eSchool News

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The 2020s will likely be a defining decade for education as schools and policymakers rethink their approaches to education,” said Avantis Education’s Chief Executive Officer, Huw Williams.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The 2020s will likely be a defining decade for education as schools and policymakers rethink their approaches to education,” said Avantis Education’s Chief Executive Officer, Huw Williams.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 13, 2020

Shaelynn Farnsworth will help us understand how edtech tools and the learning analytics they provide will help us reach our students (and differentiate.) She’ll have practical, real-world examples for us. Wednesday, August 19 – STEM Transitioning to remote and blended learning with STEM.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 18, 2020

From digital certificates to learning analytics, here are eight EdTech trends to look forward to in the coming months. Video-assisted Learning. This grants schools more insight into their learning behavior, which then helps teachers come up with more effective curriculums in the future. 3D Printing.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

For example, for its remote learning classes, the Paris School of Business is using software called Nestor to track students’ eye movement and facial expressions through their laptop webcams. Well, there’s an app for that, and it’s gaining traction among educators.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2017

Embedded learning analytics are not like rotisserie ovens: you can’t set them and forget them. An interest in respecting student agency is an important component of the academic field of learning analytics. Here, researchers are considering how to use data to reflect on teaching and learning practices.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

AUGUST 23, 2023

These analytics can provide publishers with a range of data, including the following: Number of pages read Time spent on each page Most highlighted passages Most searched terms Performance on assessments User engagement This data can be used to identify patterns in learner behavior and adapt content to suit their needs better.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Your most recent episode was about learning analytics , and listening to it reminded me that the focus of edtech folks these days is less about the tools being used and more about finding ways to improve student retention and learning. That means seeing analytics as a [supplement] to the human connection.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 4, 2023

These analytics can provide publishers with a range of data, including the following: Number of pages read Time spent on each page Most highlighted passages Most searched terms Performance on assessments User engagement This data can be used to identify patterns in learner behavior and adapt content to suit their needs better.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

So with these guidelines in mind, I’ve chosen six areas where edtech has made an impact this decade: Learning Management Systems. Learning analytics. Adaptive learning systems. Three types of edtech joined the “filmstrip” category in this decade: Learning Management Systems , MOOC s, and digital badges.

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EdTech4Beginners

JANUARY 25, 2017

One example of this in education would be instead of having a $3000 interactive whiteboard, a teacher can plug a $30 chromecast into a projector and everyone in the classroom can collaborate on an assignment. Another example of this is smartphones. Will Learning analytics have a major impact upon Education this year?

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 19, 2023

For example, math teachers were almost as likely to devote most or all of the hour of class time to group discussions as English teachers were: 35 percent compared to 41 percent. “I think that is contradictory to what some people would expect and believe.” Lectures were one of the least common uses of time in both subjects.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 17, 2021

Past examples of paradigm shifts include major events like the assassination of JFK or the terrorist attacks on September 11th which drastically altered people’s thoughts on safety, politics, and peace. Live virtual classes are effective and includes the critical social learning aspect that students need for brain development.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The primary trends identified by the team were: adaptive learning, open education resources (OER), gamification and game-based learning, MOOCs, LMS and interoperability, mobile devices, and design. In particular, she feels that “we have a very micro perspective, and we need to have a more macro perspective about how institutions work.”

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

School leaders expect students and teachers to be using their licensed apps all the time, says Ryan Baker, director of the University of Pennsylvania Center for Learning Analytics. For example, the math and science app ALEKS led to higher performance in a school located in a mid-sized city in the Midwest, but not in smaller towns.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Pelaprat argues that colleges are simply in the early stages of learning what can be done with learning analytics, and that one goal of the data platform is to enable research and experimentation. If the system works, it could allow colleges to do experiments that span campuses that were not possible before. “A

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Here’s one example of research at Duke that already used the IRB template: a professor got approval to collect data about the effectiveness of a tool developed at Duke called Nudge. An IRB approval that used to take two months now takes seven to ten days. Can sharing projects and practices possibly do that?

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IAD Learning

JANUARY 31, 2017

Understanding how far an educational institution has gone on the implementation of learning analytics, may be achieved by using an “analytics maturity model” There several models available. Garner describes his analytics maturity model by multiple dimensions: Time perspective covered: past, present or future.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JANUARY 31, 2023

This data can also be used to personalize each individual’s learning experience. Below are a few examples of how this can be beneficial. This helps educators understand the rate at which an individual learns and adapt their classes accordingly.

