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Assessment strategies in higher education- What are formative and summative approaches in student assessment?

Linways Technologies

In today’s examination system, when we consider the bloom taxonomy, bottom-level memorization occupies a dominant place, while comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation are of less importance. Internship experiences, adding MOOCs, and Co-Curricular experiences are some other methods to assess students.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

The report is always a big deal in technology circles – “a tech industry event in its own right,” as Wired’s Steven Levy put it in 2012 – and many publications and pundits dutifully cover Meeker’s observations, often adding very little analysis of their own. How accurate is her data? (I’d

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). 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.” “Many are never the same.”

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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. ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) ” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

It chronicles the rise and fall of Theranos, a company that promised to revolutionize the medical industry by running a complete slate of tests using only a drop of blood (rather than the more voluminous quantity of blood that can be rather frightening to have drawn). Vive la MOOC révolution. And its CEO stepped down. But it matters.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Researchers testing tiny ear computer Continuous professional development: teachers teaching teachers New tertiary education strategy focus: Workplace skills Infographic: Fueling a Personalized Learning Revolution A Guidebook for Social Media in the Classroom This startup wants high-schoolers to invent. What do you think?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via WCTI12.com com : “Boy, 8, drives to McDonald’s after learning how online.” ” “ MOOCs Started Out Completely Free. “Can a District Disrupt the Edtech Industry ?” Where Are They Now?” Priorities.