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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. billion, is expected to close in the second quarter of 2019. He said Turnitin has been cashflow positive since 2004. Turnitin, an Oakland, Calif.-based

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When Learning Goes Nomadic

Edsurge

This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University. How does higher education use mobile technology to teach? After that shock, discussion began by exploring the full range of mobile technology available in 2019. This is part 4. They have to learn how to learn autonomously.

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Omidyar Network Spins Off Education Portfolio Into Independent Investment Firm

Edsurge

The spin out is a positive signal for the greater education technology sector, Klement says. “We In March 2018, Omidyar spun out its emerging technologies portfolio as Spero Ventures. It did so again nine months later with its governance and civic technology portfolio, now called Luminate.

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REINVENTING.SCHOOL Thursday with Howard Blumenthal - "What About My Job at School?" #reinventingschool #learningrevolution

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

From 1997 to 2004, she was a member of the National Assessment Governing Board, which oversees the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the federal testing program. In January 2019, 93 Ministers attended the Education World Forum, and more than 100 countries were represented. Department of Education.

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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.” Postsecondary and Secondary Credentials.”

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3 Actionable Ways to be a Courageous School Leader Today

EdTechTeam

Passionate leaders are fully engaged and committed to achieving their goals while helping others achieve theirs” (Ray, 2019). I think back to August of 2004 when I interviewed for my first teaching position. Natasha Rachell, a passionate educator, is an alternatively certified high school science teacher turned edtech enthusiast!

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