Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

If few students answer the question correctly, the software can flag the professor, or the textbook author, to consider revising the content to make it clearer. Newkirk concedes they are not the first to use these techniques, but the combination he and his colleagues have devised is getting results beyond what others have reported.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

Photo: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. We discuss their goals and what they are working on, and if they had an assessment we might talk about that,” she said. Photo: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. DALLAS — In December 1997, a sixth-grader at Dan D.

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TeacherCast

JANUARY 1, 2016

For instance, one recent survey reported that 75% of the responding K-12 educators in the United States assessed their student’s access to technology in the classroom as “good” or “great” Roughly four out of five teachers planned to utilize these types of resources more extensively during the 2016 academic year.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 2, 2016

It’s free for students, but the software isn’t free for all—teachers must pay $7 a year and Pro users pay $29 annually. report cards have by and large stayed the same over the last century—there’s not always good feedback, and it’s too late once bad grades get in. based automated grading software company, is trying to ease that pain.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2017

Following Edtech Money (in-depth report on U.S. He’s never been a fan of digital textbooks or MOOCs.) He also believes the market is also moving towards tools that bundle assessment and content, rather than being offered as separate products. Other EdSurge stories about edtech venture capital.

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Bryan Alexander

MARCH 25, 2016

As one anecdote to consider, Kamenetz mentioned a new product, which provides surveillance software for K-12. The company making this software claimed as an achievement to have prevented three suicides by detecting self-harm signals through pupils’ digital activity. This works in a low-stakes settings, like a MOOC.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) 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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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Ted Curran responds to the MakerSpace trend that was highlighted in the 2014 Horizon Report. The impact of MOOCs depends on their ability to assess learning. Nicholas Pringle thinks that MOOCs and other e-learning platforms need to step up their game in assessment to become true players in the education revolution.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

” – that’s Sebastian Thrun, best known perhaps for his work at Google on the self-driving car and as a co-founder of the MOOC (massive open online course) startup Udacity. So here is the consensus from the past twelve years of the Horizon Report for higher education. The quotation is from 2012. How do you do that?

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

I’ve taken a MOOC on algorithms and read, in whole or in part, books and articles that contain significant discussions of computer science-y things like time complexity and NP-completeness. Second, I’ve been using computers and software more and more in my teaching. and then somewhat sparingly. But it's limited.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 14, 2018

There’s more local Chalkbeat reporting on the recent charter school strike in Chicago down in the “labor and management” section below. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Several “rethinking assessment” stories, sponsored by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, in Edsurge this week.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

They can be something everybody uses; that’s how 2012 became the year of the MOOC, and why virtual reality will no doubt be widely cited as the trend of 2016. MOOCs continued to increase in number and attendance. By Stephen Downes, National Research Council. Now there are different ways things can be a ‘trend of the year’.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

.” “Three months after the former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner was sentenced to six months in jail for sexual assault, he was released on Friday,” NPR reports. ” “Two assessment companies – Educational Testing Service and Data Recognition Corp. The states in question: Texas and Nevada.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 12, 2016

.” MIT , New York University , and Yale are being sued by employees, “accused of allowing their employees to be charged excessive fees on their retirement savings,” The New York Times reported on Tuesday. From the US Department of Education’s blog : “Building the Next Generation of Assessments in Education.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

” More on the report from Pacific Standard. ” “ Turkey has reacted angrily to suggestions that it might tone down its attack on Saudi Arabia over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi if the United States agrees to extradite an opponent of President Erdogan,” The Times reports. on Coursera.” ” Winning.).

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Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

“Publishers Wiley , Cengage , Pearson and McGraw-Hill Education have won a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a seller of fake textbooks ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). School administration software-maker Connexeo has raised $110 million from Great Hill Partners.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

“The Trump Administration Has Revoked A Federal Directive On Campus Rape ,” Buzzfeed reports. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “Peter Thiel May Finally Get His Flying Cars, Thanks to a New Udacity Nanodegree in 2018.” (National) Education Politics. Percent Return.”

