Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2017

I was asked to speak about learning analytics, but like I said in my keynote last week at NMC , ed-tech is boring. But it’s become not so much a philosophy of introspection or reflection but a compulsion for data collection and data analysis. ” Are these examples of “learner data”?

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Learning Analytics Data Analysis Learning 75

Mistakengoal.com

DECEMBER 29, 2013

higher education e.g., What Faculty Should Know About Adaptive Learning , State of the Anglosphere’s Higher Education LMS Market: 2013 Edition. Despite the occasional over-the-top writing, this blog was an excellent source of information about the recent kerfuffle about Purdue University’s learning analytics software.

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Social Media Learning Analytics LMS Microsoft 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. ” Those “countless needs and niches” can be met thanks to all the data generation and data collection that happens on them. Platforms are “an extractive apparatus for data.”

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

APRIL 7, 2017

The lyrics in the latter, which some argue presage social media – okay, sure – but perhaps more aptly simply reflect someone who was active in (or at least aware of) the discussion forums and chatrooms of the 1990s: I scan my computer looking 4 a site. We sign these rights away all the time. We compel students to do so.

Technology 72

Technology Education VLE Industry 72

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Data Insecurity. The Compulsion for Data. Social Media, Campus Activism, and Free Speech. Data and Privacy. Social Justice. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2013. Data vs Privacy. Education Data and Learning Analytics. Social Media: Adoption and Crackdown.

Technology 58

Technology MOOC Trends Khan Academy 58

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. In 2011, Ning was acquired by “lifestyle” site Glam Media for around $150 million. Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools. 3D Printing.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The Compulsion for Data. Social Media, Campus Activism, and Free Speech. Data and Privacy. Social Justice. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2013. Data vs Privacy. Education Data and Learning Analytics. Social Media: Adoption and Crackdown. Beyond the MOOC. Indie Ed-Tech.

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