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Automated Proctoring Swept In During Pandemic. It’s Likely to Stick Around, Despite Concerns

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We’re publishing a series about how pandemic-era practices are continuing to shape higher education. As far as I know business is holding up,” says Trace Urdan, a managing director at Tyton Partners, an education consulting and advisory firm. Check out our related article, " The Pandemic Pushed Colleges to Record Lectures.

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What Happens When Ed-Tech Forgets? Some Thoughts on Rehabilitating Reputations

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Some of this is a result of an influx of Silicon Valley types in recent years — people with no ties to education or education technology who think that their ignorance and lack of expertise is a strength. Narratives about the “factory model of education” and whatnot. I mean forgetting what happened five, ten years ago.

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How Colleges Can Improve Accessibility In Remote Courses

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After all, “it's not just enough to put materials in Blackboard if it's not going to be accessible,” says Jennifer Albat, instructional designer at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. And then we did some webinars for Blackboard Basic, Zoom, TechSmith Relay, and even Microsoft Teams. However, that is obviously very costly.

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

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BLACKBOARD ALLY ( www.blackboard.com ) Blackboard announced that Blackboard Ally is now available for multiple learning management systems used by K-12 school districts. Blackboard Ally is an accessibility solution that helps make digital class content in a learning management system (LMS) more accessible for all learners.

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