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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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Computing platforms have different abstraction levels, including a computer architecture, an OS, or runtime libraries. Pearson promises “personalization” through its “adaptive learning” products, for example. (It A computing platform is the stage on which computer programs can run.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via NBC News : “How to Thrive: Arianna Huffington Launches E-Learning Series.” ” (It’ll run on LinkedIn Learning , formerly Lynda.com , which means it’ll cost you $24.99 The NMC Horizon Report 2017 – the Library Edition. ” Good grief, the handwringing. ” Oh.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

The American Library Association announced its youth media awards. ” “Of OER and Platforms: Five Years Later” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. Adeptemy , an adaptive learning company, has raised $3.48 ” Via The Christian Science Monitor : “Why Cal State L.A. ” Contests and Awards.