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

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Among the software slated to be released under an open-source license is the university’s pioneering adaptive-learning project, the Open Learning Initiative , as well as a learning analytics platform LearnSphere.

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?Updates, Upgrades and Overheard: What Was Unveiled at ISTE 2017

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classrooms. Finally, Google partnered with EdTechTeacher to announce apps teachers can use with Google Classroom like Soundtrap, that lets students make music and podcast online—but unlike most Google education products, the app bundles are not free. MICROSOFT CLASSROOM IS NO MORE.

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Reinventing The School Desk: Tip Tap Tap And The Internet of Things

Fractus Learning

Classrooms are embracing interactive whiteboards and mobile devices with enthusiasm. Our objective for this technological transformation of the school desk was to ensure that the classroom would remain physically unchanged, but changed utterly in terms of new pedagogical and interaction affordances. Tip Tap Tap Learning Analytics.

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The Changing Role Of The Teacher In Personalized Learning Environment

TeachThought - Learn better.

Our recent study found that 81% of college students use mobile devices (such as smartphones and tablets) to study, the second most popular device category behind laptops and up 40 percent in usage since 2013. Technologically-based tools provide opportunities for students to learn both in and out of the classroom.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?). There’s an understanding – even if it’s a disgruntled one – among those in the classroom and those making procurement decisions of what the LMS is for, what it should do, and so on. There’s an existing market there.

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The American Rescue Plan: Encouraging Transformation, Impact, and Longevity

edWeb.net

He has been named Tech & Learning Leader of the Year and is a member of the Apple Distinguished Educator class of 2013. He is the host of the Learning Unleashed podcast through ISTE and the BAM network.

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The Stories We've Been Told (in 2017) about Education Technology

Hack Education

The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2013. Learning to Code. The Flipped Classroom. Education Data and Learning Analytics. School and “Skills” MOOCS, Outsourcing, and Online Education. Competencies and Certificates. The Common Core State Standards. Data and Privacy. The Indie Web. Social Justice. Data vs Privacy.