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The Winners and Filmstrips of An (Almost) Decade in Education Technology

Edsurge

So with these guidelines in mind, I’ve chosen six areas where edtech has made an impact this decade: Learning Management Systems. Adaptive learning systems. Three types of edtech joined the “filmstrip” category in this decade: Learning Management Systems , MOOC s, and digital badges. OER and open books. Digital badges.

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An overview of Outcome-Based Assessment strategies by Dr. Neelakantan P. C.

Linways Technologies

What needs to be said about the system we are following. His opening statement itself was very thought-provoking; we cannot continue blaming the system because it’s only counterproductive. “We There are only 4 countries in the world that follow the affiliated system in higher education; India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan.

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Michelle Weise: ‘We Need to Design the Learning Ecosystem of the Future’

Edsurge

These days, education reformers, evangelists and foundations pay a lot of lip service to the notion of lifelong learning, but we do little to invest in the systems, architecture and infrastructure needed to facilitate seamless movements in and out of learning and work. Talk of lifelong learning doesn’t translate into action.

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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release

Hack Education

” – that’s Sebastian Thrun, best known perhaps for his work at Google on the self-driving car and as a co-founder of the MOOC (massive open online course) startup Udacity. John Logie Baird demonstrated a working television system in 1926. The quotation is from 2012.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOCs are back in the headlines again. Via Edsurge : “The Second Wave of MOOC Hype Is Here, and It’s Online Degrees.” Economy by 2030.” Frontline Education has acquired Prologic Technology Systems. ” Imperil!!

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via The Verge : “ Duolingo overhauled its fluency system to make it harder for advanced users.” There’s more financial aid news in the “research” section below and in the “courts” section above. ” “The U.S.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill : “If At First You Don’t Succeed, Try To Be An OPM : Conversion of for-profits and MOOCs.” ” There’s some Udacity-related MOOC news in the job training section below.