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Testing and the future of education: Anya Kamenetz on Future Trends Forum #6

Bryan Alexander

Indeed, Anya stated they educators are “fumbling” on qualitative assessment so far. Anya offered an anecdote, that some district-level benchmark tests are starting to get cut back by using software-based assessments. One example: eportfolios dropped in one case because doing them decently was seen as too onerous.

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The Free Learning 2.0 Conference: Great Keynotes and Sessions and YOU!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Special volunteer training is provided! A full strand list is available ? The call for presentation proposals and instructions are now live and can be found ? They help to make sure that beginning presenters feel comfortable knowing someone is there in the virtual room to help, and they also provide encouragement to presenters and attendees.

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20 years in e-learning

Mark Smithers

We might just need to provide a bit of training. Universities buy digital repositories, collaboration tools, eportfolios, lecture capture tools, anti-plagiarism tools and all manner of online stuff that promises a beautiful user interface that will allow content to be created quickly and easily. They’ll produce stuff. They were wrong.

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20 years in e-learning

Mark Smithers

We might just need to provide a bit of training. Universities buy digital repositories, collaboration tools, eportfolios, lecture capture tools, anti-plagiarism tools and all manner of online stuff that promises a beautiful user interface that will allow content to be created quickly and easily. They’ll produce stuff. They were wrong.

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STEMxCon - Today Is the Final Deadline for Proposals; Great Keynotes + Sessions; Need Volunteers!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Smith, Director of Programs Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for STEM - Revolutionary or Evolutionary? Playful Learning: Games and the Future of STEM - Danny Fain, Teacher in Residence Redefining STEM Rubrics for the 21’st Century: It’s all about mastery!

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