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Loop Learnings: A Year of Insights from Digital Learning Leaders

Edsurge

One is specifically for instructional designers and the other is for deans, directors and provosts leading digital learning initiatives around the country. The cohort model provides an organic value to the discussions, much like seminars among graduate cohorts. The future is adaptive. adaptive learning.

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Playing Games Can Build 21st-Century Skills. Research Explains How.

Edsurge

Thus, learning objectives were reframed as quests—a staple of many role playing games—challenging kids to design a safe transport into the earth’s crust during science class or simulate court cases during civics. But make no mistake: game design is very important for learning.

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The Asian Money Fueling US Edtech Investments

Edsurge

The technologies built by these companies span a wide gamut of buzzwords (adaptive learning, artificial intelligence, gamification) but will be integrated with TAL’s online offerings. EduLab , a subsidiary of JIEM, a Japanese research and assessment provider. (It TAL has already directly funded a handful of U.S.

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Tipping point: Can Summit put personalized learning over the top?

The Hechinger Report

The change is part of a nationwide pilot program Walsh joined this year, one that could indicate just how deeply and how quickly the personalized-learning trend will penetrate the average classroom. Many watched instructional videos or worked with adaptive-learning software that adjusted lessons based on each student’s proficiency.

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?Are We Recreating Segregated Education Online?

Edsurge

Increasingly, you can classify online learning initiatives as falling into one of two major camps: Content-Driven experiences emphasize what you’ll learn. These are the resources that are typically still free like MOOCs, Khan Academy videos, TED videos, and some adaptive learning platforms.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

A must-read on Trump University from Ars Technica : “Trump University and the art of the get-rich seminar.” PowerSchool has acquired the LMS Haiku Learning for an undisclosed sum. “ Amplify Slims Down and Spins Off Assessment Content Provider, Fluence ,” says Edsurge. ” Education in the Courts.