Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2017

When students interact with digital learning environments, they leave behind trails of data. The desire to understand and improve learning has led many educators to consider the value and utility of this information. Embedded learning analytics are not like rotisserie ovens: you can’t set them and forget them.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2018

A consortium of 25 universities unveiled a new platform last month that will pull in information from systems across campus to bring richer analytics to college classrooms. To be clear, this is not data laundering, which would suggest that information is being whitewashed to make it seem more positive.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Biometrics — technology that captures physical and behavioral data — is being used by several universities to collect data on students’ attention. Artificial intelligence software analyzes this data and alerts students when their interest starts to fade; it also creates custom quizzes based on students’ attentiveness.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 13, 2020

Kasey Bell will cover this as one of the five characteristics of the Dynamic Learning Framework. Data and Writing Transformation. Joni Degner and Mark Schwartz will show how to use data to improve writing. She’ll have practical, real-world examples for us. Amy Mayer covers these two topics.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 18, 2020

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

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The 2020s will likely be a defining decade for education as schools and policymakers rethink their approaches to education,” said Avantis Education’s Chief Executive Officer, Huw Williams.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The 2020s will likely be a defining decade for education as schools and policymakers rethink their approaches to education,” said Avantis Education’s Chief Executive Officer, Huw Williams.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

AUGUST 23, 2023

eBook analytics is the process of collecting and analyzing data on how learners interact with eBooks. This data can include information on reading habits, engagement levels, and performance metrics. For example, if many students highlight the same passage, it may indicate a need for further explanation.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Your most recent episode was about learning analytics , and listening to it reminded me that the focus of edtech folks these days is less about the tools being used and more about finding ways to improve student retention and learning. That means seeing analytics as a [supplement] to the human connection. "If

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Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 4, 2023

eBook analytics is the process of collecting and analyzing data on how learners interact with eBooks. This data can include information on reading habits, engagement levels, and performance metrics. For example, if many students highlight the same passage, it may indicate a need for further explanation.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2018

is a for-profit company that sells data analysis to public schools. The company hired Ryan Baker, director of the Penn Center for Learning Analytics , and another data scientist to mine the data and create a national snapshot of technology use for the 2017-18 school year. Apps are increasingly common in U.S.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The primary trends identified by the team were: adaptive learning, open education resources (OER), gamification and game-based learning, MOOCs, LMS and interoperability, mobile devices, and design. a mixed methodological approach so that we're gathering qualitative data that tells the story about the quantitative findings.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 19, 2023

For example, math teachers were almost as likely to devote most or all of the hour of class time to group discussions as English teachers were: 35 percent compared to 41 percent. “I think that is contradictory to what some people would expect and believe.” Lectures were one of the least common uses of time in both subjects.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

So with these guidelines in mind, I’ve chosen six areas where edtech has made an impact this decade: Learning Management Systems. Learning analytics. Adaptive learning systems. Three types of edtech joined the “filmstrip” category in this decade: Learning Management Systems , MOOC s, and digital badges.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2016

If you’re an educator, chances are you’ve heard the phrase “data-driven instruction,” where you’re asked to constantly assess, analyze, and adjust how you teach students. But one word in that phrase often raises a host of questions: What counts as “data”? That’s where the data truly tells a story.” How do you collect it?

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EdTech4Beginners

JANUARY 25, 2017

One example of this in education would be instead of having a $3000 interactive whiteboard, a teacher can plug a $30 chromecast into a projector and everyone in the classroom can collaborate on an assignment. Another example of this is smartphones. Will Learning analytics have a major impact upon Education this year?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

School leaders expect students and teachers to be using their licensed apps all the time, says Ryan Baker, director of the University of Pennsylvania Center for Learning Analytics. Schools will buy these licenses, and then they never really get touched,” says Baker, who analyzed the data and co-authored the report.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

That makes it easier for faculty members to go from the idea phase to actually collecting data and doing research very fast,” she says. Here’s one example of research at Duke that already used the IRB template: a professor got approval to collect data about the effectiveness of a tool developed at Duke called Nudge.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JANUARY 31, 2023

Table of Contents Five Surprising Benefits of Digital Textbooks Increased Accessibility Increased Engagement Personalized Learning Data Analytics Updates Summing It Up Five Surprising Benefits of Digital Textbooks Digital textbooks continue to evolve and adapt to the ever-changing needs of students and educators.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 17, 2021

Past examples of paradigm shifts include major events like the assassination of JFK or the terrorist attacks on September 11th which drastically altered people’s thoughts on safety, politics, and peace. Live virtual classes are effective and includes the critical social learning aspect that students need for brain development.

