ProfHacker

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

I’ve had/have the privilege of being a member of the expert panel working on the NMC Horizon Report (the one that’s still in progress, the process of which I plan to write/co-write about soon, inshallah). So give them teaching assistants or do more peer assessment. Plagiarism-detection tools are no better.

Technology 81

Technology EdTech Learning Analytics Adaptive Learning 81

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The company hired Ryan Baker, director of the Penn Center for Learning Analytics , and another data scientist to mine the data and create a national snapshot of technology use for the 2017-18 school year. A report was released in November 2018. Related: Few preschool apps are developmentally appropriate, report finds.

Software 91

Software Data Education Company 91

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Makerspaces are expected to reach accelerated classroom adoption in less than one year, according to the K-12 Edition of the 2016 New Media Consortium Horizon Report. CMS is implementing Essential Physics in all 19 high schools that offer physics or honors physics courses.

CMS 79

CMS SchoolDude E-rate Differentiated Instruction 79

eSchool News

JUNE 2, 2016

In New Mexico there is an academic gap between rural and urban communities—students in some areas have access to a wider menu of course options, while others leave school ill-equipped for college,” explained Amy Jaramillo, executive director of IDEAL New Mexico, who served on the RFP evaluation committee during the selection process.

LMS 0

LMS Learning Analytics Game-Based Learning Outcomes 0

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2016

WHAT DO PROFESSORS WANT FROM LEARNING ANALYTICS? It is important to ask, argues Deborah West, director of the Office of Learning and Teaching for Charles Darwin University, in Australia, because professors are often left out of planning for so-called “learning analytics.” Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Pearson 60

Pearson Blackboard Survey Learning Analytics 60

IAD Learning

JULY 26, 2017

15 Strategies You Can Follow Today to Successfully Deploy Your Learning Analytics Tool. Deploying a learning analytics tool in your organization brings many benefits, including improving your students’ engagement and their success rates. Lead the project from the learning innovation side, not from IT.

Learning Analytics 79

Learning Analytics Strategy Tools LMS 79

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

million in venture capital from high profile names like LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and from firms active in ed-tech investing such as Learn Capital. To believe that would require, of course, that we overlook the role that the major technology platforms – Google, Facebook, and Amazon – play in education.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 4, 2023

Helps Track and Assess Performance Online publishing platforms offer the feature of learning analytics reports, which help curriculum creators and educators track the engagement level of students. This gives insights into parts of the course that are most or least engaging.

eBook 52

eBook Learning Analytics Software Accessibility 52

Kitaboo on EdTech

AUGUST 29, 2023

Helps Track and Assess Performance Online publishing platforms offer the feature of learning analytics reports, which help curriculum creators and educators track the engagement level of students. This gives insights into parts of the course that are most or least engaging.

eBook 52

eBook Accessibility Software Learning Analytics 52

Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

Pearson CEO John Fallon recently met with a group of reporters at Education Week’ s offices and spoke about his company’s business strategies and record, and offered a defense against some of its detractors’ claims. Those resources are increasingly delivered in digital form.

Common Core 76

Common Core Pearson Resources Company 76

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2019

But what I found was that they were collecting information on basically every single interaction I had with the learning management system from the time I logged in to the pages I visited, to the amount of time I spent on those pages. You log in to the system and you leave the window open. So, no we haven’t done it.”

Data 144

Data Learning Advocacy System 144

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

Stephen Downes works in the Learning and Performance Support Systems program at the National Research Council, a multi-year effort to develop personal learning technology and learning analytics. This collaboration allows candidates to view theory in practice and makes learning on campus more authentic.

Trends 111

Trends EdTech MOOC Smartphone 111

Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

“Personalized learning” can mean that students “move at their own pace” through lessons and assignments, for example, unlike those classrooms where everyone is expected to move through material together. “Personalized learning,” depending on how you define it, dates back to Rousseau. .

Personalized Learning 83

Personalized Learning Learning Course Handbook 83

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Educators will use the data from the past two years to determine what works and where to go “all-in” to support student learning and classroom efficiencies. Schools had a crash course in greater instructional technology usage during the pandemic. –Jason Carroll, Chief Product Officer, Texthelp. — Keith Look, Ed.D.,

EdTech 120

EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 120

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Here’s what caught my eye the week of March 6, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. " Hopefully, not shades of future conversations about learning analytics. " Hopefully, not shades of future conversations about learning analytics.

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EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Of course, the future of education is always tied to its past, to the history of education. The word “intelligence” is also used, of course, to describe the gathering and assessment of tactical information – information, often confidential information, with political or military value. It knows your major.

Data 40

Data Software Company System 40

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

. “High school students will be allowed to carry mace in the 2016–2017 school year after the Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education agreed to remove prohibitive language and amend its policy,” the Salisbury Post reports. ” “ Smartwatch cheats force Thai students back to exam halls,” the BBC reports.

Education 52

Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

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.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

Here’s media reporter Mathew Ingram’s take (and there are lots of takes out there. For those keeping score at home, here are Peter Thiel’s ed-tech investments (in addition to his “I’ll pay you to drop out of college” fellowship program, of course): Clever, Lore, Thinkful, Declara, and SoFi.

Education 52

Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

Bob Thorpe, is proposing a far-reaching law in Arizona, House Bill 2120, banning virtually every college event, activity or course which discusses social justice , skin privilege, or racial equality. dissertation at the university,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. More on the report via Edsurge.

MOOC 40

MOOC Education Robotics Report 40

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

And of course current Undersecretary of Education, Ted Mitchell, is a former VC.) University of Texas at Austin , related to features unique to that university,“ Inside Higher Ed reports. ” As Vox reports, “The Court announced Thursday that it was unable to reach a decision in the case United States v.

Coursera 60

Coursera Education E-rate Company 60