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15 hot edtech trends for 2017

eSchool News

To get a glimpse into what the next 12 months will hold for everything from professional development to digital learning, and from communication to virtual reality, 15 ed tech luminaries looked back on 2016 edtech trends to help predict what’s in store for 2017. MOOCs continued to increase in number and attendance.

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Building Effective Edtech Business Models to Reach the Global Poor

Edsurge

Students like Battushig who used free online courses to achieve world-class education motivated players like Coursera and the State Department to launch initiatives like Learning Hubs and MOOC camps from Vietnam to Bolivia. The question is: are there viable edtech opportunities in so-called bottom-of-the-pyramid markets?

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What the Shortcomings of EdTech Mean for Improving Distance Learning and Schools

MindShift

Bold claims have been made in the past decade about personalized learning, automated assessments and massive open online courses (MOOCs). He jokingly sums up the learning outcomes of MOOCs with a simplified observation he calls Reich’s Law: . The challenges that we’re experiencing are not going to go away,” Reich said.

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20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom [infographic]

Shake Up Learning

20 NEW Ways to Use #GoogleClassroom #gttribe #SUL #googleedu #gsuiteedu #edtech Click To Tweet. googleedu #gsuiteedu #edtech Click To Tweet. googleedu #gttribe #edtech Click To Tweet. We have face-to-face events, meet-ups, and even offer some learning opportunities via Google Hangouts. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC).

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOCMOOCs are dead , according to Udacity ’s VP. ” Never one to let a good MOOC story pass them by, Edsurge repeats the story. “MOOCs Are ”Dead.“ “ What’s Next? Uh-oh,” writes John Warner in IHE.

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Designing Organizations to Support Tech on Campus #SXSWedu

EdTechSandyK

MOOCs, technology infusion projects, online masters or pathways to credit, research. Also, have events with best practice sharing. Engage the expertise of faculty to assess if tech you are using is effective. It's difficult to assess overall efficacy when data is not transparent. Make yourself available.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Despite predictions that badges would be the “ new credential ” and that we were looking at a “ Future Full of Badges ,” it’s not clear that digital badges have provided us with a really meaningful way to assess skills or expertise. MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.

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