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Yes There’s ‘Disruption’ in College Market, But the Bigger Trend Is Growth of ‘Enabler’ Companies

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Department of Education’s EQUIP experimental sites initiative is an interesting case study that recognizes there is value in aligning non-institutional, upstart providers of education with respected traditional institutions – but also that this direction will demand new, outcome-oriented quality assurance models.

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Real Questions About Artificial Intelligence in Education

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Can adaptive platforms (such as ALEKS or Knewton) help students learn the facts and enable the teachers to guides? Now, say you have a neural network or some machine learning program that’s better at predicting student outcomes. Benemann: Vendors should talk about student outcomes and teacher practice. Will it free up the day?

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Could Remixing Old MOOCs Give New Life to Free Online Education?

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But one outcome of that push towards open online courses was plenty of high-quality teaching material. From that list of results, he says, you might pick three videos and an infographic, and then add a case study focusing on a really moving human story. And the platform lets you add your own videos or texts as well.

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