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Online Learning's 'Greatest Hits'

Edsurge

Learning Management Systems With learning management systems now installed at nearly all higher education institutions here and abroad, instructors can create course materials, assess student progress and generate custom exams. The LMS market today is valued at $9.2 million students.

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Learning Analytics 2018 – An updated perspective

IAD Learning

Learning Management Systems (LMS): provide students’ activity records as well as students’ performance information. Depending on how far we want to take our data collection, we could potentially collect library records, e-book consumption patterns, social network information, etc. Data is a very sensitive asset.

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Ed Tech News, a New Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The 2011 Global Education Conference is also fast approaching: November 14 - 18. Launches Rated JPG reports that beloved toy-maker LEGO is building its own social network. While Kno has fixed its issues, it appears as though Stanza, a popular e-reader app, will remain in the app graveyard.

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The Business of Education Technology

Hack Education

Bust or not, companies across the tech sector, particularly those with high “burn rates” , faced tough choices in 2016: “cut costs drastically to become self-sustaining, or seek additional capital on ever-more-onerous terms,” as The WSJ put it – that is, if they were able to raise additional capital at all.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2011, Ning was acquired by “lifestyle” site Glam Media for around $150 million. To Save Students Money, Colleges May Force a Switch to E-Textbooks,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reported in 2010. The Flipped Classroom".

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Cumulative Growth in Number of MOOCs , 2011–18.” despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.” Writing assessment company Writable has raised $3.2 ” Not surprisingly, there is more MOOC news in the surveillance section below.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“5 Reasons Why e-textbooks in Egypt Would Be Inequitable” by Maha Bali. The “nation’s report card” is the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP. ” Via NBC News : “How to Thrive: Arianna Huffington Launches E-Learning Series.” ” asks Jade E.