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Inside a Student’s Hunt for His Own Learning Data

Edsurge

These days we do a lot of workshops and special projects around freedom of information and privacy issues and advocacy work because that act was passed back in 1992. You had some experience in research and advocacy for privacy before you started there, while you were a student. So some updates are in order. Can tell us about that?

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School of Me: Letting students study what they want, when they want is the latest education trend

The Hechinger Report

Baker, associate professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania and the director of the new Penn Center for Learning Analytics. The computer system does this by constantly assessing how a particular student answers questions and what kind of lesson most engages that student.

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The Growing Role of Technology in Personalized Learning

MindShift

The computer system does this by constantly assessing how a particular student answers questions and what kind of lesson most engages that student. Baker, associate professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania and the director of the new Penn Center for Learning Analytics.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Despite predictions that badges would be the “ new credential ” and that we were looking at a “ Future Full of Badges ,” it’s not clear that digital badges have provided us with a really meaningful way to assess skills or expertise. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon. The Teacher Influencer Hustle. Green Imperial Pigeon. Viral School Videos.

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