Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

He’s credited with co-teaching the first MOOC in 2008, introduced the theory of “connectivism”—the idea that knowledge is distributed across digital networks—and spearheaded research projects about the role of data and analytics in education. Blogs, wikis and social media, on the other hand, are distributed across networks.

Digital Learning 60

Digital Learning Technology MOOC Learning Analytics 60

Mistakengoal.com

DECEMBER 29, 2013

higher education e.g., What Faculty Should Know About Adaptive Learning , State of the Anglosphere’s Higher Education LMS Market: 2013 Edition. Despite the occasional over-the-top writing, this blog was an excellent source of information about the recent kerfuffle about Purdue University’s learning analytics software.

Social Media 40

Social Media Learning Analytics LMS Microsoft 40

Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Big data and data analytics : interest in this is widespread and has some hefty power behind it. Unless I see data to disprove it, I imagine we’ll just see more classes and class content items flipped in 2016. Social media is something higher ed is ambivalent about. From non-edutech trends.

Trends 40

Trends Technology MOOC Education 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. ” Those “countless needs and niches” can be met thanks to all the data generation and data collection that happens on them. Platforms are “an extractive apparatus for data.”

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The budget bill President Trump signed Friday fixes a technical problem for private scholarship providers that rely on federal student aid data to help students pay for college.” ” Via Techcrunch : “ Apple ’s learn-to-code app Swift Playgrounds adds AR lessons.”

Education 45

Education Robotics iPad Company 45

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

” “Frustrated with how colleges have handled their claims of sexual abuse , more students are turning to social media to publicize their cases,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. ” [Insert Course Signals learning analytics joke here.]. .” charter school.”

Education 52

Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

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.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145