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10 signs that you may be missing opportunities with your school’s technology integration

Dangerously Irrelevant

Here are some signs that you may be missing opportunities with your school’s technology integration efforts: Your LMS is primarily used as a document management system. Teachers are gravitating toward technologies that allow them to tightly control the student learning experience (e.g., Option 3: Actually USE the smartphones.

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Hoping to Spur 'Learning Engineering,' Carnegie Mellon Will Open-Source Its Digital-Learning Software

Edsurge

In an unusual move intended to shake up how college teaching is done around the world, Carnegie Mellon University today announced that it will give away dozens of the digital-learning software tools it has built over more than a decade—and make their underlying code available for anyone to see and modify.

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?What Makes a Smart Course ‘Smart’?

Edsurge

We speak of smartwatches, smartphones, and smart TVs. In the early days of "course cartridges”—an LMS feature that allowed instructors to plug published content right into their courses—online courses were essentially digitized versions of static (textbook) content. A few trees were saved, but courses weren’t any smarter.

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October 24 - Ed Tech News, Our Weekly Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

of Text-Messaging at School A Big Step for Gesture-Based Learning? Members will have access to lab and office space, as well as a slew of lab equipment. Once downloaded, students will be able to access the "packs," even when they''re offline. No need to be a "professional scientist" in order to join.

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Technology Tools Used in Teaching and Learning

eSchool News

In the contemporary educational landscape, myriad tools and technologies have become integral to teaching and learning, revolutionizing traditional methods and enriching the educational experience. Interactive whiteboards and smart displays facilitate dynamic presentations, fostering visual learning and engagement.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“ OpenStax , Knewton introduce adaptive learning into OER.” Elsevier has acquired SSRN , an online open access repository. From iNACOL: “ Promising State Policies for Personalized Learning.” ” From Mindwires Consulting: “ e-Literate Big Picture: LMS.”