Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Technology has seeped its way into classrooms, streamlined academic standards, and transformed the pedagogical landscape to a large extent. Today, students are blessed with interactive platforms, personalized education, online learning, and educational software that have been designed to enhance the learning experience.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2020

A photo from a 2018 report shows a teacher using Lumilo smart glasses, developed at Carnegie Mellon University, in an experiment. To that end, software programmers have designed all sorts of data dashboards for classroom teachers. So Holstein, along with two colleagues, set up an unusual middle school experiment in the Pittsburgh area.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 19, 2023

The study, “ Teacher’s use of class time and student achievement ,” published in the Economics of Education Review, gives us a rare glimpse inside classrooms thanks to a sister experiment in teacher ratings that provided the data for this study. Lectures were one of the least common uses of time in both subjects.

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Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2024

In fact, the experiment at the Michigan public college could be said to mark a new generation in an area known as “ learning analytics.” And he says over time he can imagine the college could refine a chatbot student to be able to thrive in the classroom. When they make a mistake, they receive feedback much like we do.”

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Neo LMS

MAY 23, 2019

Worldwide there’s a growing number of initiatives to include education technologies — or edtech — in the classroom. Even though effectively integrating education technology in the classroom comes with various challenges for everyone involved, it’s all worth it nonetheless. Inclusion is only the first step. But not impossible.

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eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2020

Eko is offering its solution for FREE to support learning during the COVID-19 outbreak. Eko’s virtual classroom experience ensures teachers, students, parents and school staff all stay connected ensuring a sense of school community and spirit, minimizing the disruption to learning and student progress.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 30, 2017

Teachers (or homeschooling parents) can track the progress of up to thirty students organized into a class where they are able to gauge learning outcomes via a web-based Learning Analytics Dashboard. The Education account includes a student report card so all stakeholders can track student progress.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2022

Early stage edtechs are also participating in the AWS EdStart program, the AWS edtech virtual startup accelerator, designed to help entrepreneurs build the next generation of online learning, analytics and campus management solutions on the AWS Cloud.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

A new report that analyzes 1.48 School leaders expect students and teachers to be using their licensed apps all the time, says Ryan Baker, director of the University of Pennsylvania Center for Learning Analytics. Many apps, independent of how long or often students use them, have no relationship to learning outcomes.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

A range of specialist companies and private institutions is now providing excellent higher education components, as well as providing ancillary and support services such as examination and certification services, learning support, learning analytics, etc.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Although schools in rural areas traditionally hit roadblocks when it comes to securing technology tools and high-speed internet access in classrooms and student homes, a new study suggests students in those schools actually outperform their urban and suburban peers in access at school.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2021

As a premium member, EdisonLearning will work with the DLC and its member groups in a number of capacities, including as a contributor to DLC strategy and direction through participation in DLC Executive Committee meetings and participating in committees, surveys, and research and development of DLC resources including reports and web pages.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2019

Among the software slated to be released under an open-source license is the university’s pioneering adaptive-learning project, the Open Learning Initiative , as well as a learning analytics platform LearnSphere.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2018

So we got some very passionate phone calls and lost a lot of time in the classroom. IT staff at our schools reported that teachers were stressed out about logging in to the point where some would just give up on using technology and go back to their regular pen and paper process. So many things. Each student login takes 30 seconds.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Take a casual flip through this year’s trend-predicting Horizon Report, released today, and you’ll find plenty to get excited about. By contrast, the report’s short-term developments, online learning and makerspaces, have a distinct yesterday’s news vibe about them. Sometimes the panelists get it right.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 22, 2021

All educators have now become managers and reporters of data, whether they are classroom teachers compiling information on individual students and sharing it with parents, or top district administrators evaluating teachers, principals, and all their students. Optimizing Data Reports. By Robert Low. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

The advancement of emerging technology is laying the foundation for a new age of learning. With virtual worlds being built to extend the classroom and embedded AI to better track student development, experiential technology provides a new level of immersion. Related sessions: AI Enabling Personalized Learning at Scale.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

It didn’t mean parents as tutors, homework helpers, or classroom volunteers–although it could be those. If you’re looking for a way to involve parents more granularly in your classroom, try these three ideas: Edmodo for Parents. I’ve taught Preschool-8th grade for thirty years. Jupiter iO. a Spanish translation.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

But looking at 2024, here are some current trends in education: Technology Integration: Continued integration of technology into classrooms, with a focus on online learning, educational apps, and interactive tools. Flexible Learning Environments: Adoption of flexible learning environments that accommodate different learning styles.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 14, 2023

