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Predictions for 2021: An Acceleration of 2020?

Edsurge

Students were forced to study remotely during the pandemic, and there’s a good chance that many will choose to remain online. Institutions will need to build the infrastructure to offer most of their programs virtually.” But the dichotomy is increasingly a false one, as a more flexible and convenient approach gains steam.

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Millennials: The Straw That Will Stir Higher Education’s Next Disruption

EdNews Daily

Beyond coursework, students swim in a flux of data, buffeted by phone calls, text messages, Facebook updates, Twitter tweets, news crawls, and other sources. Internship and work-study programs have a long history and are common at many institutions. One example of this is the newest trend of “ digital badges.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Association of American Publishers complains about Cal State librarian who studies popularity of pirated scientific papers. ” There’s more Summit Public Schools / Facebook news in the downgrades section below. Cal State defends its librarian.” Accreditation and Certification.

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2014 Global Education Conference - Day Three!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Close CEO Using Facebook and Twitter as Online Classrooms: Connecting Educators and Learners Around the Globe - Pierre Moncal and Katrina Ingco - BEEd Special Education Undergraduate 8:00pm A Student-Led Virtual Technology Conference? Najwa Chalabi One World: Many Stories - Patricia Davis, Ph.D.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” From the press release : “ Concentric Sky Announces BadgeRank – a New Search Engine for Digital Badges.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Facebook Adds Community Colleges to Program.” Via Inc : “Kids Whose Parents Limit Screen Time Do Worse in College, New Study Shows.”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. For their part, critics of laptop bans claimed the studies the op-eds frequently cite were flawed, reductive, and out-of-date. The Intel Education Study App has now too been discontinued. And on and on and on.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Salesforce has filed a patent for “ Digital badging for facilitating virtual recognition of an achievement.” ” Not sure how popular Facebook and Summit Public Schools ’ “personalized learning” platform is, for what it’s worth. This year: “come to class,” the instructor says.