21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

This task requires students to huddle in a group and write ideas on a large sheet of paper. It allows for both synchronous and asynchronous learning, individualization, differentiation, small group teaching and learning, self regulated learning, formative and summative assessment, and connections to outside people and resources.

Blended Learning 192

Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

Edsurge

MAY 3, 2017

Luminaries in the edtech industry, including Richard Culatta (ISTE CEO and former director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. godfather” of OER and Chief Academic Officer of Lumen Learning), trace their roots here. edtech deals. She adds: “If you don’t tie learning to talent, you miss the point of edtech.”.

Coursera 72

Coursera Knewton Udemy EdTech 72

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

“Testing group says no; others are unconvinced.” “ Apple and Microsoft Now Offer $100 Styluses. “ Can a For-Profit, Venture-Backed Company Keep OER Free – and Be Financially Sustainable? Edsurge’s coverage of Top Hat’s OER news is also in the Betteridge’s Law section above.

Education 44

Education Facebook Edmodo OER 44

Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The biggest chain of for-profit colleges that is still overseen by an accreditation group axed by the Obama administration – and given a second chance by Betsy DeVos – failed this month in its initial bid to get recognition elsewhere.” Group Battling Her Campus Appearances.”

Education 46

Education MOOC Social Media Report 46

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

“ ICE officials have invited tech companies, including Microsoft , to develop algorithms that will track visa holders’ social media activity ,” ProPublica reports. The business of OER. The student travel abroad company WorldStrides has raised $500 million from Eurazeo and Primavera Capital Group.

Education 44

Education Khan Academy Company Training 44

Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

” Via the BBC : “ Accenture and Microsoft plan digital IDs for millions of refugees.” ” “Stale Words and Hackneyed Ideas That Make Edtech Investors Cringe,” according to an investor in Edsurge. ” Via Axios : “Trump plans to scrap rule allowing foreign founders into U.S.”

Education 53

Education Kaplan Pearson Elsevier 53

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

More on last week’s Purdue and Kaplan deal: “ Purdue ’s deal for Kaplan U trades a long-term business relationship for low up-front costs while raising worries – especially among faculty groups – about blurred lines between public and private higher ed,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Yik Yak had raised $73.5

Kaplan 46

Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Speaking of horrors: “ The One Group Not Freaking Out About Brexit: VCs.” The US Department of Education released its “ #GoOpenDistrict Launch Packet ,” encouraging schools to use OER. edtech https://t.co/DOo11lof2f “US Edtech Brings in $225M in May.” ” So that speaks volumes.

MOOC 48

MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

The NAACP endorses OER. It’s a partnership with Microsoft. ” Right-wing troll Ann Coulter pulled out of her talk at UC Berkeley , because “because she had lost the backing of conservative groups that had initially sponsored her appearance.” ” Good grief, the handwringing. ” (Wow.

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

” Via Buzzfeed : “The Education Department Quietly Invited Anti-LGBT Groups To A Father’s Day Event.” ” The groups, Focus on the Family and the Family Research Council , both advocate for “gay conversion therapy.” Smith has been named the next US poet laureate. ” “Whither Moodle ?

Education 44

Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

” Via the San Jose Mercury News : “A bipartisan group of lawmakers is calling for a state audit of a profitable but low-performing network of online charter schools following this newspaper’s investigation of K12 Inc., Microsoft has released an early access version of its Minecraft : Education Edition. public schools.”

Education 48

Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. This “reverse engineering,” the publishers claimed, violated copyright. Altius Education. Amazon is also being sued for recording children without their consent.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Via E-Literate : “ Hawai’i Senate Bill: Would mandate OER material for all U Hawai’i system courses.” ” And later in the week, an update : “Hawai’i Senate OER Bill Update: Amended language saves the day.” Some worry his testimony risks tarring a big group of students as a security threat.”

Education 49

Education Robotics Company OER 49

Hack Education

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Quality Assurance Commons for Higher & Postsecondary Education is a new group that is exploring alternative approaches to accreditation in higher education. Edsurge on the Injini ed-tech accelerator in South Africa : “Why the World’s Youngest Continent Got an Edtech Accelerator.”

MOOC 43

MOOC Education Kaplan Company 43

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

Testing, Testing… “ Common Core testing group wages aggressive campaign against critics on social media,” according to The Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss. Elsewhere in for-profit higher ed: “ Veterans Groups Seek a Crackdown on Deceptive Colleges,” The New York Times reports. million total.

Education 52

Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

“Some Thoughts on OER ” by Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein. Via the Getting Smart blog : “Incubating EdTech: AT&T Announces 4th Aspire Accelerator Class.” See also, from the press release : “ ETS and LearnLaunch to Fund Edtech Startups.” Microsoft has acquired GitHub.

Khan Academy 45

Khan Academy Education Facebook E-rate 45

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

Via Edsurge : “ Office of Edtech Wants Help Making Sense of All Those Higher Ed Providers.” Via Chalkbeat : “Top school choice group advising Puerto Rico on controversial efforts to expand charters and vouchers.” Edsurge on the business of OER. “What If America Didn’t Have Public Schools ?”

Education 47

Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

This group of older borrowers collectively hold $247 billion in student debt, an amount that has roughly tripled since 2003.” ” The students allegedly used the group messaging app GroupMe to collaborate. Stephen Downes and David Wiley debate OER : “The Cost Trap, Part 3” by David Wiley. Sounds scandalous.

Education 47

Education OER Pearson Report 47

Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “More than 50 groups have signed a letter demanding that Candice E. This coding bootcamp was acquired by the University of Phoenix’s parent company, Apollo Education Group , in 2015. His wife is the co-founder of OER organization CK–12.). Sounds Familiar.”

Education 46

Education LMS Robotics E-rate 46

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” Via Politico : “ Stanley Buchesky , formerly a managing partner at the venture capital firm The EdTech Fund , will work [at the Department of Education] on budget and finance issues.” ” Among The EdTech Fund’s investments : Teachboost and Citelighter. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

” “ No Sign of Edtech In Department of Education’s Full Federal Budget Proposal,” Edsurge frets. Via Inside Higher Ed : “A group of California for-profit colleges filed a lawsuit in federal court this week seeking to block the implementation of borrower-defense rules finalized last fall.”

Education 46

Education Data Report Software 46

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Unveils Free Online Tool for Rapid Evaluation of Edtech Products.” Microsoft is doing a desktop PC thing. Via eCampus News : “ Barnes & Noble Education announces advanced OER courseware.” Via NPR : “The Return Of Bilingual Education In California ? .” ” Via Edsurge : “U.S.

Education 40

Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40