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The Makings (and Misgivings) of a Statewide Effort to Personalize Learning in Massachusetts

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LearnLaunch Institute , the Massachusetts Personalized Learning Edtech Consortium (MAPLE) functions as a professional learning community for 32 district members that aim to implement personalized learning. Moodle, Schoology, Blackboard and Summit round out the top five.) Sometimes, it is just a distraction.

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Moodle: The Unsung Hero of LMS Options

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There are many LMSs to choose from, but none as flexible, scalable, feature-rich, and affordable as the open source ecosystem of Moodle. Moodle got its start years ago as a method to organize blended learning and online classes. For example, I stumbled my way through it with no programming experience or Moodle background at all.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5

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KITABOO facilitates key LMS integrations with advanced technological features

Kitaboo on EdTech

Provide media-rich content: An LMS allows you to deliver digitally enabled interactive content that is immersive and engaging, while at the same time, challenging the learners to adopt a problem-solving approach to learning. . As a result, a few learners may follow the lesson while the rest become demotivated from learning.

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This Week's Live, Interactive, and Free Webinars in Elluminate

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

[link] ANYWHERE, ANYTIME LEARNING WITH VIDEO (ELLUMINATE LIVE EVENTS) Tue 26 Oct 01:00PM New York / Tue 26 Oct 05:00PM GMT / Wed 26 Oct 03:00AM Sydney Sebastian Grady. Sebastian Grady, COO of Altus Learning, will share stories from companies that are using video to capture critical knowledge throughout their global organizations.

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WHAT’S NEW

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BENCHMARK EDUCATION COMPANY ADVANCEALL ( benchmarkeducation.com ) Benchmark Education Company (BEC) released Advance ALL, a new series motivating students to read with literary and informational reading text sets. This allows students to automatically access an MP3 version of content added by the instructor into the LMS.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Mostly tutoring companies.). “ ICE officials have invited tech companies, including Microsoft , to develop algorithms that will track visa holders’ social media activity ,” ProPublica reports. Badges , patents, and the world’s ‘least popular’ education company” by Doug Belshaw.