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?Invasive or Informative? Educators Discuss Pros and Cons of Learning Analytics

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Jenn Stringer Jenn Stringer, assistant vice chancellor for teaching and learning at UC Berkeley, told the story to a crowd of about 50 educators and IT professionals on Wednesday at the 2017 Educause national conference. There are no binary solutions.” But data gaps could inhibit some technologies from achieving their aims.

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Education Technology Trends for 2017: An Interview With Martin McKay.

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Martin also serves in working groups to advise the US Department of Education on the accessibility of education materials, and Universal Design for Learning. Will Learning analytics have a major impact upon Education this year? How can teachers use data / learning analytics to make informed decisions?

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

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With Teams, educators can now message students directly or set up chat channels for group projects, and there’s a classroom-wide messaging channel as well. Educators at a school can also set up their own channels and video conferences. Kids can do homework through the app and use it any place, on the go,” Harrell explains.

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Mixing Automation and a Human Touch, New Software Helps Keep Students ‘On Task’

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Pardo piloted OnTask in March 2017 at the Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference in Vancouver. “We This data gets compiled and assessed, and we’re able to identify groups of students who display certain attributes.” We ran a tutorial with 38 experts at the conference,” he says. “I

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Top 8 Advantages of an Interactive STEM Curriculum

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million as of 2017; the U.S. Related: 5 Ways to Use Learning Analytics in K-12 Education. An interactive STEM curriculum comprises of learning modules which test a student’s critical thinking skills. A collaborative project is always more fun to do and learn. Related: Top 7 Innovations in K-12 Education.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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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).

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A 140-Year-Old School Partnered With a 10-Year-Old School. Here’s What Happened.

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The learning model is based on an architecture design studio, and is a far cry from the assessment and standards-based paradigm of most education systems around the world. At NuVu, groups of 10 students work closely with coaches to solve real-world challenges. At the end of each studio, prototypes are presented to the larger group.

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