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Use Personalized Learning Tools to Boost Classroom Equity

EdTech Magazine

Thu, 09/27/2018 - 15:46. But what exactly is a competency-based education system, and what role does technology play in the design and support of this system? MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out where teachers can turn to fund personalized learning initiatives! Classroom Technology Strengthens Competency-Based Assessment.

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EdSurge Article Recommends Edtech Efficacy Portfolios - Here's Ours

MIND Research Institute

Over the past several years, MIND Research Institute has been endeavoring to change the conversation around edtech evaluations. A few weeks ago, EdSurge published an article that echoed many of those same sentiments, most specifically that the overreliance on “gold standard” RCT studies is the wrong approach for edtech.

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Turnitin to Be Acquired by Advance Publications for $1.75B

Edsurge

A company best known (and sometimes rebuked) for its plagiarism checker has just received one of the biggest checks in the education technology industry. He said Turnitin has been cashflow positive since 2004. In 2018 it acquired a competitor in VeriCite , along with Gradescope , a Berkeley, Calif.-based billion in 2015.

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Omidyar Network Spins Off Education Portfolio Into Independent Investment Firm

Edsurge

Since 2018, the investment and philanthropic vehicle started by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife, Pam, has spun off five independent firms that grew out of its investment activities. The spin out is a positive signal for the greater education technology sector, Klement says. “We The Omidyar Network is going through changes.

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Hoping to Spur 'Learning Engineering,' Carnegie Mellon Will Open-Source Its Digital-Learning Software

Edsurge

To do that, it has partnered with the Empirical Educator Project , a group of colleges and edtech companies led by e-Literate , a popular education blog, that holds summits and encourages participants to try each others’ tools and approaches.

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Teacher: Know Thyself – School Culture Shift is About the People

techlearning

While you may take up the role of champion as a general way of perceiving your fit within your school system, we may find ourselves identifying with one adopter category or another when discussing emergent technology. Read through the descriptions below with one type of emergent technology and see how you fit.

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Remote Work May Transform Higher Education. But Will Printers and Alexa Undermine Its Privacy?

Edsurge

Plus: printers, smart speakers and privacy (oh my!) — all in this Edtech Reports Recap. So declares the newest forward-looking publication from the higher-ed information technology association EDUCAUSE, “ 2021 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report: Information Security Edition.” Credential Engine: “ Counting U.S.

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