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BloomBoard Appoints New CEO, Restructures Focus Around Micro-Credentials

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Today it offers 250 micro-credentials, from “Analyzing Student Misconceptions” and “Makerspace Safety” to “Foundations of Student Data Privacy” and “Writing Publicly to Influence Parents,” built by more than 20 providers using the nonprofit’s framework. districts, according to Kenyon.

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Meet Caliper, the Data Standard That May Help Us (Finally) Measure Edtech Efficacy

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Caliper promises to do something new and exciting: It can make available sharing the data of students’ online activities, such as students’. answers to quizzes; responses on worksheets; views of videos; clicks on interactive resources. This data is stored in what is called a Learning Record Store.

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Profile of Asbury Park (NJ) Superintendent Sancha Gray

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Dream Academy students—chosen through a mix of GPA, interview, teacher recommendations, and academic portfolio review—can graduate from high school with an associate degree in social science. They use the Blackboard platform to communicate with professors and engage fellow students in their courses.

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Teacher-Student Digital Communication Makes for Good Learning

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So explained Dr. Julie Evans, Chief Executive Officer of Project Tomorrow, in an edWebinar sponsored by Blackboard , examining findings from the program’s 2020 annual research project, Speak Up , for which 10,000 K-12 students nationwide shared their preferences and expectations for two-way communications with their teachers.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition)

Doug Levin

Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. Wash your spirit clean. I find myself back at work refreshed and with some new ideas.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition)

Doug Levin

Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. Wash your spirit clean. I find myself back at work refreshed and with some new ideas.

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Education Technology and Data Insecurity

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Education’s Obsession with Data. Why collect data? “Accountability rhetoric echoes a broader turn toward data-driven decision-making and resource allocation across sectors. “The data we don’t store cannot be stolen from us,” founder Hadi Partovi wrote in a blog post.

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