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8 EdTech Trends to Watch Out for This 2020

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From digital certificates to learning analytics, here are eight EdTech trends to look forward to in the coming months. Video-assisted Learning. With more educational institutions adopting virtual learning management systems (such as Moodle, Edmodo, etc.), 3D Printing.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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”) It was certainly the outcome that investors were hoping for Edmodo , which raised $25 million in 2012, boasting that it had 15 million users. Remember Edmodo? Edmodo was one of the early stars of the most recent resurgence in ed-tech startup founding and funding (circa 2008 onward, that is).

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning. Um, they do.) It’s that their parents are opting them out of exposure to these technologies.

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The Weaponization of Education Data

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77 million users accounts stolen from Edmodo. More data collection will improve course design. More data collection will improve student learning and student outcomes. ” “The Higher Ed Learning Revolution,” as NPR put it: Tracking Each Student’s Every Move.“ million students. I call b t.)

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Hack Education Weekly News

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And of course current Undersecretary of Education, Ted Mitchell, is a former VC.) From the Coursera blog : “Coursera pilots a new course format.” ” More via I Programmer on Coursera ’s decision to remove old courses from its platform. .” Presidential Campaign Politics. weeks in 2015.”