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Edtech Reports Recap: Video Is Eating the World, Broadband Fails to Keep Up

Edsurge

In a new analysis , it finds that 47 percent of U.S. Connected Nation bases the analysis in its “Connect K-12 2020 Executive Summary” on FCC E-Rate application data for the 2020 federal fiscal year. Think lots of nuts-and-bolts, this-should-go-into-a-checklist details punctuated with brief case studies.

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Ed tech companies promise results, but their claims are often based on shoddy research

The Hechinger Report

Edgenuity boasts that the first case study in its long list of “success stories” shows how 10th grade students using its program “demonstrated more than an eightfold increase in pass rates on state math tests.”. The Pearson study included positive findings for third graders that the What Works did not evaluate.).

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Learning Analytics 2018 – An updated perspective

IAD Learning

Analysis : Analysis is the process of adding intelligence to data using algorithms. Depending on how far we want to take our data collection, we could potentially collect library records, e-book consumption patterns, social network information, etc. ” There are three crucial elements involved in this definition. .”

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

Consider this post (light on analysis, heavy on the archiving of primary source material) one for the wonks, students, and historians. Finally, somewhat for the sake of brevity, I have excluded consideration of the role of the E-rate (which is overseen by the Federal Communications Commission and not the U.S.

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10 Big Hurdles to Identifying and Educating the Nation’s Smartest Kids

MindShift

It contains an analysis of the U.S. issue, plus case studies on gifted education from a dozen countries around the world. ” Failing Our Brightest Kids: The Global Challenge of Educating High-ability Students by Chester E. has three very bright granddaughters. educating its top performers? .” Europe and Asia.

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Worldwide, Online, and Free - The Library 2.013 Conference Starts Friday

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

There are eight conference strands covering a wide variety of timely topics, such as MOOCs, e-books, maker spaces, mobile services, embedded librarians, green libraries, doctoral student research, library and information center "tours," and more! We have 146 accepted conference sessions and ten keynote addresses. inek vizsgálata - Szöll?si