Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 22, 2019

An option several school districts I converse with are trying is called “mastery-based learning” — MBL. When I read this article about it, I got pretty excited. Learning is personalized, based on school standards. What is MBL.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2019

billion (RMB 241 billion) in contrast to a year earlier, according to a recent report by the Chinese Academy of Science and Technology. Within the Chinese education sector, three sectors saw a concentration of investments: competency-based education; language learning; education “informazation.”. See full-size image.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

Competency-Based Learning. Competency-Based Education is something I’m hearing more and more about, which is neither bad nor good, but worth understanding more carefully. In a 2016 article, ‘ Innovation in Higher Education: Can Colleges Really Change?’, ’, Dustin Swanger, Ed.D

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Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2020

No wonder, then, all the articles that have detailed students’ wasted time, wasted money and wasted hopes over the past two decades. Those transferring from private for-profit schools to public ones, on the other hand, lost 94 percent. In California, transfer students pay an extra $36,000 for their bachelor degrees, if they get them at all.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 5, 2022

These systems also provide assessments, feedback and reporting tools, as well as automation and gamification, among many other features. ILPs take the analytics and reporting capabilities of LMSs one step further. Read more: 5 Must-have LMS reports for schools. Intelligent learning platform benefits for Higher Ed institutions.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Conferences are not for reporting test scores. Give parents resources that will help them support the process of learning and motivation. These are some of my favorites: TeacherVision and Education Corner —these are my go to spots for helpful articles and printable handouts to distribute to both parents and students.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system. Original reporting features (time spent reading, books read, etc.)

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Perhaps the disappearance (and reported murder) of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi doesn’t seem like an education technology story. See the top of this article for why that matters. National) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade.

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