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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

Edsurge

The second is to improve strategies for how students take in that information and retain it. If both happen together, that’s a 9x improvement in the rate of learning.” Forgetting is the mind’s way of sweeping little-used information to make room for what seems more important.) That’s referred to as the cognitive aspect.

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Ed Tech News, a New Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Huge thanks to the San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science , the founding sponsor of the conference. Launches Rated JPG reports that beloved toy-maker LEGO is building its own social network. For more information on the initiative, visit Learnwithportals.com.

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School of Me: Letting students study what they want, when they want is the latest education trend

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Meghan E. The shift has coincided with improved test scores and graduation rates. “I Some education technology developers, such as Knewton, say machines can figure out what students need to know and how best to deliver it. Social media sites suggest new “friends” and sources of information tailored to your connections.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

From the Knewton blog : “ Introducing Knewton Product Updates for Fall 2017.” Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security. ” Edsurge writes up the latest report from EducationSuperhighway on e-rate connectivity at public schools. ” The startup is called Learning Beautiful.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.” ” “Student marketplace Spitball has launched a token-based ‘ blockchain economy ’ that aims to switch up the e-learning industry and create a decentralised landscape for students,” says IBS Intelligence. Sounds legit.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

“To Save Students Money, Colleges May Force a Switch to E-Textbooks,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reported in 2010. The story examined a proposed practice: “Colleges require students to pay a course-materials fee, which would be used to buy e-books for all of them (whatever text the professor recommends, just as in the old model).”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Not Net Neutrality, but another potential FCC move – ending the E-Rate program. ” Inside Higher Ed on Knewton ’s “pivot.” Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security. ” Via Futurism : “ Global E-Waste Increased by Eight Percent since 2014.”

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