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Hoping to Spur 'Learning Engineering,' Carnegie Mellon Will Open-Source Its Digital-Learning Software

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In an unusual move intended to shake up how college teaching is done around the world, Carnegie Mellon University today announced that it will give away dozens of the digital-learning software tools it has built over more than a decade—and make their underlying code available for anyone to see and modify. But Kenneth R.

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?Updates, Upgrades and Overheard: What Was Unveiled at ISTE 2017

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After making a few rounds in the behemoth expo hall, we’ve rounded up the ones that made our ears perk up and what edtechies should look out for: Big news from the blue chips OGLING GOOGLE UPDATES: With over 70 million G Suite for Education users, Google’s education tools dominate U.S. classrooms. MICROSOFT CLASSROOM IS NO MORE.

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Behaviorism, Surveillance, and (School) Work

Hack Education

I was a speaker today at the #AgainstSurveillance teach-in , a fundraiser for Ian Linkletter who is being sued by the online test-proctoring software company Proctorio. To adopt test proctoring software is to maintain a pedagogical practice based on mistrust, surveillance, and punishment. This should not come as a surprise.

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Against the 3A’s of EdTech: AI, Analytics, and Adaptive Technologies in Education

ProfHacker

I can see evidence around me that AI (Artificial Intelligence), Analytics and Adaptive Learning are being pushed in the education field, but I have a strong aversion to all of them, mainly on ethical grounds. A good teacher can promote these attitudes despite plagiarism-detection software, but the software itself does not do this.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe. I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. It may be the hardware or the operating system (OS), even a web browser or other underlying software, as long as the program code is executed in it.

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Managing and Sharing Your Education Data Effectively

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In addition, there is also logistical data ranging from attendance, whether online or on site, to hardware and software use, school bus routes, lunches, and much more. She possesses extensive experience with standards-alignment projects—from unpacking standards and alignment to developing new learning materials and assessments.

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Higher education technology predictions for 2014

Mark Smithers

In the meantime new, more agile, organisations are busy creating extremely good online learning experiences. In 2013 I learnt a lot by completing learning activities this way. I expect it will continue to grow very quickly in 2014 and to spread from its current focus in IT and software development education to other areas.

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