Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2019

In an unusual move intended to shake up how college teaching is done around the world, Carnegie Mellon University today announced that it will give away dozens of the digital-learning software tools it has built over more than a decade—and make their underlying code available for anyone to see and modify.

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Software Digital Learning Sakai Learning 163

Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

A researcher, theorist, educator, Siemens is the digital learning guy. 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.

Digital Learning 60

Digital Learning Technology MOOC Learning Analytics 60

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Inspired by the breakout podcast Serial, four years ago two digital learning leaders at the University of Central Florida created their own podcast—focused on online learning instead of true crime. We could probably do multiple episodes on learning analytics, maybe there's a whole podcast about it out there somewhere.

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Learning Analytics Education Data Analysis 155

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2016

The small amount of research to date on how adaptive learning technology impacts student outcomes is inconclusive. April 2016 study from SRI Education found that students in adaptive courses performed slightly better on assessments than those in a traditional lecture. Students gived these course packages mixed reviews.

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Adaptive Learning Software EdTech Course 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

If you look for a definition of “platform” online, you’re likely to get something along the lines of Wikipedia’s – fairly straightforward, although quite technical: A computing platform is the environment in which a piece of software is executed. Instead, they’ve re-branded as job training sites.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. In 2011, the Mozilla Foundation unveiled its “Open Badges Project,” “an effort to make it easy to issue and share digital learning badges across the web.” The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That). And “free” doesn’t last.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145