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Paying to Turn in Homework? ASU Prof's Viral Email Raises Questions About Online Textbook Model

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Goegan also argued that he was forced to fail 30 percent of his students, which he said university officials wanted so that an adaptive-learning project being developed for other sections of the economics course would be made to look good by comparison. She praises the email Goegan sent this week and the protest he is making. “I

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

” In his book, Srnicek identifies five kinds of platforms: advertising platforms (like Google and Facebook), cloud platforms (like Salesforce and Amazon Web Services), industrial platforms (like GE and Siemens), product platforms (like Spotify), and lean platforms (like Uber and AirBnB). Pearson is Not a Platform.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Teachers with AI and data literacy can leverage AI-powered tools for personalized learning, use data analytics to track and improve student performance, and even integrate AI topics into the curriculum. What used to be measured in decades now shifts within years, challenging educators to continually adapt, learn, and grow.

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Your Syllabus to SXSW EDU 2019 (and Where to Find Us!)

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SXSW EDU Launch Competition Judge Tony will try his best Judy Judy impersonation, as he joins Bridge Burns (University Innovation Alliance), Vince Chan (Creta Ventures) and Jonathan Rochelle (Google) to dispense advice and feedback for eight companies pitching their wares. Join us for a slice of the action! Thursday, March 7 11:00 a.m.

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Ed Tech News, a New Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The Rise of the Low-Cost Tablet & the Promise It May Hold for Learning BYOD: Does It Solve or Does It Worsen K-12 Tech Woes? Can Google Challenge Over-Zealous Web Filtering at Schools? Pearson announced this week that it plans to release a free learning management system aimed at the higher education market.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

DreamBox Learning (adaptive learning): $130 million. DadaABC (English language learning): $100 million. Knewton (adaptive learning): $182.3 Age of Learning (educational apps): $181.5 DreamBox Learning (adaptive learning): $175.6 Zuoyebang (tutoring): $350 million.

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WHAT’S NEW

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Edsby’s new evidence of learning features enable teachers to take pictures, record videos, tag them by standards or learning goals, share them with parents and organize them to document growth and streamline reporting on student progress, and more. This release will also now include support for Google Drive.

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