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EdTech4Beginners

MAY 10, 2018

Education technology platforms like Study.com use Virtual Classrooms to seamlessly integrate teacher feedback, dynamic learning, analytics, and personalization when assigning homework. Incorporating these tools helps educators keep their students engaged in a time when online media is a huge part of many students’ lives.

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ProfHacker

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

For example, learning analytics may look at how many times someone has watched a video and for how long. For a discussion on decolonizing learning analytics, check out this blogpost by Paul Prinsloo, and then do a Scholar search on his publications on the topic of ethics in learning analytics.

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Learning with 'e's

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

In the tech industry, it's already seen as a notorious element in targeted advertising , surveillance and propaganda (for example in recent elections). Evans doesn't go on to describe how AI will make omni-choice learning possible, but the promise sits there, ripe for the picking.

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IAD Learning

JULY 26, 2017

15 Strategies You Can Follow Today to Successfully Deploy Your Learning Analytics Tool. Deploying a learning analytics tool in your organization brings many benefits, including improving your students’ engagement and their success rates. Lead the project from the learning innovation side, not from IT.

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Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2017

Pardo piloted OnTask in March 2017 at the Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference in Vancouver. “We For example, if a student misses several classes, gets a low score on an assessment or doesn’t complete the week’s reading, he or she gets a message through OnTask with targeted advice for getting back on track.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 14, 2023

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.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2016

And he’s seen “a laundry list” of promising examples over the last few years. MAKING THE DATA ENGINE WORK: Unlike spiking interest in MOOCs or even competency-based models, interest in institutional and learning analytics has maintained a “slow and steady burn,” said Tyton Partners’ Adam Newman.

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Edsurge

MAY 3, 2018

For example, colleges will be governed by the rule when a faculty member working in the E.U. is interacting with a college’s learning management system, or when a prospective student in Europe applies for admission to a U.S. MOOC-provider Coursera, for example, claims to have 6.5 institution. million in Europe.

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Bryan Alexander

JUNE 24, 2015

Malcolm draws on those to illuminate the titular six: device ownership and mobile-first; the textbook and open educational resources (OER); adaptive learning technology; learning spaces; the next-generation learning management system (LMS); and learning analytics and integrated planning and advising services (IPAS).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Zoom, for example, was not designed for classroom use (although Stanford University was, interestingly, its first paying customer); it was designed to facilitate remote business meetings. In ed-tech circles, we call this "learning analytics," but it's less about learning than it is about productivity.).

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2018

That’s an example of a request that can be found on online tutoring services like Chegg, as shared by a senior data scientist at the company, Sanghamitra Deb. “I need a 10 page essay written on the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest. Must have 7 resources.” And it’s what the Santa Clara, Calif.-based based company wants to thwart.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

In 2011, when the report focused only on important developments, learning analytics were predicted to peak in about five years. Just as often, trends like game-based learning, which can seem like the future of learning at times, get dropped when they lose momentum and go niche for a few years.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

In Massachusetts, for example, family and community engagement is one of four standards within its teacher-evaluation rubric. Jupiter iO is an all-in-one cloud-based gradebook, LMS, SIS (Student Information System), and Learning Analytics solution. It meant parents showing they cared about their child’s success.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2018

We're looking at artificial machine learning analytics around security and digging deeper into ClassLink’s reporting features. For example, you might want to provide Google Classroom to all students, while an English Learner application might only apply to a small group of students. How has SSO impacted your IT department?

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The company hired Ryan Baker, director of the Penn Center for Learning Analytics , and another data scientist to mine the data and create a national snapshot of technology use for the 2017-18 school year. For example, students who visited Varsity Tutors more frequently had higher reading scores.

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Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Current assessment methods are manual, where teachers can spend a significant amount of their time transcribing results from workbooks to learning management systems. For example, in primary level teachers will prescribe printed textbooks and worksheet assessments. Tip Tap Tap Learning Analytics.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 20, 2019

For example, include a project where students have to build a functional prototype of a boat. Related: 5 Ways to Use Learning Analytics in K-12 Education. Take the boat prototype, for example, have the students compete outdoors by letting the boats float on water.

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Doug Levin

JULY 7, 2016

While this is an imperfect process and often treated as a necessary evil, there are myriad examples where this public review process has helped to identify and remediate errors of fact and bias. There is every reason to be optimistic about the future of public education in a digital age.

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