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

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They used a feature of the Blackboard learning-management system to randomize questions for an exam in an introductory chemistry course. “We Despite all that opposition, and the fact that colleges are returning to in-person teaching, sales of proctoring software have been robust.

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

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Silicon Valley's historical amnesia — the inability to learn about, to recognize, to remember what has come before — is deeply intertwined with the idea of "disruption" and its firm belief that new technologies are necessarily innovative and are always "progress. AllLearn was short for Alliance for Lifelong Learning.

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How Colleges Can Improve Accessibility In Remote Courses

Edsurge

Colleges have long had offices designed to support students who have learning disabilities and to encourage broader accessibility in the classroom and beyond. EdSurge: In terms of accessibility during this time, what have you learned? And then we did some webinars for Blackboard Basic, Zoom, TechSmith Relay, and even Microsoft Teams.

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

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www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system. Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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