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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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HE Challenges: Fast changing digital teaching methods

Neo LMS

A range of specialist companies and private institutions is now providing excellent higher education components, as well as providing ancillary and support services such as examination and certification services, learning support, learning analytics, etc. Read more: Will AI replace teachers?

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How Effective for Learning are the Apps we Use?

techlearning

A recent University of Phoenix College of Education survey showed that about 58% of teachers use educational apps and 41% use social media. With this knowledge, administrators can leverage their data to make smart decisions about using the apps that will best improve learning. Growth is particularly high in web-based devices.

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K-12 Dealmaking: GreatSchools Acquires Schoolie; n2y, Thrivist Gain Funding

Marketplace K-12

Together with the CRDC data and the new Schoolie information and analysis, GreatSchools will be able to “highlight issues of equity and opportunity in schools across the United States,” according to GreatSchools. The purchase follows a collaboration this past June between GreatSchools and the U.S. Franklin, Tenn.-based

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Tonight - A True History of the MOOC

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Alec Couros is a Professor of educational technology and media at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina. He has given hundreds of workshops and presentations, nationally and internationally, on topics such as openness in education, networked learning, social media in education, digital citizenship, and critical media literacy.

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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.” ” The latest report from the Pew Research Center : “ The Science People See on Social Media.”

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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. Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?). ” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe. It’s now an LMS too.