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Personalized Learning, Teachers Unleashed, and a Learning Analytics Partnership: The Story of Fresno Unified

Edsurge

Ryan had this chance to shine because of Fresno’s Personalized Learning Initiative (PLI), which has been fostering student voice, choice and collaboration over the last two years. This collaboration occurs in person and asynchronously, with teachers, students and leaders collaborating through Microsoft Teams.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

Are any education technologies, for that matter? Andreessen’s definition does begin to get at some of the reasons why platforms have been so appealing to investors – ideologically as much as technologically. One might ask, I suppose, if LMSes are platforms. But first, a definition (or two) might be helpful.

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The Dangers of AI (and it’s not cheating) – SULS0190

Shake Up Learning

Of course, AI is not new to our world. However, the newest level of AI comes with some advances that should give us pause, especially when we consider our most vulnerable users being exposed to this technology, our students. When you think about AI, you may not realize that it is a part of almost every piece of technology that you use.

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Behaviorism, Surveillance, and (School) Work

Hack Education

As we gather here today to raise funds for Ian, a learning technology specialist at UBC, we have to recognize, no doubt, how much surveillance and ed-tech affects teachers and staff as well. In ed-tech circles, we call this "learning analytics," but it's less about learning than it is about productivity.).

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via The Guardian : “ Open University plans major cuts to number of staff and courses.” ” Via Techcrunch : “Comparing Apple , Google and Microsoft ’s education plays.” That’s d.tech.

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65 ways equity, edtech, and innovation shone in 2022

eSchool News

Many silver linings emerged and digital learning cemented itself as a “must have” in schools. Equity remained front and center, too, raising issues of inequitable technology access, along with racial and socioeconomic disparities and discrimination. — Babak D. –Jason Carroll, Chief Product Officer, Texthelp.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” The scheme involved Ed4Mil , “an online correspondence course provider,” and a former dean of Caldwell University. UniversityNow had previously sold off some of its technology to Penn Foster a couple of years ago.