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HE Challenges: Fast changing digital teaching methods

Neo LMS

In the previous posts on this topic our examination found that technology can and does help when it comes to improving completion rates , reducing tuition costs and helping universities to bridge the revenue gap. Blended and online learning is increasingly in demand by students.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 10 Edition)

Doug Levin

Ever wonder how stories promoted by ‘thought leaders’ on social media get selected? Here’s what caught my eye the week of March 6, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Filter bubbles are bad, including in educational technology.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

The Horizon Report. In 2017, just a week before Christmas, the New Media Consortium abruptly announced its immediate closure “because of apparent errors and omissions by its former Controller and Chief Financial Officer.” But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. with Pigeons.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “Betsy DeVos Won’t Shed Stake in Biofeedback Company , Filings Show,” The New York Times reports. was named in an investigation by The Associated Press last year for sharing racially charged content on social media.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Jerry Falwell Jr.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” Elsewhere in Trumplandia: “ Columbia University has declined to comment on recent reports that Monica Crowley , an appointee of President-elect Donald J. dissertation at the university,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. More on the report via Edsurge. ” Price tag for the report: $3599.

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

The Hechinger Report

A fifth grader works on a digital lesson as part of a blended learning program. Photo: Meghan E. And they ended social promotion, so that struggling students are no longer shuttled along to the next grade level simply to keep them with the herd of similarly aged classmates. I see how the students grow,” Trout said. “I

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