21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

What type of performance-based formative and summative assessment took place? A learning management system can have a tendency to promote a “surface” type of assessment. Teachers must be intentional at exploring ways online to ensure that assessment is formative and allows them to plan scaffolding for next steps in learning.

Blended Learning 192

Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

” It’s being positioned here as the first time Congress has funded open textbooks, but it’s not the federal government’s first commitment to OER. But here are some education-related stories: Via Education Week : “Privacy Experts Assess Potential K–12 Fallout From Facebook ’s Crisis of Trust.”

Education 46

Education Robotics OER MOOC 46

Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The platform gives teachers and administrators the flexibility to mix and match content from a growing number of open educational resources (OER), to digitize existing content, or to build their own. Assess class performance. All You Need to Know to Prepare for the Trainer Skills Assessment and Application!

Chromebook 78

Chromebook Khan Academy Classroom Google 78

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Platforms provide the substructure for the “gig economy” and the “sharing economy”; they’re the economic engine of social media; they’re the architecture of the “attention economy” and the inspiration for claims about the “end of ownership.” The company has raised some $77.5

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Using everyday digital content, the COR paper and online assessments directly connect to the questions posed in SHEG’s study and engage learners in credibility decision-making around three COR Competencies: Who’s behind the information? The free assessments include Google Docs assessments to copy and digital rubrics to download.

Assessment 60

Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Please spread the word and tell people about the Summit forward this email , or post on social media Hashtag: #homelearningsummit Twitter: @homelearnsummit Facebook: @homelearningsummit Instagram: homelearningsummit HERE ARE SOME OF THE TOPICS WE ARE WORKING TO COVER IN THE SUMMIT TALKS, INTERVIEWS, AND OPEN-CHAT TIMES : ADHD and Learning ?

Conference 34

Conference Learning OER Blended Learning 34

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

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! Carmona, Lead Contract English Instructor Student-Generated Apps for Mobile Devices – can they enhance higher levels of understanding? Derek Barkalow, Ph.D.

STEM 47

STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 47

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

“ Can a For-Profit, Venture-Backed Company Keep OER Free – and Be Financially Sustainable? Edsurge’s coverage of Top Hat’s OER news is also in the Betteridge’s Law section above. . “ Apple and Microsoft Now Offer $100 Styluses. But Do Schools Need – or Want – Them? ” asks Edsurge.

Education 44

Education Facebook Edmodo Pearson 44

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 7, 2013

. - Fabiana Laura Casella Mystery Location Calls via Skype or Google Hangout - Paula Naugle The Power of Project-Based Learning - Shelley Wright This I Believe Narratives (with Technology component) - Maggie Maslowski 5:00pm KEYNOTE: Mallory Fundora of Project Yesu, Angela Maiers, Mark Moran 6:00pm Be A Newscaster - Tara Benwell Extraordinary Learning (..)

Conference 61

Conference ePortfolio Mobility Social Media 61

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Ever wonder how stories promoted by ‘thought leaders’ on social media get selected? " Tagged on: March 6, 2017 Three misunderstandings about open resources | The Hechinger Report → Nine superintendents jointly write an article to discuss OER approaches and materials that work.

EdTech 170

EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

in August has released an assessment on the university’s response and what it could have done better. IBM wants us to believe that Watson is incredibly powerful – powerful enough, even, to search 1000 OER. Just a reminder that Twitter does not care about your school’s social media initiative.

Education 51

Education ProctorU Company Report 51

Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

I’ve never seen an education story receive quite as much attention from non-educators on social media. Justin Reich on “ assessment ” versus “ evaluation.” Via WHIO : “ School social media director fired after correcting student’s misspelled tweet.”

Education 40

Education Pearson MOOC E-rate 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. Indeed, DonorsChoose.org expects teachers to leverage their social media presence in order to fundraise for supplies for their classrooms.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

OCTOBER 13, 2017

With funding from the Lumina Foundation and through the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, the QA Commons last week announced a pilot project to assess higher education programs at 14 institutions around the country.” Via Techcrunch : “ Kudos wants to be a gentle introduction to social media sharing for kids.”

MOOC 43

MOOC Education Kaplan Company 43

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

.” My most favorite lines simply must be these: “One of the early adopters of Imbellus was McKinsey & Company , the management consulting firm, which uses the scenario assessments to find job candidates. Via Edsurge : “Campus Support for OER is Growing, Survey Finds.” ” LOL, they do?!

Education 53

Education Company Report IXL Learning 53

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

Testing, Testing… “ Common Core testing group wages aggressive campaign against critics on social media,” according to The Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss. This week: “ OpenStax Partners with panOpen to Expand OER Access.” OpenStax has been striking a lot of vendor deals recently, no?

Education 52

Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

” For those keeping track of how great social media is for the future of education and knowledge and civics and such: “Last Year, Social Media Was Used to Influence Elections in at Least 18 Countries ,” says the MIT Technology Review. A sobering assessment and a warning.”

Education 47

Education Pearson OER Report 47

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

Meanwhile on Campus… The New York Times on “How the Parkland Students Got So Good at Social Media ” – a really important corrective, I’d argue, to that “digital native” silliness. Edsurge on the business of OER. .” It’s a “university” not a university, but hey.

Education 47

Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47