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8 EdTech Trends to Watch Out for This 2020

Ask a Tech Teacher

Much like how social media giants Facebook and Twitter are utilizing our digital footprints to better understand consumer behavior, teachers are also turning to data analytics to learn more about their students. With more educational institutions adopting virtual learning management systems (such as Moodle, Edmodo, etc.),

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Coursera Couple Returns to Higher Ed With $14.5M to Recreate In-Person Learning, Online

Edsurge

“We want to build from the ground up an inclusive learning system for students and faculty, one that can recreate engaging, live learning experiences online,” says Dan Avida. That, Avida says, gives his tool a leg up in terms of being more accessible to a wider audience. That vision has investors feeling stoked.

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More on the Cost Trap and Inclusive Access

Iterating Toward Openness

My recent post about the cost trap and inclusive access prompted responses by Jim Groom and Stephen Downes. For example, in 2015 I wrote that “My ultimate goal is this: I want to (1) radically improve the quality of education as judged by learners, and (2) radically improve access to education. And I want to do it worldwide.”

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What the Shortcomings of EdTech Mean for Improving Distance Learning and Schools

MindShift

Despite all the promises of education technology in transforming how students learn, change has been, at best, incremental. Bold claims have been made in the past decade about personalized learning, automated assessments and massive open online courses (MOOCs).

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Kadenze’s March Toward Online Art Education, 1 Year Later

Edsurge

Joining the MOOC party As formal college education becomes more unaffordable, online education has become a popular alternative or supplement. And because not everyone can afford college, education businesses in recent years have vied to transform accessibility gaps into opportunities. percent compared to the previous year.

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SXSWedu 2017: Ones to Watch and What to Know

Edsurge

But as Lindsey Cook (Data Editor at US News & World Report) points out in this 20 minute talk, that data isn’t always accessible. Public Private Partnerships - The K-12 Funding Gap : Many inequalities in the American education system can be attributed to massive funding gaps between schools. EdSurge 9:30 a.m.

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#EDENchat Up close and personal

Learning with 'e's

I have written a lot about Personal Learning Environments in the past, especially when they were emerging as a concept, and sounded quite new. PLEs could be created by anyone, using just about any tool or technology, and we expanded the idea to embrace other elements such as real experiences and people (Personal Learning Networks).

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