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U. of Michigan Hints at Growth Plans for Office of Academic Innovation

Edsurge

In the next stage of growth, we’re looking to challenge any misconceptions of the use of personalized learning at that scale.” Staff members work with student fellows and faculty to design curricula, dive into education data and develop personalized-learning tools.

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EdTech Acronyms Explained

EdTech4Beginners

LMS – Learning Management System (software that runs and manages educational programs). MLD – Mobile Learning Devices. MLearning – Mobile Learning. MOOC – Massively Open Online Course (an online course which has video lectures, problem solving activities, texts and an online community of fellow learners).

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More on the Cost Trap and Inclusive Access

Iterating Toward Openness

What do you think the whole MOOC thing George Siemens and I and others was about? Beginning in 2003 and continuing consistently thereafter I have depicted learning resources as words in a conversation , and applied the logic of language to the logic of reuse. We learn by the things we do. This is a genuinely laudable first step.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) It may be the hardware or the operating system (OS), even a web browser or other underlying software, as long as the program code is executed in it. Education’s Proto-Platforms.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

It holds true for my work too, of course.) There may be no better example of this in 2017 than “personalized learning.” “Personalized learning” has powerful advocates, least of which US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos who talks about it as part of her broader initiative to “rethink school.”

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The Trends and Challenges Shaping Technology Adoption In Schools

MindShift

The report notes, “Success in teaching is closely tied to test results, and teachers are not frequently rewarded for innovative approaches and improvements in teaching and learning, much less allowed to scale and replicate these breakthroughs.” This environment of stagnation frustrates many teachers and prevents good ideas from spreading.

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Learning Revolution Newsletter - Week's Events - OZeLive Conference Starts - Michael Stephens, Pam Moran, and Ira Socol Highlighted Videos

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

I will be giving the opening keynote, and I''ll be talking about (of course!) the Learning Revolution -- both the historical importance of this moment in time, and what I think we''ve learned about building learning communities. Learn more and register here. Are quizzes and attendance enough?