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Current Trends in Education

eSchool News

Key points: Current education trends point to personalization and accessibility Keeping up with current trends in education is essential for educators Learn more about K-12 Tech Innovation News In the dynamic landscape of K-12 education, several trends are shaping the way students learn and educators teach.

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Higher education technology predictions for 2014

Mark Smithers

I think such courses aren’t open in the sense that they limit access based on the ability to pay. Still such courses can offer considerably wider access to higher education than the traditional model. Incidentally, this power imbalance is one of the reasons mass adoption of online learning in higher education continues to fail.

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10Q: Martin Weller - the battle for open

Learning with 'e's

This time, I''m very happy to interview two of the keynote speakers for the EDEN 2015 conference , which will be held in Barcelona. This is particularly true of the sort of learners you might want to reach with MOOCs (people who cannot access normal higher education for instance). Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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Higher education technology predictions for 2014

Mark Smithers

I think such courses aren’t open in the sense that they limit access based on the ability to pay. Still such courses can offer considerably wider access to higher education than the traditional model. Incidentally, this power imbalance is one of the reasons mass adoption of online learning in higher education continues to fail.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

. …This is key to its advantage over traditional business models when it comes to data, since a platform positions itself (1) between users, and (2) as the ground upon which their activities occur, which thus gives it privileged access to record them. Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?).

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School of Me: Letting students study what they want, when they want is the latest education trend

The Hechinger Report

They decided to “personalize” learning for every child, which means that they tailored lessons to each student’s needs, interests and learning pace. They gave each student access to technology that helps teachers customize their lessons. The things that are good are not the same as those that have good marketing.”.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. Um, they do.) Despite a few anecdotes, they’re really not.).

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