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Personalized Learning, Teachers Unleashed, and a Learning Analytics Partnership: The Story of Fresno Unified

Edsurge

Ryan had this chance to shine because of Fresno’s Personalized Learning Initiative (PLI), which has been fostering student voice, choice and collaboration over the last two years. This collaboration occurs in person and asynchronously, with teachers, students and leaders collaborating through Microsoft Teams.

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Virtual Education in a Post-Pandemic World

eSchool News

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. Using the right virtual classroom software also plays a huge role in the success of virtual learning.

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Top 5 Benefits of Digital Textbooks You Never Knew About

Kitaboo on EdTech

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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Behaviorism, Surveillance, and (School) Work

Hack Education

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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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. Although this quote mentions Microsoft, the same would apply to Google applications and many others.

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They Said it Better Than I Can

Mistakengoal.com

Despite the occasional over-the-top writing, this blog was an excellent source of information about the recent kerfuffle about Purdue University’s learning analytics software. This post is a great example of the good thoughts that are shared on this website.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?). Think the private school startup Bridge International Academies that operates in Africa, for example, which Peg Tyre documented so devastatingly in The New York Times Magazine this summer.). Pearson is Not a Platform.