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Against the 3A’s of EdTech: AI, Analytics, and Adaptive Technologies in Education

ProfHacker

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. For example, learning analytics may look at how many times someone has watched a video and for how long. Some Critical Questions.

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Using Data to Support Personalized Learning Pathways

edWeb.net

During an edLeader Panel , sponsored by CatchOn, An ENA Affiliate , Eric Butash, Director of Education Technology and Data Integration for the district, discussed how they used data analytics to build their personalized student learning pathways. First, the district built a data governance team. About the Moderator.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

million in venture capital from high profile names like LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and from firms active in ed-tech investing such as Learn Capital. 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. The company has raised some $77.5

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Researchers Raise Concerns About Algorithmic Bias in Online Course Tools

Edsurge

While that particular red flag feature is no longer used by Canvas, Mariachi says she worries that colleges and companies are experimenting with learning analytics in ways that are not transparent and could be prone to algorithmic bias. Just three weeks ago the company hired a privacy attorney, Daisy Bennett, to assist in that work.

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Ed-Tech in a Time of Trump

Hack Education

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. I’m concerned because students are compelled to use software in educational settings. Intelligence. .”

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65 ways equity, edtech, and innovation shone in 2022

eSchool News

Due to the COVID-19 crisis and the resulting lockdowns and social distancing mandates, there has been a growing need for schools to adopt online school management software for a variety of functions, everything from virtual instruction to communication with student families to operational tasks. –Amy Gulley, M.Ed

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 10 Edition)

Doug Levin

Here’s what caught my eye the week of March 6, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. This reversal in policy is a bad decision for all of us." " Hopefully, not shades of future conversations about learning analytics.

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