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The Winners and Filmstrips of An (Almost) Decade in Education Technology

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OER and open books. Digital badges. In fact, I think some of the biggest edtech trends have been rather. Three types of edtech joined the “filmstrip” category in this decade: Learning Management Systems , MOOC s, and digital badges. Employers don’t know what to do with digital badges.

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Marketplace trend update: 6 ed-tech developments

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Remaining a tech-savvy educator means keeping on top of the myriad changes and trends in education, how technology can support those trends, and how teaching and learning can best benefit from near-constant change. Collaborative software provider ClassFlow announced a way for teachers to earn extra cash during the upcoming school year.

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What Problems Has Edtech Solved, and What New Ones Did It Create?

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These devices accelerated the unbundling of content so that students can directly access leveled news articles on Newsela, or their favorite book on Epic. Open digital badges. What trend or fad will resurface next decade? What technology never lived up to expectations or the hype? Certain interoperability efforts.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Digital Badges Are Gaining Traction,” according to MIndwire Consulting’s Michael Feldstein. Related, via Doug Belshaw : “Some thoughts on the future of the Open Badges backpack.” ” Accreditation and Certification. ” The white paper comes from Ithaka S+R. million total.

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What I Learned On My ‘Secret Sabbatical’ As a Scholar-in-Residence at a Private Company

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I’ve read books like The Innovator’s Dilemma and others that you’d not typically find in the math section of the bookstore. The education division employs an anthropologist, a former ed tech startup leader, and a quantitative market analyst to research and scout emerging trends.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The key word in that headline isn’t “digital”; it’s “force.” And digital bits have replaced the need to cut down trees to make paper and waste ink to create those books.”

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'Robots Are Coming For Your Jobs'

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But this year, I’m reorganizing my analysis of these “trends,” partly because I think they can all be subsumed under the larger theme of “the new economy.” Read The New York Times review of her book. MIT will issue digital diplomas on the blockchain. Pearson filed a patent for badges.