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The 2018 Horizon Report has appeared, thanks to EDUCAUSE

Bryan Alexander

Under “Long-Term Trends for Driving Ed Tech adoption in higher education for five or more years” were “Advancing Cultures of Innovation” and “Cross-Institution & Cross-Sector Collaboration.” “Short-Term Trends: (one to two years)” leads off with “Growing Focus on Measuring Learning.”

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The 2018 Horizon Report has appeared, thanks to EDUCAUSE

Bryan Alexander

Under “Long-Term Trends for Driving Ed Tech adoption in higher education for five or more years” were “Advancing Cultures of Innovation” and “Cross-Institution & Cross-Sector Collaboration.” “Short-Term Trends: (one to two years)” leads off with “Growing Focus on Measuring Learning.”

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'The Brave Little Surveillance Bear' and Other Stories We Tell About Robots Raising Children

Hack Education

I’m not sure those in education technology always want to talk about this consumer framework – we like to pretend we use technology because it will “improve teaching and learning,” not because we’ve been heavily marketed certain products and certain stories about the necessity of our technology consumption.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Amazing what reading a book will do for you. Strayer is “bucking the trend,” says Inside Higher Ed. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. There’s more robot news in the job training section above. .” There’s more on student loans in the “financial aid” section below.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” The winners of this year’s Pulitzer Prizes include Harvard University’s Matthew Desmond for his book Evicted and the Salt Lake Tribune’s staff for its reporting on sexual assault at BYU. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The adaptive learning company has raised $16 million total.

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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

Hack Education

” Note the significant difference in language in this headline from The Verge , for example – “ Harvard’s Root robot teaches kids how to code ” – and the way in which Seymour would describe the LOGO Turtle – that students would using programming to teach the robot. Read Mindstorms.