” Whoever controls the AI technology will control and manipulate many things in our lives and classrooms. If you Google the “dark side of GPT,” this should make you pause before using this in the classroom. We have just hit a new level of innovation and a new wave of applications. Right now, tech companies own AI.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2016

READING THE TEA LEAVES : Futurist Bryan Alexander ’s pre-conference workshop delved into techniques for predicting the future, as well as an overview of higher-ed technology trends from the New Media Consortium’s recent Horizon report. We’re only at the tip of the iceberg with learning analytics.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2018

classrooms but a study finds that students aren’t using much of the pricey software that schools buy (Photo by Jackie Mader). The company hired Ryan Baker, director of the Penn Center for Learning Analytics , and another data scientist to mine the data and create a national snapshot of technology use for the 2017-18 school year.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 12, 2018

As the costs for devices and applications decrease, technology use is increasing In classrooms across the country. As tablets, Chromebooks, and other handheld devices are employed in classrooms, instruction relies more and more on apps instead of on traditional computer-based programs. Growth is particularly high in web-based devices.

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Neo LMS

MAY 26, 2016

Students consider that the number of hours sitting in a classroom becomes less important that what they actually learn during that time. They want schools to adapt more to their learning needs, not the other way around. In other words, they want personalization of learning.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Makerspaces are expected to reach accelerated classroom adoption in less than one year, according to the K-12 Edition of the 2016 New Media Consortium Horizon Report. In 2016, 77 percent of fifth graders in San Elizario Independent School District (ISD) successfully passed the STAAR science test, up from 57 percent in 2015.

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eSchool News

JUNE 2, 2016

Sixty-five school districts, charter schools, and state agencies across the state will use the Brightspace learning management system (LMS) for both online and traditional classroom learning. Learning Analytics to help keep students on track for success.

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Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Classrooms are embracing interactive whiteboards and mobile devices with enthusiasm. Our objective for this technological transformation of the school desk was to ensure that the classroom would remain physically unchanged, but changed utterly in terms of new pedagogical and interaction affordances. Tip Tap Tap Learning Analytics.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 27, 2015

Technologically-based tools provide opportunities for students to learn both in and out of the classroom. The use of technological innovations such as cloud computing, mobile learning, bring?your?own?device Holding vendors accountable for the teaching and learning outcomes they promote. Social learning networks, e?portfolios,

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2016

WHAT DO PROFESSORS WANT FROM LEARNING ANALYTICS? It is important to ask, argues Deborah West, director of the Office of Learning and Teaching for Charles Darwin University, in Australia, because professors are often left out of planning for so-called “learning analytics.” Don’t forget about Europe and Canada!

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Marketplace K-12

MARCH 14, 2016

Barnes & Noble Education Buys LoudCloud Systems: The college bookstore operator and provider of digital education services has acquired LoudCloud Systems, a digital platform and analytics provider to clients in higher education, the for-profit sector, and the K-12 community. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?). There’s an understanding – even if it’s a disgruntled one – among those in the classroom and those making procurement decisions of what the LMS is for, what it should do, and so on. There’s an existing market there.

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Via The Hechinger Report : “Most immigrants outpace Americans when it comes to education – with one big exception.” ” NPR asks whose bones made up those old classroom skeletons. ” Via Scholastic : “ James Patterson will personally donate $2 million to teachers to build classroom libraries this year.”

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2024

It is slated to be presented at the March 2024 annual conference of the Society of Learning Analytics in Kyoto, Japan. Demszky is working on developing a talk meter app that can be used in traditional classrooms to encourage more student participation. Source: Table 4 of Demszky et. Sign up for the Proof Points newsletter.

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Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 29, 2015

I’m building on previous posts about trends in technology and educational contexts , plus my FTTE report, naturally. Online learning, or the teaching formerly knows as “distance learning” Will this keep growing? The forthcoming Horizon Report thinks BYOD is one of the two major tech trends for 2016.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

AUGUST 27, 2022

From self-learning to flipped classroom approach, we have seen technology make a considerable impact on the learning and teaching methodologies. With numerous benefits to offer, digital learning has become an important part of the education system. Learning Outside the Classroom Environment.

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Iterating Toward Openness

JUNE 23, 2020

Research studies evaluating the impact of OER frequently report whether or not the grades received by students changed after their faculty began using OER. If work that is highly impactful in a single setting cannot be scaled to multiple classrooms, it does little to advance the cause of improving success for each and every student.

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Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

Pearson CEO John Fallon recently met with a group of reporters at Education Week’ s offices and spoke about his company’s business strategies and record, and offered a defense against some of its detractors’ claims. You have to work with the gray—that is the day-to-day reality of the classroom.

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