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School Work and Surveillance

Hack Education

This is such a strange and necessary time to talk about education technology, to take a class about education technology, to get a degree in education technology because what, in the past, was so often framed as optional or aspirational is now compulsory — and compulsory under some of the worst possible circumstances.

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Why do so many Moodle courses suck?

Nik Peachey

Many of the other commercially available LMS (learning management systems) and VLE (virtual learning environment) platforms aren’t doing any better. Moodle has been around now since 2002 and research carried out in 2013 showed that more than 7.3 And of course Moodle isn’t the only culprit. The answer is of course a resounding yes.

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Collaborative & Creative Online Learning

Teacher Reboot Camp

“The number one benefit of educational technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. Selfie was the word of the year for 2013 (Brumfield, 2013). Check out your VLE and see what tools and features already support collaboration and creativity. If you are deciding on a VLE, consider the following.

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'Education Technology's Completely Over'

Hack Education

” If you’re wondering why I’m talking about Prince today and not education technology, you’re not paying close enough attention to the ways in which the ed-tech industry gets rich off of the creative work (and the mundane work) of students and scholars alike. Tell me a musician who’s got rich off digital sales.