Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. 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. They’re supposedly “engines of innovation.”

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

APRIL 7, 2017

Prince fought for a long time with record labels, and arguably that makes his response to the new digital “masters” – Apple, Google, Spotify, and such – more understandable. Students often find themselves uploading their content – their creative work – into the learning management system (the VLE).

Technology 72

Technology Education VLE Industry 72

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

Baker, associate professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania and the director of the new Penn Center for Learning Analytics. But for that concept to work, a child must spend a lot of time on the computer, feeding the system with data that the software uses to improve itself.

Trends 40

Trends Study Knewton Personalized Learning 40

MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

But for that concept to work, a child must spend a lot of time on the computer, feeding the system with data that the software uses to improve itself. Baker, associate professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania and the director of the new Penn Center for Learning Analytics.

Personalized Learning 28

Personalized Learning Technology Knewton Learning 28

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

Stephen Downes works in the Learning and Performance Support Systems program at the National Research Council, a multi-year effort to develop personal learning technology and learning analytics. Next page: edtech trends 6-10: Better content, small data and neuroscience). Video Observation for Teacher PD.

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Trends EdTech MOOC Smartphone 111

Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The budget bill President Trump signed Friday fixes a technical problem for private scholarship providers that rely on federal student aid data to help students pay for college.” Billion Federal Block Grant Makes Ed-Tech Training Higher Priority Than Software, Devices.” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Education Robotics iPad Company 45

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

But.truth is, the US government isn't the early adopter here; Amazon, Google and Facebook are really the front-line developers of the surveillance state." This from the school district that is still reeling from a major student data privacy breach. " Hopefully, not shades of future conversations about learning analytics.

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EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

Indeed, Edutechnica, which also tracks LMS data, responds with their own numbers and says that Blackboard still has about two hundred more installations than Canvas and about a million more students using the software. ” Via Edsurge : “ Britannica CEO Talks Google, Wikipedia and What Lil Pump Can Teach Us About Credibility.”

Education 43

Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

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.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 10, 2017

This is part five of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” As in previous years, it would be quite easy to fill a whole article in this series on “ data insecurity ,” on the data breaches and cyberattacks that continue to plague education – both schools and software.

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Data Education Software Social Media 78

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

And speaking of copyrighting a language of a warlike people, the Oracle v Google case had its closing arguments this week. On Thursday, the judge gave Google the victory , ruling that the company’s use of the Java API fell under fair use provisions. The Common Core aligned reading software maker had raised $1.8

Education 52

Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The federal government is set to release data reports designed to help measure the performance of accrediting agencies , with metrics such as the graduation rates, debt, earnings and loan repayment rates of students who attended the colleges the accreditors oversee.” Data, Privacy, and Surveillance.

Coursera 60

Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

” Google announced it was cutting jobs in its Google Fiber division. And Google has put plans to expand Fiber to more cities on hold. And Google is getting into the whiteboard business. Blackboard has acquired Fronteer , a software company that helps make course materials accessible. The CEO has resigned.

Education 40

Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40