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The Stories We've Been Told (in 2017) about Education Technology

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The Common Core State Standards. Education Data and Learning Analytics. STEM Education’s “Sputnik Moment” The Higher Education Bubble. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2014. The Business of Ed-tech. School and “Skills” MOOCS, Outsourcing, and Online Education. Competencies and Certificates.

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Top Ed-Tech Trends: A Review

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The Common Core State Standards. Education Data and Learning Analytics. STEM Education’s "Sputnik Moment " The Higher Education Bubble. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2014. The Business of Ed-tech. School and “Skills” MOOCS, Outsourcing, and Online Education. Competencies and Certificates.

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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. In 2013, Pearson paid $7.7

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