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The power of ed-tech in the developing world

Neo LMS

How ed-tech is shaping the developing world: a few case studies. When it comes to innovation and developing economies there are a lot of reports and studies that conclude with a large amounts of “shoulds” and “coulds”. The pilot generated positive results with the average successful pass rate being 86% across topics.

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Ed tech companies promise results, but their claims are often based on shoddy research

The Hechinger Report

Examples from The Hechinger Report’s collection of misleading research claims touted by ed tech companies. Edgenuity boasts that the first case study in its long list of “success stories” shows how 10th grade students using its program “demonstrated more than an eightfold increase in pass rates on state math tests.”.

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State Leadership Working Towards Broadband Access for All

edWeb.net

Many times, the funding is not enough, and schools supplement from outside sources, including the E-Rate program. Included in the new report and accompanying website are case studies of success stories. In Connecticut, for example, public schools as well as other organizations receive broadband services from the CEN.

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10 Big Hurdles to Identifying and Educating the Nation’s Smartest Kids

MindShift

issue, plus case studies on gifted education from a dozen countries around the world. ” Failing Our Brightest Kids: The Global Challenge of Educating High-ability Students by Chester E. For example, only 2.45 has three very bright granddaughters. educating its top performers? .” Europe and Asia. .”

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Learning Analytics 2018 – An updated perspective

IAD Learning

Depending on how far we want to take our data collection, we could potentially collect library records, e-book consumption patterns, social network information, etc. Case studies show: the validity of predictive models applied to learning analytics, interventions with at-risk students are effective, and. Does it work?

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Fostering Permeability in Academia

ProfHacker

It’s a start, and much of what I suggest here can be widened beyond the particular examples. Not because of low rates of submissions, but low rates of acceptance. Here’s what I do, suggest, or have seen: As an individual researcher/author/speaker. Not to tick the diversity box, but to truly broaden our thinking.

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AV that Makes the Grade

techlearning

Here is a sample of case studies that illustrate how AV can turn K-12 spaces into student-driven hubs. One example of a project that has sparked new ways of thinking in students is the 2018 collaboration between Riverview High School in New Brunswick, Canada, and Pheasey Park Farm Primary School in Birmingham, UK.