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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?). Microsoft : “Microsoft launches Intune for Education to counter Google’s Chromebooks in schools,” Techcrunch reported in January. “Now Any Organization Can Create Content for LinkedIn Learning,” Edsurge reported in June.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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From the Google blog : “ Chromebook tablets for versatile learning.” ” Via The Verge : “Apple is ready to fight Google’s Chromebooks with cheaper iPads.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. There’s more robot news in the job training section above.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Course Signals, a software product developed by Purdue University, was designed to boost “student success” by using learning analytics to inform teachers, students, and staff to potential problems, labeling students with a red/yellow/green scheme to indicate their danger in failing a course. Course Signals. Chatbot Instructors.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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“Can robotics teach problem solving to students?” “Learning technology once reserved for special needs students is now in everyone’s hands. “The Growing Role of Technology in Personalized Learning ,” according to KQED’s Mindshift. Google has released the latest generation of Chromebooks.