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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 33 Edition)

Doug Levin

The 2017 EdNext Poll on School Reform: Digital Learning , which offers my sense of what those interested in K-12 educational technology can and should take away from this annual polling about schools. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 33 Edition). Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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SXSWedu 2017: Ones to Watch and What to Know

Edsurge

This panel asks how this technology might expand the walls of the classroom—or isolate students from the learning environment. A Debate on “Open” Educational Resources : Can free and open educational resources (OER) save students money without compromising their content or value? But will VR and AR live up to its hype?

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The digital-first district where OER meets iPads

eSchool News

Teachers and students at one district are replacing print with digital. For students at Central Valley middle and high schools, accessing classroom lessons rarely involves opening a book. The bill will phase in clearinghouse courses over two phases, with the first phase beginning in the 2017-18 school year. image via AP ].

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Top Hat Buys Canadian Textbook Business to Compete With Publishers in Digital Courseware

Edsurge

Top Hat got its start in the “clicker” business, offering a web-based and mobile classroom response tool that lets instructors gauge whether students understood the lesson (or paid attention). The company acquired the K-12 publishing business of McGraw-Hill Ryerson in 2017.

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

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Digital Learning Innovation Awards (DLIAwards) from the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) last November. The awards recognize educators’ and institutions’ innovative use of digital courseware to improve outcomes for students, especially underrepresented ones. The deadline for. 2016 Faculty-Led Team Awards. Fisher College.

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PBL… Blended and eLearning – Part 1: Important Questions for the New School Year

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Perhaps a digital learning journal could be employed to promote reflection. These important attributes of a PBL classroom need to be intentionally thought out as part of the online experience. The sudden shift in the learning environment last year may have provided an obstacle for the way we wanted to see this happen.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

In his 2017 book Platform Capitalism , Nick Srnicek posits that platforms are poised to become the fundamental business model of our digital world – key to the new economy, clearly, but also key to political and social systems (and what these will become under the control of these powerful technology companies).