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Top 4 microtrends in e-learning

Neo LMS

My research revealed a couple more exciting trends and emergent ideas in e-learning, so I promised another four for this week. Let’s call them micro-trends as they are smaller in scale, but nonetheless likely to have an impact on how and what we learn. Last week I introduced three megatrends affecting e-learning. Microlearning.

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No Begging Required: Teachers Share 5 Creative Ways to Fund Classroom Technology

Edsurge

Pearsall notes that this school year teachers are expanding their definitions of technology projects to include more maker centers and coding curriculum. As the maker movement catches on, we're seeing more requests for things like MakerBots, 3Doodler pens, and robotics kits.” Stay away from the buzzwords,” says Goodman.

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Awesome Atlanta Education Conference: STLinATL – July 26-27, 2018

The CoolCatTeacher

A limited number of transformative vendors sharing some of the latest applications of trends for the future such as 1) Lexplore makes it possible to identify children with reading difficulties early on through artificial intelligence and eye tracking. Fabulous networking opportunities with subject area teachers.

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What Education Technology Could Look Like Over the Next Five Years

MindShift

In a fast-moving field like education technology, it’s worth taking a moment to take stock of new developments, persistent trends and the challenges to effective tech implementation in real classrooms. This macro trend to shake up typical ways of schooling is opening new opportunities for technology to play an even bigger role in education.

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?How Should We Measure the Impact of Makerspaces?

Edsurge

Two years ago I attended an edtech conference focused on the then up-and-coming trend of makerspaces. Conclusion Data concerning whether makerspaces “work” will likely not exist in the form of standardized test scores. So what is the “right way” when it comes to using makerspaces?

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MIT’s Mitch Resnick on What ‘Toy Story’ Gets Wrong About the Future of Play

Edsurge

To Mitchel Resnick, an MIT Media Lab professor and early pioneer of the maker movement for kids, this Hollywood’s portrayal is problematic, and part of a larger trend toward overly regimenting education these days. “I Scratch will be able to connect to online databases and pull in data in a real-time way.

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The Stories We've Been Told (in 2017) about Education Technology

Hack Education

Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2017: The Stories We’ve Been Told. At the end of every year since I founded Hack Education in 2010, I’ve reviewed what I think are the most important and influential trends in education technology. No, fidget spinners were not a “top ed-tech trend” this year. Data Insecurity.