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The Next Social Contract for Public Education Needs New Terms of Service

Doug Levin

Most concerning are decisions that have a negative impact on student outcomes (whether academic or social) or in more extreme circumstances even jeopardize the health and well-being of children and youth. More tangible costs result from ill-considered decisions that can result in the waste, fraud and abuse of public funds.

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‘Our Technology Is Our Ideology’: George Siemens on the Future of Digital Learning

Edsurge

The LINK Lab is a hub international scholars exploring the digitization of knowledge and learning and how this process impacts education. Siemens also serves on the advisory board of learning analytics company Civitas Learning and is a mentor to startups in Intel’s Education Accelerator.

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How Effective for Learning are the Apps we Use?

techlearning

A recent University of Phoenix College of Education survey showed that about 58% of teachers use educational apps and 41% use social media. With this knowledge, administrators can leverage their data to make smart decisions about using the apps that will best improve learning. Growth is particularly high in web-based devices.

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K-12 Dealmaking: GreatSchools Acquires Schoolie; n2y, Thrivist Gain Funding

Marketplace K-12

based Thrivist said its platform “enables schools to develop, deliver, and manage online learning and leverage learning analytics to improve outcomes,” according to the company, which notes that software is offered via a software-as-a-service model and is being used in more than 25 school districts. Franklin, Tenn.-based

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” And folks are looking at blog posts the student wrote for class. Lessons from Long-Run Outcomes in School Choice Research.” ” The latest report from the Pew Research Center : “ The Science People See on Social Media.” Via The Atlantic : “An Inside Look at Juvenile Detention.”

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. ”) It was certainly the outcome that investors were hoping for Edmodo , which raised $25 million in 2012, boasting that it had 15 million users. I’d love to provide a link but Andreessen deleted his blog in 2009. Subscribe to their blog.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

From the World Bank’s ed-tech blog : “How students in Uruguayan schools are being taught English over the Internet by teachers in Argentina – and in the UK & the Philippines.” ” [Insert Course Signals learning analytics joke here.]. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).