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Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

“The Year of the MOOC” – I was summoned to Palo Alto, California for a small gathering to discuss the future of teaching, learning, and technology. Perhaps with this data, the MOOC providers can build a map of professional if not cognitive pathways. Let me begin with a story.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

“Hardly Anyone Wants to Take a Liberal Arts MOOC,” Edsurge informed its readers in February. As education reporter Mikhail Zinshteyn wrote in The Atlantic earlier this year, a loud chorus of researchers in education and labor markets question the notion that workers are unqualified for the growing sophistication of tech jobs.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

“Assessing Betsy DeVos ’ Rollback on Disability Rights ” by Pacific Standard’s David Perry. Via Techcrunch : “ Holberton gets backing from more industry executives as it looks to scale its software engineering school.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” MOOCs.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Here are some reports from her travels: Via Chalkbeat : “What is Betsy DeVos ’s ‘rethink school’ initiative all about? ” Via the AP : “School at Cook County Jail reported phony attendance numbers.” ” “ Birmingham-Southern Cuts Tuition in Half,” Inside Higher Ed reports.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

I’ll look more closely at discrimination by design – in software and in algorithms – in the final article in this series.) ESSA gives more autonomy and flexibility to states than they had under NCLB through competency-based assessments, which could drive the development of personalized learning technologies.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “Secret CPS report spotlights big vacancies, lopsided options for students.” Via The Hechinger Report : “For students teetering on the edge financially, micro-grants help them finish college.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Gotta keep hyping that MOOC thing.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade.

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Hack Education

JULY 15, 2016

. “Ten more states sued the federal government on Friday over a directive to public schools on bathroom use by transgender students , adding their objections to those of 11 states that brought a lawsuit soon after the directive was released in May,” The New York Times reports. “ Are MOOCs Forever ? .”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 13, 2016

One of the longstanding complaints about accrediting agencies is that, as The Wall Street Journal reported this fall , “College Accreditors Largely Staffed by Employees of Schools They Oversee.” According to a report released in June by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce , “Of the 11.6

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Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

From Liberia , “Government to crackdown on unlicensed schools,” New Vision reports. ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the job training section below. . ” The company: Questar Assessment, Inc. Classrooms.” Go, School Sports Team!

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Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

” “ Richard Spencer , the white nationalist, has dropped his lawsuit against the University of Cincinnati,” Inside Higher Ed reports. ’” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via EdScoop : “‘Deliberate cyberattack ’ delays online assessments in five states.”

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

.” In other Department of Education bureaucratic nightmares, “Dozens of Colleges’ Upward Bound Applications Are Denied for Failing to Dot Every I,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. Testing, Testing… “Nation’s Report Card Finds Mixed Grades For U.S. ” Immigration and Education.

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Hack Education

MARCH 24, 2017

“Former Lobbyist With For-Profit Colleges Quits Education Department ,” ProPublica reports. Via PR Watch : “ Betsy DeVos Ethics Report Reveals Ties to Student Debt Collection Firm.” It’s just getting started,” says The Hechinger Report’s Jon Marcus. Education Politics.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2016

” The Wall Street Journal reported in April. Funnily enough, many of the very publications who consistently made fun of the offerings from Trump University rarely offer any critical analysis of the structure or content of MOOCs or coding bootcamps. But again, it’s not clear this was any sort of pay-to-play deal.)

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

Via The Washington Post : “ Betsy DeVos was asked to address education reporters at their annual convention. ” Via The Washington Post : “Secret report shows ‘special’ treatment for public officials in D.C. ” That’s the Collegiate Learning Assessment exam (a.k.a. She said no.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2017

” “8 Grad Students Are Arrested Protesting the GOP Tax Bill on Capitol Hill,” The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Adam Harris reported on Tuesday. Via NPR : “ School Voucher Programs Should Be Clear About Disability Rights , Report Says.” ” That’s a report from the GAO. “Huh?”

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Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

Via Broadly : “ Betsy DeVos to Meet with Men’s Rights Groups , Reports Say.” On the US House of Representatives’ proposed budget : “$2 Billion for Teacher Training, Salaries Eliminated in House Budget Plan,” Education Week reports. ” (State and Local) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

Nikki Haley of South Carolina has signed into law a measure that requires the state’s public colleges and universities to publish reports of conduct violations involving alcohol, drugs, sexual assault, and hazing at fraternities and sororities.” “ Columbia Drops SAT Subject Tests Requirement,” Inside Higher Ed reports.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Via Vox : “Brazilian media report that police are entering university classrooms to interrogate professors.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Then, “A Day Later, Football Coach Out at Maryland,” Inside Higher Ed reported. National) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

. “A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled in favor of a transgender student ’s challenge to a Wisconsin school district’s policy limiting his restroom usage – a big win for those seeking to advance transgender rights in the courts,” Buzzfeed reports. However will they cope. The Business of Job Training.

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