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The Winners and Filmstrips of An (Almost) Decade in Education Technology

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So with these guidelines in mind, I’ve chosen six areas where edtech has made an impact this decade: Learning Management Systems. Learning analytics. Digital badges. Adaptive learning systems. Digital badges are intended to signify authenticated knowledge and skills from informal learning environments.

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Can Competency-Based Education Demonstrate Mastery Across a Lifetime? #DLNchat

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Morrison felt, “the issue with working together right now is that we're all putting our own 'spin' on CBE which makes it hard to aggregate data across institutions.” As Bill Weber posited, “Data analytics is another piece of the pie that I’m not sure most institutions are ready to cooperate on.”

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What Education Technology Could Look Like Over the Next Five Years

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3-D Printing: The report notes that in the next two to three years, 3-D printing and adaptive learning technologies will have become mainstream school technologies. Adaptive Learning: Adaptive learning refers to software that adjusts to students’ learning needs as they use the product.

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COVID-19 Is Accelerating the Digital Blending of Working and Learning

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This is already evident in the latest national job-market data, which shows a 15 percent unemployment rate for high school graduates with no college and 13 percent for those with some college or an associate degree—compared to 7 percent for individuals with a bachelor’s or higher.

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WHAT’S NEW

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CHALK AND WIRE MYMANTL ( www.mymantl.com ) Chalk & Wire announced that its learning recognition network, MyMantl, is now fully available for students, educators, employees and employers. to streamline workflows for assessment and data analysis. Incorporating end user feedback, the 10.0 Illuminate 10.0

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via the Tennessean : “ Nashville school district sends families opt-out form as student data battle with state rages on.” ” The districts are protesting a new law that dictates they hand over student directory data to charter school operators. ” Immigration and Education. . Education in the Courts.