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Pearson, Efficacy, Credibility, and OER

Iterating Toward Openness

I’ve written about Pearson’s efficacy work in the past, and Ray Henderson’s twitter post this morning has prompted me to ponder and write a bit more. Just-in: @Pearson has just pubd white paper on their #Revel platform, as CEO @johnfallon committed. 5): What Pearson Means by Efficacy and Effectiveness.

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Will a Netflix Model Work for Textbooks?

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Mercier, who’s starting his second year studying business management at City, University of London’s Cass Business School in a couple of weeks, found three of them on a new service called Perlego , a UK-based company which wants to be the Netflix of academic content. One partner, Pearson, took a pre-tax loss of approximately $3.2

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Spotting the 2017 Trends That Fuel Edtech Innovation and Investments

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We’re pleased to share this year’s Edtech Outlook, a data-rich dive into the state of education technology with case studies into emerging-frontier innovations. Founders are finding incredibly creative ideas to make learning more accessible, engaging and inspiring. Reach Capital Edtech Outlook 2017 from Jennifer Carolan.

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Passwords, Permissions and Student Data—How One District Got Account Provisioning Right

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As the number of students and teachers who must log on, sign in, or register to access those materials grows, so does the challenge faced by the IT departments charged with managing that access. But the seams really start to show when access to online resources is stalled by cumbersome sign-on systems, Valenzisi says.

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On the Road to Interoperability with Denver Public Schools

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This case study was originally published on Getting Smart With a student enrollment edging ever closer to six figures, Denver Public Schools (DPS) is Colorado’s largest school district. Read the full Denver Public Schools case study here. This case study is from a Getting Smart series on interoperability.

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Here's How Single Sign-On Saved One District 2,500 Hours of Instructional Time Per Month

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This technology allows students and staff to access multiple applications and resources with a single username and password. And that is a very conservative number, based only on time saved using the top six critical core web applications from Pearson, McGraw-Hill, PowerSchool, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and Google Classroom.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Inclusive teaching means ensuring that all students, regardless of their background, abilities, or challenges, have equal access to learning opportunities and feel supported and valued in the classroom. Pearson, P. Adaptive teaching in literacy instruction: Case studies of two teachers. New York: Continuum. Griffo, V.

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