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EdisonLearning Joins with Digital Learning Collaborative to Improve Online Education

eSchool News

Further, the group will work to develop, address and disseminate a variety of practices, challenges and resources, including: Best practices and strategies for success in a variety of online and blended learning settings (e.g.,

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As Colleges Move Away From the SAT, Will Admissions Algorithms Step In?

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Back before the internet made it possible—and popular—for people to document their lives in real time, teenagers found themselves preserved between the pages of their high school yearbooks—forever young. Enshrining cliques and clubs, acne and braces, these artifacts capture students as they are, in the present.

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Current Trends in Education

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Government and Policy Updates: Stay informed about government policies and updates related to education. Changes in education policy can significantly impact teaching practices, curriculum development, and school management. Education Podcasts and Web Series: Listen to education-focused podcasts and watch web series.

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The Dangers of AI (and it’s not cheating) – SULS0190

Shake Up Learning

AI in Schools and Classrooms Edweek shared in a 2020 article , In education, AI can be found in learning analytic platforms, online courseware, voice assistants, and support structures within other apps. They can pass medical licensing exams, summarize 1,000-page documents, and score a 147 on an IQ test. See: Copyright Policy.

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Inside a Student’s Hunt for His Own Learning Data

Edsurge

I was disappointed to find out that there wasn’t just sort of one document that I could access and say hey, this is exactly what we collect, this is exactly how we use it. I should say that all this is to do with their old learning management system at UBC, which was Blackboard Connect. What happened when you tried to opt-out?

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. And certainly the expectation of many ed-tech products (and increasingly school policy) is that parents will do just this — participate in the incessant monitoring of student data.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

. “High school students will be allowed to carry mace in the 2016–2017 school year after the Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education agreed to remove prohibitive language and amend its policy,” the Salisbury Post reports. ” [Insert Course Signals learning analytics joke here.].