Ask a Tech Teacher
MARCH 18, 2020
Data Analytics. Much like how social media giants Facebook and Twitter are utilizing our digital footprints to better understand consumer behavior, teachers are also turning to data analytics to learn more about their students. With more educational institutions adopting virtual learning management systems (such as Moodle, Edmodo, etc.),
Edsurge
JANUARY 15, 2019
Data from market analyst firms CB Insights and Pricewaterhouse Coopers show that total funding across all sectors increased in 2018 despite falling deal volume. Once upon a time, she notes, “MOOCs were supposed to displace higher education. Now many MOOCs are embedded within these institutions. investment activity.
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Hack Education
DECEMBER 30, 2019
That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 31, 2018
Perhaps the biggest acquisition of the year was Edmodo. million for Edmodo – only about $15 million of which was cash. ” (Its MOOC competitor edX also announced this year that many of its courses would no longer be free.) Vive la MOOC révolution. ACT and TurnItIn both bought two. ( It was big as in bad.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 9, 2017
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. .” 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”)
Hack Education
MAY 19, 2017
senators released a bill Monday that would overturn the ban on a federal student-level data system that would allow for the tracking of employment and graduation rates. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “Why Haven’t MOOCs Eliminated Any Professors?” Upgrades and Downgrades.
Hack Education
OCTOBER 12, 2018
Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via Edsurge : “5 Ways MOOC -Based Degrees Are Different From Other Online Degrees.” ” Not listed: other online degrees simply aren’t hyped the way MOOCs are. Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. of Washington.”
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