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It’s 2020: Have Digital Learning Innovations Trends Changed?

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The primary trends identified by the team were: adaptive learning, open education resources (OER), gamification and game-based learning, MOOCs, LMS and interoperability, mobile devices, and design. Delivering these models to a differentiated population of educators and learners requires an adaptive approach.

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Heard, Overheard and Announced at ISTE 2016

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Back in February, an EdWeek brief reported that Amazon Education was beta-testing a new platform with educators, helping teachers navigate the jungles of open educational resources (OER). Mary Jo Madda ( @MJMadda ) is Senior Editor at EdSurge, as well as a former STEM teacher and administrator. One of the top performers?

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With Adaptive Tech, Students Are Saving Money and Learning More

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I spoke with biology instructor Kathy Watkins and Associate Dean of STEM Bruce Johnson about how CPCC is hoping to transform a biology survey class using adaptive technology. Watkins and Johnson highlight how adaptive tools create more enriching learning environments, improve teaching and learning, and save students money.

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Cash Awards Honor Faculty and Institutions for Innovative Use of Digital Tools

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For boosting student retention and success and reducing costs by embracing online OER textbooks Northern Arizona University. For delivering online accelerated degree programs targeted to adult women and addressing the achievement gap for underrepresented populations of adult women Cerritos College. 2016 Faculty-Led Team Awards.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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“ OpenStax , Knewton introduce adaptive learning into OER.” News/Raytheon STEM Index recorded a slight rise in hiring, education and general interest in technology and engineering over last year, while math education and general interest in science declined.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. He told NPR in 2015 that Knewton’s adaptive learning software was a “mind-reading robo tutor in the sky.” In other words, the crisis may be “ a myth.”.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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He believes the future of education means all STEM, no arts and no humanities. ” “Of OER and Platforms: Five Years Later” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. Adeptemy , an adaptive learning company, has raised $3.48 Colleges Will Disappear.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. million total.