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ACT’s Latest Act: Investing in an Open-Source Assessment Startup

Edsurge

Its latest act: making a strategic investment in Open Assessment Technologies (OAT), a San Francisco-based startup that offers open-source tools for building and delivering digital tests. Besides just being an assessment company, we’re also becoming a learning and navigation company,” Roorda tells EdSurge in an interview.

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Reliable Turnitin alternatives for K12

Ask a Tech Teacher

This is the only service that can access the libraries like Elsevier/Scopus and Springer & Nature. Let’s see what each of them offers before assessing which one is the best. The website claims to have advanced machine learning technologies, however, Copyleaks “keeps” your texts after checking them.

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10 Characteristics of 21st Century Learners

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Throughout this series, we have delved into the characteristics of 21st-century teachers, students, classrooms, and the very nature of learning itself. These technologies, I believe, are creating new learning habits and spaces, transforming how education is delivered and consumed.

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(The Very Last) Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “ University of California System is playing hardball with Elsevier in negotiations that could transform the way it pays to read and publish research,” says Inside Higher Ed. Several “rethinking assessment” stories, sponsored by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, in Edsurge this week. ” Testing.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “Two assessment companies – Educational Testing Service and Data Recognition Corp. The framework demands that schools be assessed “according to their performance on student satisfaction, retention and graduate employment, as well as through institutional submissions.” ” Go, School Sports Team!

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

A new project from the Learning Policy Institute and EducationCounsel : “Reimagining College Access: Performance Assessments From K–12 Through Higher Education.” ” Via KQED’s Mindshift : “Setting School Culture With Social And Emotional Learning Routines.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Meanwhile on Campus… Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Florida State Cancels Bundled Journal Deal With Elsevier.” Via EdScoop : “‘Deliberate cyberattack ’ delays online assessments in five states.” ” That’s history professor Julio Pino. ” “ Blockchain for education and skills ?