes as “education,” “news,” or “informational.” We’re setting up a system in which students, by the accident of geography, are getting very different kinds of education,” Ross said. “Do Do we really want that to be the case? Is that fair?”

Social Media 64

Social Media Libraries Elementary Advocacy 64

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

He points to the major reductions the Philadelphia school system made to its counselor rolls , along with its teaching corps, when the district faced a budget crunch in 2013. In a 2016 poll , just 6 percent of respondents rated school counselors as a top priority for education spending. Related: Jobs in cybersecurity are exploding.

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Dropout Report Training Outcomes 111

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

His interests include Children’s Education, Remote Presence, Self-organising systems, Cognitive Systems, Complex Dynamical Systems, Physics and Consciousness. In 2003 Blake was studying astrophysics at UC Berkeley when he stumbled upon the works of John Taylor Gatto, Grace Llewellyn, and other alternative education pioneers.

Learning 48

Learning Conference Social Media Secondary 48

Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

" It’s lovely to see the big innovation from the MOOC startups in 2017 involves the learning management system. ” “Can States Tackle Police Misconduct With Certification Systems?” ” Udacity has updated its online "classroom." ” asks The Atlantic. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

Education 44

Education E-rate MOOC Data 44

Iterating Toward Openness

DECEMBER 3, 2015

When I say “today’s content infrastructure,” I’m speaking of course about the traditional textbooks, online homework systems, and other educational offerings from commercial publishers. A few years later, Creative Commons entered the scene and on June 30, 2003 I officially shutdown the open licensing work I was doing.

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OER Education Course Resources 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2017

This narrative – robots are coming for your jobs (and your kids’ jobs) – involves tasking schools with retooling so they can better train students for “ the jobs of the future ,” although to a certain extent, workforce preparation has always been what (part of) the education system has been expected to do.

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Robotics Company Industry Data 63

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Marc Andreessen famously said that “software is eating the world,” but it’s far more accurate to say that the neoliberal values of software tycoons are eating the world. Every industry uses computers, software, and internet services. Technology is a system. Franklin died in July.).

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