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The Winners and Filmstrips of An (Almost) Decade in Education Technology

Edsurge

OER and open books. Digital badges. Three types of edtech joined the “filmstrip” category in this decade: Learning Management Systems , MOOC s, and digital badges. Digital badges are intended to signify authenticated knowledge and skills from informal learning environments. Learning analytics.

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An Index Of Online Courses For Teachers: Summer 2015

TeachThought - Learn better.

Prior Learning Assessment for Educators and Industry. Performance Assessment in the Virtual Classroom. TESS101x: Enhancing Teacher Education Through OER. Foundations of Teaching for Learning 6: Introduction to Student Assessment. Locating, Creating, Licensing and Utilizing OERs. SALTO-Youth via Canvas.net.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. But “precision education” does not simply rely on the assessment or behavioral data that feeds most learning software algorithms. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.

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