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Learning Analytics 2018 – An updated perspective

IAD Learning

Learning analytics has been a hot topic for a while in the education industry. Not by chance, learning analytics and all its related technologies (measuring learning, artificial intelligence, adaptive learning, personalized learning, etc.) Let’s discuss these components one by one.

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The History of the Pedometer (and the Problems with Learning Analytics)

Hack Education

I was asked to speak about learning analytics, but like I said in my keynote last week at NMC , ed-tech is boring. But it’s become not so much a philosophy of introspection or reflection but a compulsion for data collection and data analysis. Is our analysis, based on the data that we’ve collected, accurate?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Inside Higher Ed : “Analysis of Georgia Tech ’s MOOC-inspired online master’s in computer science suggests that institutions can successfully deliver high-quality, low-cost degrees to students at scale.” Aoun’s new book Robot-Proof: Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. ” In reviewing Srnicek’s book in March, New York Times media journalist John Hermann wrote , Platforms are, in a sense, capitalism distilled to its essence. It’s now an LMS too.

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As Colleges Move Away From the SAT, Will Admissions Algorithms Step In?

Edsurge

Of course, test scores are just one piece of data colleges turn to when predicting which students are likely to excel in rigorous courses, enrich campus life with a unique perspective, graduate in four years, or even help balance the books with a large tuition check. Yet Zwick, author of the book “Who Gets In? Enter the algorithms. “We

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A 140-Year-Old School Partnered With a 10-Year-Old School. Here’s What Happened.

Edsurge

They were mentored by a team of NuVu coaches to explore their creative instincts, while expanding their capacity to think and learn analytically. On the Kelvinside campus in Glasgow’s leafy West End, students from middle and high school explored swarm robotics, created biofashion and programmed augmented reality games.

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The American Rescue Plan: Encouraging Transformation, Impact, and Longevity

edWeb.net

NetRef, for example, produces ROI reports for analysis of monies spent and what that looks like in terms of product usage (actual effective cost per user, for example) and learning value. Wherever he’s taught, and whatever his role, Carl has always had one common belief—kids need to drive their own learning.