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Cash Awards Honor Faculty and Institutions for Innovative Use of Digital Tools

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In 2015, nearly 500 students participated in the program and 56 percent improved their math placement at least one level; one student jumped four levels. For boosting student retention and success and reducing costs by embracing online OER textbooks Northern Arizona University. “NAU saw immediate positive impact,” she adds.

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With Adaptive Tech, Students Are Saving Money and Learning More

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Next Generation Courseware Challenge project in fall 2014, and began implementing Smart Sparrow ’s BioBeyond technology in spring 2015. We hoped this tool would help us meet one of our learning goals to enhance the learning environment by increased use of innovative teaching techniques, interactive technologies, and assessment data.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. The Flipped Classroom". Online Grade Portals.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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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. The company sold The Financial Times and its stake in The Economist in 2015, for example. There’s an existing market there.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Teacher on Paid Leave After Confederate Flag Found Hanging in Classroom.” ” “Of OER and Platforms: Five Years Later” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. ” “ Robots and drones take over classrooms,” according to the BBC. Adeptemy , an adaptive learning company, has raised $3.48