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The race is on for the AI-powered classroom

Neo LMS

Robotic Process Automation (RPA). Not without its detractors , the software has gained traction in a number of states and districts, with 34 million student essays on state and national high-stakes tests being graded by software in 2017 alone.

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How Brooklyn LAB Charter School is Integrating Non Academic Habits into the Classroom

Edsurge

The following year, LAB prioritized strengthening their programming for less traditional activities such as robotics, student council and video game design, with an emphasis on explicitly connecting these experiences to specific competencies in the framework. In 2014, Mote built Cortex, a web-based SIS and LMS platform.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

It’s not even an LMS, quite frankly – something Edmodo tried to use as a selling point for a little while. The LMS has long positioned itself as an “operating system,” of sorts for higher education. The LMS giant Blackboard celebrated its 20th anniversary this year. (I If so, what are they?

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Of OER and Platforms: Five Years Later

Edsurge

Five years ago, in an essay called “ 2017: RIP OER? ” And if 2017 is the end of the road for our vision of the transformative power of OER, it will be our own fault.) You can argue that it might have made a difference in 2007, but it won’t in 2017.).if And don’t even start trying to explain how the LMS is the answer.

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Of OER and Platforms: Five Years Later

Iterating Toward Openness

Five years ago, in an essay called 2017: RIP OER? , And if 2017 is the end of the road for our vision of the transformative power of OER, it will be our own fault.) You can argue that it might have made a difference in 2007, but it won’t in 2017.). And don’t even start with the LMS. Just don’t.

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Joining the ed tech game changers at BETT 2017

Neo LMS

The 2017 edition was packed-full with game-changers. I saw robots, drones, VR sets, Augmented Reality apps, interactive screens, and even a real-size yellow school bus filled with computers. The NEO team attended the Bett Show 2017 and met many amazing people there. It’s always a pleasure.

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'The Brave Little Surveillance Bear' and Other Stories We Tell About Robots Raising Children

Hack Education

I delivered this talk today at the NMC Summer 2017 conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The robot, or rather a seemingly living automaton in “The Sandman,” veers towards “das unheimlich.” Maybe they’ll change how we think about robots. We will be raised by robots. Robots don’t care.