ProfHacker

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

So give them teaching assistants or do more peer assessment. A good teacher can promote these attitudes despite plagiarism-detection software, but the software itself does not do this. Collecting Data: Bias, Surveillance & Control. But for goodness sake, why would anyone want to write for a machine?

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techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Baker, Director of the Penn Center for Learning Analytics focused on what aggregate data can tell us about the programs we use and how effective the apps we use for math, ELA and science are. Join us for What Ed Tech Apps Work Best for Learning? The actual data is striking. million hours. per license to $367.00.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2017

Teams integrates with School Data Sync, which imports roster information from a school’s SIS, as well as Office 365 and OneNote Class Notebooks. With Teams, educators can now message students directly or set up chat channels for group projects, and there’s a classroom-wide messaging channel as well.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2016

They’re looking for answers in rock formations in the Australian Outback; they’re analyzing data from a field of stars to see if conditions can support life. The companies building courseware products are developing increasingly complex algorithms that track students’ progress and recommend next steps in their learning paths.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2016

With a team of developers, designers, behavioral scientists, data scientists and student fellows, DIG helps translate digital engagement tools from innovation to infrastructure. Worrying over questions about culture, data and technology could easily constrain our thinking from the start. Then consider constraints.

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Iterating Toward Openness

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Here’s what we’re doing this fall: We have analyzed data from Spring 2018 to empirically determine which learning outcomes students struggled with the most in five Waymaker courses. Learn more about this process in this accompanying blog post.). Finally, we align each assessment item with the outcome it is designed to assess.

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Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Assessment is subjective. And as many of these technologies do not monitor student performance, learning difficulties are not tracked or identified early; preventing intervention with supplementary and personalised supports. The Need for Autonomous Assessment. Tip Tap Tap Learning Analytics.

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Marketplace K-12

MARCH 14, 2016

In addition, investment company Weld North Holdings acquired Performance Matters , a student assessment and data-analytics company that it will merge with K-12 ed-tech business Truenorthlogic, which provides data on teachers’ performance and tracks their professional development. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2016

The smorgasbord of hardware and software at the show floor caters to a wide range of university IT needs, from security and bandwidth to proctoring and instruction. Our data suggests that CIOs are less part of academic decision-making than we would hope,” he adds. WHAT DO PROFESSORS WANT FROM LEARNING ANALYTICS?

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eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2016

Below, we’ve gathered some of the latest and most relevant marketplace news to keep you up-to-date on product developments, teaching and learning initiatives, and new trends in education. Collaborative software provider ClassFlow announced a way for teachers to earn extra cash during the upcoming school year.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

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. They’re supposedly “engines of innovation.”

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Kitaboo on EdTech

AUGUST 29, 2023

eBooks Are Easy to Create and Distribute With online publishing , many publishing software have also emerged. In a cloud-based software the contents of the book are stored online, in one place. When using online publishing platforms, it’s crucial to prioritize data security and student privacy.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

Baker, associate professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania and the director of the new Penn Center for Learning Analytics. The computer system does this by constantly assessing how a particular student answers questions and what kind of lesson most engages that student.

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MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

The computer system does this by constantly assessing how a particular student answers questions and what kind of lesson most engages that student. But for that concept to work, a child must spend a lot of time on the computer, feeding the system with data that the software uses to improve itself.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2020

Colleges insist that scholars be incredibly careful with data and research subjects in the research part of their jobs, but not with the tools they use for teaching. That’s basic research ethics—inform the students about the way their data is being used,” she notes.

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Edsurge

MAY 8, 2019

Then, he toggled the cardboard lever and declared open a new website , one that gave away software that took more than $100 million in grant funding to develop. It was an unusually theatrical moment for a gathering to announce the release of software tools to help professors improve their teaching.

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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. Next page: edtech trends 6-10: Better content, small data and neuroscience). Video Observation for Teacher PD.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

5G promises reliability, lightning-fast speeds, and much higher data capacities. Think of broadband speeds where large amounts of data can allow students to collaborate digitally from their schools or homes. Maria Armstrong, Executive Director, Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

It’s no surprise the Internet views us as objects, as products, our personal data as a commodity. 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. Intelligence.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

This from the school district that is still reeling from a major student data privacy breach. " Tagged on: March 10, 2017 When Extensions Go Bad | The Electric Educator → Keeping your devices and data private requires vigilance and caution. " Hopefully, not shades of future conversations about learning analytics.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security.

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Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

“In the Leeds offering, for example, each course certificate will cost £59 and there are five taught courses; the sixth assessment course, which leads to 10 credits, is priced at £250 – making a total cost of £545 – which will also cover access to online library content,” The Guardian reports. Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

The company behind the ACT on Wednesday announced plans for a Center for Equity in Learning, which will focus on helping underserved students succeed in college and the work force.” ” “ Northwest Evaluation Association To Enter State Assessment Market,” says Education Week. Data, Privacy, and Surveillance.

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