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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?). For updates on the other major LMS providers – or at least, dispatches from their annual conferences, read Mindwires’ Consulting on Instructure , Blackboard , and D2L. Subscribe to their blog.

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School of Me: Letting students study what they want, when they want is the latest education trend

The Hechinger Report

Last year, the founder of Facebook pledged to donate $45 billion to social causes, one of them personalized learning. Conferences for teachers from coast to coast brim with representatives from the multibillion-dollar technology industry, many of them promising to help teachers provide customized tracks for education.

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The Growing Role of Technology in Personalized Learning

MindShift

Last year, the founder of Facebook pledged to donate $45 billion to social causes, one of them personalized learning. Conferences for teachers from coast to coast brim with representatives from the multibillion-dollar technology industry, many of them promising to help teachers provide customized tracks for education.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Indeed, according to one story in The Atlantic , a school district in Colorado opted to do away with parent-teacher conferences entirely, encouraging parents instead to simply check online to see what their children were up to. Course Signals. Students who completed courses were more likely to complete courses.)

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