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Colleges are using big data to track students in an effort to boost graduation rates, but it comes at a cost

The Hechinger Report

James Wiley is a technology analyst with Eduventures, which does consulting work for companies in the predictive analytics industry. Only about 55 percent of students who started at a four-year school in 2008 had bachelor’s degree six years later. Then it matches the patterns to students who ultimately dropped out. Tuition was rising.

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‘Our Technology Is Our Ideology’: George Siemens on the Future of Digital Learning

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He’s credited with co-teaching the first MOOC in 2008, introduced the theory of “connectivism”—the idea that knowledge is distributed across digital networks—and spearheaded research projects about the role of data and analytics in education. Rise of the robots Siemens has both an academic and an industry perspective on digital learning.

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Why education is really a relationship business

eSchool News

One of the reasons that translation software may never replace native speakers is the subtleties in language and context. The education industry is often and rightly called a small world, because when everyone is working toward a common good, we tend to cross paths often and become fast friends. In 2008, I found myself searching.

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School counselors keep kids on track. Why are they first to be cut?

The Hechinger Report

Since 2008, it has spent almost $60 million to hire an additional 270 counselors and provide professional development training at 365 low-income middle and high schools throughout the state, via grants from the Colorado School Counselor Corps. When there’s a budget cut, counselors are the first to go.”. percent are Hispanic and 7.6

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