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Top e-learning trends to keep an eye on in 2020

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If e-learning came to life as a method to augment face-to-face learning, it is now an approach to education that is bigger than the traditional method it was meant to support. With that in mind, it’s important to keep an eye on the myriad of digital education trends that are currently shaping up the industry. Wrapping up.

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‘Our Technology Is Our Ideology’: George Siemens on the Future of Digital Learning

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A researcher, theorist, educator, Siemens is the digital learning guy. He’s credited with co-teaching the first MOOC in 2008, introduced the theory of “connectivism”—the idea that knowledge is distributed across digital networks—and spearheaded research projects about the role of data and analytics in education.

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Five Things You Don’t Know About Cloud Computing and Education

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They are developing a recommendation engine to leverage dropout rate data to predict and design interventions for at-risk students. After intervening and supporting approximately 16,000 students, dropout rates have decreased and test scores have improved.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Education Revolution Google+ Community The Data Driven Education Trend. The NEA shared this article that discusses nation-wide efforts to re-engage high school dropouts. She''s put together a list of the best artiles on Classroom Management, Reading and Language Arts, STEM, History and Social Studies, and more. Check out her list here.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via The New York Times , a profile on the Indiana charter chain Excel Schools : “A Chance for Dropouts, Young and Old, to Go Back to School.” Pearson ’s Annual Report (2017) – my favorite part is how the numbers that are showcased on this web page are all green, even though they’re downward trending.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via ProPublica : “ For-Profit Schools Get State Dollars For Dropouts Who Rarely Drop In.” market research press release): “ AI , Merging of Digital and Physical Worlds Among Top 10 Tech Trends for 2018.” And there’s more on for-profits and student loans in the research section below.