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The Winners and Filmstrips of An (Almost) Decade in Education Technology

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So with these guidelines in mind, I’ve chosen six areas where edtech has made an impact this decade: Learning Management Systems. Learning analytics. Digital badges. Adaptive learning systems. OK, so Learning Management Systems weren’t developed in the 2010s, but they sure didn’t improve much during this decade.

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It’s Time to Digitally Transform Community College

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A Need for More Strategic Online-Learning Capacity Following the sudden move to online and remote learning across all of American higher education last spring, many community colleges will be operating online this fall. But are community colleges ready for this digital transformation?

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

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Training for electronic/digital devices: 33 percent. Who provided the professional online learning course? Online community: 60 percent. To receive a digital badge: 10 percent. Nearly 50 percent of the respondents indicate they learned about the survey through edWeb.net , an online K-12 community.

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An Index Of Online Courses For Teachers: Summer 2015

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Universal Design and Accessibility for Online Learning. IOC Athlete MOOC via Independent. College Readiness Math MOOC. iTDI Summer School MOOC For English Teachers. Digital Badge: Rockets to the Rescue! Managing Behaviour for Learning. National Science Learning Centre via Canvas.net.

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Using Transactional Distance Theory to inform instructional design

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For the past several years, online learning in higher education has focused on delivering a highly structured learning environment. Kozlow et al (2015) suggests that in order for autonomous learners to be successful they must possess self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies. CC-BY by Oliver Clark on Flickr.

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COVID-19 Is Accelerating the Digital Blending of Working and Learning

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It is still early in the adoption of these digital hiring practices—and how employers deploy them is still very much a “black box.” As those hiring methods go digital, they could speed adoption of new kinds of microcredentials and digital badges designed to show employers the fine-grained skills achieved during educational programs.

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The Microlearning Moment in Workplace Learning

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Another key dynamic is the emergence of large-scale online learning platforms such as publicly traded companies Coursera and 2U ( now combined with EdX), which are developing a rich ecosystem of courses, microcredentials and full degrees that employers are adopting as a resource for their employees.

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