Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 18, 2020

From digital certificates to learning analytics, here are eight EdTech trends to look forward to in the coming months. Video-assisted Learning. This grants schools more insight into their learning behavior, which then helps teachers come up with more effective curriculums in the future. 3D Printing. Virtual Classes.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Read more: Why blended learning will become an educational norm. Demand for shorter, more focused courses is growing, and universities are finding themselves “unbundling” their core offerings in order to keep up. A second challenge, also associated with changes in the demand for higher education, is the nature of the curriculum.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The partnership enables device-agnostic access to educators and students, increasing accessibility to help close the achievement gap across the nation. We look forward to a long and beneficial partnership through which we can bring personalized learning and enhanced support to more schools and districts.”.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Not everyone thinks that’s possible, of course, and even Cavanagh, vice provost for digital learning at the University of Central Florida, admits that edtech can spark plenty of new ethical challenges along the way. We could probably do multiple episodes on learning analytics, maybe there's a whole podcast about it out there somewhere.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2019

While the LMS has been a long-standing staple for delivering syllabi, readings, assignments and discussion forums, it does not necessarily foster social learning. Most spaces within LMSs are designed for activities within specific courses, and for the duration of a particular course.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Secondary trends, found in only a few of the reviewed resources, included: blended learning, dashboards and learning analytics, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence. As the conversation continued, Joosten discussed the importance of design in online course development, a primary finding in the scan.

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Neo LMS

MAY 23, 2019

This of course is easier said than done. A higher degree of control over their own learning process is another factor. When diverse learning materials are made accessible online whenever the student wants or needs, how many times and for how long they need, they are more in control. Inclusion is only the first step.

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eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2021

Udemy, the world’s largest destination for learning and teaching online, today announced that the recently launched LenovoEDU community by Lenovo will offer Udemy content and pathways to course recommendations for specific careers.

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Iterating Toward Openness

JULY 23, 2018

Learning analytics, on the other hand, can provide great insight into where course materials – including OER – are not effectively supporting student learning. However, that insight does not grant you the permission necessary to make improvements to ineffective course materials.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Online and blended learning have become powerful solutions to improve students’ access to a high-quality education, regardless of their life circumstances, socioeconomic status or zip code,” said Thom Jackson, President and CEO of EdisonLearning. “As Learn more at www.edisonlearning.com. About EdisonLearning.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The objective is to support educators in delivering content effectively and engaging students in the learning process. For easy access and better information regarding technologically enhanced educational software platforms, consult the experts and professionals at KITABOO , a unique digital textbook platform.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 25, 2020

On top of this, since learning and resting now takes place at home, it feels like school is open the whole time. Time and labor-consuming course planning. Access To The Latest Information. It’s hard to ‘escape’ from a remote school. Using lots of new tools and techniques turns teachers into students too.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 6, 2019

don’t pursue STEM courses because they find the subjects too difficult. According to the surveyed candidates who are now not working in STEM fields, they did not pursue a STEM career due to a lack of access to resources and opportunities. Related: 5 Ways to Use Learning Analytics in K-12 Education.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Students gain valuable experience with the help of hands-on learning activities practiced extensively in STEM-based education. Over the last few years, eBooks have become synonymous with flexible learning. Easy to carry, easy to access, interactive and engaging, and so on. Active Learning with Interactive Elements.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 6, 2021

Administrators wanted to know what data the teachers were using, what data they wanted that they didn’t have, how easy it was to access, and how often they used it. Then, they needed to look at the data governance: Who has access to what data and where? Now, the mission is to figure out what data to track and how to use it.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2018

This technology allows students and staff to access multiple applications and resources with a single username and password. Case Study: Pickens School District enjoys instant access. Usage Analytics: Track how often district resources are used. More Information from ClassLink. Video: One click single sign-on with ClassLink.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2016

Habitable Worlds , an introductory science course that Arizona State University professor Ariel Anbar has taught online for five years. It represents a category of edtech, called “digital courseware” by foundations and industry analysts, that’s changing the way online students learn and faculty teach. Course of the Future.

