Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 14, 2017

And now for something completely different… I’m taking a pause from talking directly about open for a moment to share some resources I’ve recently found that have made my data life much more efficient and enjoyable. I spend a lot of my time working in the data generated by use of Lumen’s open courseware.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Colleges and universities were among the first to reach a number of students so high, they simply needed the power of a software in order to manage all the learning and other data points that came along each student. People alone could not parse, sort and analyze all that data, and make the best decisions based on it.

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LMS Gamification Course Learning Analytics 334

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Key points: Edtech is poised to guide students to success in 2024 Learn more about K-12 Tech Innovation News Discover Current Trends in Education In recent years, K-12 tech innovation news has spread the word about how edtech has witnessed transformative trends shaping the future of learning.

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Trends Technology EdTech Digital Divide 81

PlagiarismCheck

APRIL 23, 2024

Implementing AI, virtual reality elements, plagiarism check , and grading tools has already become a game changer for teachers and students. This year, Tech Week focuses on AI, data security, the future of the jobs market, entrepreneurship, health, and social impact. What’s next?

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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. They can then create content specifically designed to cater to this, leading to better engagement and improved learning outcomes.

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eBook Learning Analytics Education Trends 52

Edsurge

JULY 22, 2020

With school plans for the fall focused less on reopening and more on resuming remote learning, the mixed experience with online instruction from the spring offers many lessons for how district leaders can better prepare for this next go around. The data was then sent to Baker’s team at UPenn for analysis. Here is the full report.)

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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. They can then create content specifically designed to cater to this, leading to better engagement and improved learning outcomes.

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eBook Learning Analytics Education Data 52

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

But looking at 2024, here are some current trends in education: Technology Integration: Continued integration of technology into classrooms, with a focus on online learning, educational apps, and interactive tools. Social-Emotional Learning (SEL): Increased emphasis on social-emotional learning to support students’ well-being.

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Trends Education Robotics Blended Learning 52

Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

I define education technology as any tool that supports learning, digital or not. 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. favorite, the filmstrip. OER and open books.

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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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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Many professors try new teaching approaches or new digital tools in their classes, but few actually study whether the changes work any better than the old way. But the tools are the first output of a nationwide effort to spread teaching innovation in higher education.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Naturally, technology plays a central role in scaling quality education supply to meet this demand. Generally, universities are doing very well financially, so they don’t feel from the data that their world is going to collapse. Traditional universities will find themselves obsolete, unless they adapt.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2019

In an unusual move intended to shake up how college teaching is done around the world, Carnegie Mellon University today announced that it will give away dozens of the digital-learning software tools it has built over more than a decade—and make their underlying code available for anyone to see and modify.

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Doug Levin

JULY 7, 2016

In my view, at least four such assurances are needed in a digital age: One, we must ensure every student has access to the digital tools they need to succeed in school. The goal is to ensure that students can take best advantage of the powerful learning tools at their disposal wherever their academic and career aspirations may lead them.

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Instructional Materials Education Academic Standards Software 150

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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Learning Analytics Strategy Tools LMS 79

Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Zoom, for example, was not designed for classroom use (although Stanford University was, interestingly, its first paying customer); it was designed to facilitate remote business meetings. In ed-tech circles, we call this "learning analytics," but it's less about learning than it is about productivity.).

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Software LMS Microsoft Company 132

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Check below for the latest marketplace news to keep you up-to-date on product developments, teaching and learning initiatives, and new trends in education. Essential Physics is a full-color, comprehensive physics textbook, paired with an e-book offering over 100 interactive tools to increase student engagement and understanding.

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Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Although Interactive whiteboards, mobile learning, open content and learning management systems are proliferating within classrooms, when it comes to assessment processes, there is a fragmentation between how student data gets transferred seamlessly. Tip Tap Tap Learning Analytics. Gamification for Learning.

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2016

Project managers need to have sufficient control over the activities, and sufficient data on a daily streaming basis, to know what is working and what needs rethinking and tweaking. Meeting the Challenges of Real-Time Change. Because the process of pivoting and innovation is difficult to map out beforehand.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2016

Remaining a tech-savvy educator means keeping on top of the myriad changes and trends in education, how technology can support those trends, and how teaching and learning can best benefit from near-constant change. In addition to portfolios, MyMantl will offer digital badging tools, competency-based education program designers and job tools.

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Trends Digital Badges Blended Learning Learning Analytics 40

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2020

Of course, test scores are just one piece of data colleges turn to when predicting which students are likely to excel in rigorous courses, enrich campus life with a unique perspective, graduate in four years, or even help balance the books with a large tuition check. The pitch: Use deeper technology to make admissions more deeply human. “I

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Data Learning Analytics Company Assessment 211

Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 29, 2015

One crucial impact of mobile technologies in education is the way they tear down our old boundary walls, the ones around in-session classes, or conferences, or meetings. Big data and data analytics : interest in this is widespread and has some hefty power behind it. Let’s see how this unfolds in 2016.

Trends 40

Trends Technology MOOC Education 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2024

The tutoring takes place at home via online video, like a Zoom meeting with a whiteboard, where both tutor and student can work on math problems together. It is slated to be presented at the March 2024 annual conference of the Society of Learning Analytics in Kyoto, Japan. We also need to coach students to be better learners.

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How To Student Engagement Comparison Learning Analytics 129

edWeb.net

JUNE 23, 2021

They described how districts and schools successfully used sophisticated technology to read students’ “digital signals” to meet their academic and social-emotional needs. Data: The Driving Force. Evidence of student learning, achievement and engagement is more pronounced and easier to manage in schools.

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Khan Academy Data Industry Learning Analytics 53

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 10, 2016

And like sunlight, in order to use OER to reliably and predictably meet our goals (improving student outcomes and saving students money), we need to apply a combination of expertise and technology. What tools will you use to revise and remix the OER you select? They’re another prime example of a public good.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2020

Colleges insist that scholars be incredibly careful with data and research subjects in the research part of their jobs, but not with the tools they use for teaching. That’s basic research ethics—inform the students about the way their data is being used,” she notes. he asked. “Or Or should we experiment and move forward?”

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Edsurge

MAY 8, 2019

It was an unusually theatrical moment for a gathering to announce the release of software tools to help professors improve their teaching. But the organizers were playfully acknowledging the size of their project’s ambition—which they hope will spark a more data-driven and experimental approach to teaching at colleges around the country.

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Software Learning Data Course 145

MindShift

OCTOBER 16, 2015

It was also, perhaps unbeknownst to Lofton, part of the community college’s strategy to marry data science with interventions to improve student performance. So why aren’t more of the best minds in higher education doing more to tap those data streams to improve teaching and learning?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

5G promises reliability, lightning-fast speeds, and much higher data capacities. Think of broadband speeds where large amounts of data can allow students to collaborate digitally from their schools or homes. Now more than ever, students and teachers are seeing the real value edtech tools can bring to the classroom.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Here’s what caught my eye the week of March 6, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. This from the school district that is still reeling from a major student data privacy breach. Filter bubbles are bad, including in educational technology.

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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.

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