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Edsurge

MAY 3, 2018

And that’s forcing companies and colleges around the globe to reevaluate their data policies and practices. The new law, known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), will require that any entity that processes personal data for E.U. MOOC-provider Coursera, for example, claims to have 6.5 institution.

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ProfHacker

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Collecting Data: Bias, Surveillance & Control. This data is being collected based on some tech person’s decision of which data is relevant in order to categorize learners in certain ways, which are often indicators that don’t necessarily help you towards a particular conclusion, but maybe make policymakers feel good.

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IAD Learning

JANUARY 31, 2017

Understanding how far an educational institution has gone on the implementation of learning analytics, may be achieved by using an “analytics maturity model” There several models available. Garner describes his analytics maturity model by multiple dimensions: Time perspective covered: past, present or future.

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Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2017

Pardo piloted OnTask in March 2017 at the Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference in Vancouver. “We OnTask’s success depends heavily on the quality (and quantity) of student data available. OnTask’s success depends heavily on the quality (and quantity) of student data available.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Reflection is essential for students to take ownership of their learning, and for teachers to build a personalized learning experience in our schools. Increased security has been a huge benefit of SSO; it secures all of our critical data in one fell swoop. Has SSO helped with security issues?

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EdTech4Beginners

MAY 10, 2018

Education technology platforms like Study.com use Virtual Classrooms to seamlessly integrate teacher feedback, dynamic learning, analytics, and personalization when assigning homework. Incorporating these tools helps educators keep their students engaged in a time when online media is a huge part of many students’ lives.

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Doug Levin

JULY 7, 2016

One of the great promises of the increased adoption and use of technology in public education is the availability of new tools to collect and analyze data about how best to meet the individual needs of students, support educators, and allocate scarce resources.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2018

That’s an example of a request that can be found on online tutoring services like Chegg, as shared by a senior data scientist at the company, Sanghamitra Deb. So, to solve that, the company relies on Stanford-built Snorkel , a system for creating, modeling and managing training data. Must have 7 resources.”

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Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2016

And he’s seen “a laundry list” of promising examples over the last few years. MAKING THE DATA ENGINE WORK: Unlike spiking interest in MOOCs or even competency-based models, interest in institutional and learning analytics has maintained a “slow and steady burn,” said Tyton Partners’ Adam Newman. Samsung’s Bio-Processor.

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Learning with 'e's

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

In the tech industry, it's already seen as a notorious element in targeted advertising , surveillance and propaganda (for example in recent elections). Evans doesn't go on to describe how AI will make omni-choice learning possible, but the promise sits there, ripe for the picking.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 12, 2018

To figure that out, they can look at assessment data for evidence of correlation between apps and test score improvement. With this knowledge, administrators can leverage their data to make smart decisions about using the apps that will best improve learning. Dr. Ryan S.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 22, 2018

The way to find out is to capture and leverage ed tech data to measure program effectiveness. Recent advances in data mining provide a way to get data on tool cost and usage and map this information to outcome data such as assessments and then use these relationships in ways that make the information accessible and actionable.

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Bryan Alexander

JUNE 24, 2015

Malcolm Brown begins with three major drivers: personalization, hybrid learning, and big data. Malcolm not only grounds each in real-world examples, but gradually interconnects these movements, as we see mobile-first and changes to textbook publishers altering the LMS, for example. Read what follows carefully.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 14, 2023

AI in Schools and Classrooms Edweek shared in a 2020 article , In education, AI can be found in learning analytic platforms, online courseware, voice assistants, and support structures within other apps. These companies have HUGE data mines, which will only make AI more powerful.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

He’s credited with co-teaching the first MOOC in 2008, introduced the theory of “connectivism”—the idea that knowledge is distributed across digital networks—and spearheaded research projects about the role of data and analytics in education. He points to the learning management system as an example.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

The end of the report is stuffed with tantalizing promise about how future learners will engage with robots, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and wearable tech (think data-collecting headbands, and skill-tracking sensors) that could explode into classrooms in as little as four to five years. Sometimes the panelists get it right.

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IAD Learning

JULY 26, 2017

15 Strategies You Can Follow Today to Successfully Deploy Your Learning Analytics Tool. Deploying a learning analytics tool in your organization brings many benefits, including improving your students’ engagement and their success rates. Lead the project from the learning innovation side, not from IT.

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