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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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Indeed, while there are handful who work arduously to undermine its privileged position in education technology – god bless them – to many more , it is simply impossible to imagine a future of teaching and learning without the LMS. The LMS giant Blackboard celebrated its 20th anniversary this year. (I

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Education Technology and the Ideology of Personalization

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Data-driven learning: A majority of platforms described as ‘adaptive’ fall into this category of efficient management systems that provide materials appropriate to a students’ proficiency level. Nevertheless, Knewton claims Knewton’s personalized learning products work.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Imagine Discovering That Your Teaching Assistant Really Is a Robot,” The Wall Street Journal gushed in 2016 , documenting an experiment undertaken at Georgia Tech in which a chatbot called “Jill Watson” answered questions in a course’s online forum. People were relieved that there was a new alternative to Blackboard. Socorro Dove.

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