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The Cause That Unites Chief IT and Academic Officers

Edsurge

Canvas , whiteboards and a company called Blackboard. The smorgasbord of hardware and software at the show floor caters to a wide range of university IT needs, from security and bandwidth to proctoring and instruction. BLACKBOARD'S NEW FRONTEER: Blackboard acquired Fronteer , the U.K.-based

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Join this Blackboard Collaborate session here. Conference strands include Teaching with Technology, Student Devices, Online Learning, Subject Specific Ed Tech, Creative Ed Tech, Web 2.0 & Social Software, and Administrative Support. The NEA shared this article that discusses nation-wide efforts to re-engage high school dropouts.

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The messy reality of personalized learning

The Hechinger Report

Leave this field empty if you're human: Personalized learning argues that the entrepreneurial nature of the knowledge economy and the gaping need, diversity and unmanageable size of a typical public school classroom are ill-served by the usual arrangement of a teacher lecturing at a blackboard.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“ Is Blackboard dying? That is, the announcement from RealNetworks that they’re offering facial recognition software to schools for free. ” Via Chalkbeat : “Do suspensions lead to higher dropout rates and other academic problems? ” This Week in Betteridge’s Law of Headlines. Should They?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“ Is higher ed creating the next dropout factories? ” Inc lists “5 Entrepreneurs That Are Shaking Up Education” and includes the CEO of Blackboard. Via Honi Soit : “University abandons Cadmus anti-cheating software.” . “ Are iPads and laptops improving students’ test scores?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

How a College Dropout Plans to Replace the SAT and ACT.” “The Moodle / Blackboard Breakup: The Long and the Short of It” by e-Literate’s Michael Feldstein. Via Chalkbeat : “ NYC is offering the SHSAT during school hours to boost diversity, but it’s mostly benefitting white and Asian students.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “A Conveyor Belt of Dropouts and Debt at For-Profit Colleges ” by Susan Dynarski. Blackboard has acquired Fronteer , a software company that helps make course materials accessible. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Blackboard Study on How Instructors Use the LMS.”