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Online PD Courses Help Educators Understand Ed-Tech, Classroom Management, Study Finds

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The three biggest reasons pre-K-12 educators took online professional development courses in the past year were to learn how to use digital devices, how to use the educational software that goes on them, or to find out more about classroom behavior or management, according to a new study.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” If you can’t create revenue, raise venture capital. “ Digital Badges Are Gaining Traction,” according to MIndwire Consulting’s Michael Feldstein. Related, via Doug Belshaw : “Some thoughts on the future of the Open Badges backpack.”

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Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). From the edX blog : “How to be a Better Learner: Determine Your Learning Style.” Elsewhere in MOOC research… From Campus Technology : “Grouping MOOC Students by Communication Mode Doesn’t Help Completion.” ” “U.S.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Or the company will have to start charging for the software. After all, Amazon knows how to run online marketplaces; Amazon knows how to sell texts. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That). It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. billion by 2025.

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Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “That Hilarious Tweet About an Instructor’s Big Mistake? Salesforce has filed a patent for “ Digital badging for facilitating virtual recognition of an achievement.” Almost Certainly Fake.”

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Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news down in the “labor and management” section below. Remember: the biases of engineers and managers get baked into the software you use. Speaking of Google, “ Google Is Teaching Children How to Act Online.