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Iterating Toward Openness

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Some have research, grant writing, and publication responsibilities in addition to teaching their courses. Some teach five or six courses per semester. Here’s what we’re doing this fall: We have analyzed data from Spring 2018 to empirically determine which learning outcomes students struggled with the most in five Waymaker courses.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2016

WHAT DO PROFESSORS WANT FROM LEARNING ANALYTICS? It is important to ask, argues Deborah West, director of the Office of Learning and Teaching for Charles Darwin University, in Australia, because professors are often left out of planning for so-called “learning analytics.” Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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IAD Learning

JULY 26, 2017

15 Strategies You Can Follow Today to Successfully Deploy Your Learning Analytics Tool. Deploying a learning analytics tool in your organization brings many benefits, including improving your students’ engagement and their success rates. Lead the project from the learning innovation side, not from IT.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

CMS is implementing Essential Physics in all 19 high schools that offer physics or honors physics courses. To support these skills and increase student engagement and understanding in physics, CMS has purchased Essential Physics, a comprehensive, high school physics program from PASCO Scientific.

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eSchool News

JUNE 2, 2016

In New Mexico there is an academic gap between rural and urban communities—students in some areas have access to a wider menu of course options, while others leave school ill-equipped for college,” explained Amy Jaramillo, executive director of IDEAL New Mexico, who served on the RFP evaluation committee during the selection process.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2020

In ed-tech circles, we call this "learning analytics," but it's less about learning than it is about productivity.). The learning management system, as the name suggests, is as much a piece of enterprise software as it is educational software. The LMS monitors "student performance" and productivity, to be sure.

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Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 25, 2016

For- and non-profit organizations chosen to participate in the program will get financial investment, access to expert services and mentorship. The program is part of AT&T’s $350 million “commitment to empower students to reach their full potential,” the company said in a statement. The Aspire Accelerator application is open thru Feb.

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Marketplace K-12

JULY 25, 2016

Schoolie’s school quality data will be incorporated into GreatSchools’ website in the coming months, and “will help parents more efficiently compare and evaluate academic rigor and understand how well schools provide access to a well-rounded education,” the companies noted in the statement. Franklin, Tenn.-based

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 11, 2013

The first principle in the article above relates to access, and states: "A mobile learning environment is about access to content, peers, experts, portfolio artifacts, credible sources, and previous thinking on relevant topics.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The company hired Ryan Baker, director of the Penn Center for Learning Analytics , and another data scientist to mine the data and create a national snapshot of technology use for the 2017-18 school year. Related: Designing accessible ed tech can be costly, but demand is on the rise. A report was released in November 2018.

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Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

Of course I have to start with MOOCs. Sustainable business models for MOOCs will emerge (this may mean changing the way we think of the course part of the MOOC acronym). We started to see MOOC like offerings emerge last year involving a fee for entry (a considerably lower fee than for the same traditional course).

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Join me today, Wednesday, September 26th, for a one-hour live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar on the "true history" of the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) with Dave Cormier, Alec Couros, Stephen Downes, Rita Kop, Inge de Waard, and Carol Yeager. His educational journey started in 1998 teaching little children to speak English.

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2016

We are also serious about having a world-class, digital user experience that will provide a smooth, user-friendly interface enabling all learners to access the services that they need with minimum friction and drag. When Change Is the New Normal.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 23, 2018

He is the founding President of the Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR). Siemens proposes a contemporary theory of learning called connectivism , which among other things asks the surprisingly simple question: How do the practices of the educator change in networked environments, where information is readily accessible?

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

. …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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Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

Of course I have to start with MOOCs. Sustainable business models for MOOCs will emerge (this may mean changing the way we think of the course part of the MOOC acronym). We started to see MOOC like offerings emerge last year involving a fee for entry (a considerably lower fee than for the same traditional course).

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 16, 2015

I chaired the OU''s first big elearning course in 1999 with 12,000 students which really demonstrated the potential for elearning. blogs, social media, learning objects, OERs, MOOCs, etc in this period. 4) Open online provision of courses has seen a surge in popularity around the globe with Openlearn, Futurelearn, and others.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2020

Of course, test scores are just one piece of data colleges turn to when predicting which students are likely to excel in rigorous courses, enrich campus life with a unique perspective, graduate in four years, or even help balance the books with a large tuition check. Sometimes an admissions process can be extremely subjective.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

AUGUST 27, 2022

Teachers are far more accessible now and act as mentors to help students in their overall development. This collaborative learning approach helps students to interact with their peers and build their interpersonal skills. Designing mobile-first responsive content helps students to go through their courses anytime and anywhere.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2019

Institutions have access to more student data than ever before—but it's hard to really grasp what that means, since many of the digital tools that colleges use are from third parties or companies that keep their algorithms private. That’s a lot of trouble to go through just to get access to your own personal data.

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