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How Social Media Encourages Plagiarism (and Six Ways You Can Fight It)

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Writing assignments, for example, do not exist to keep all the fun out of kids’ lives; they are designed to teach efficiently. If you assign a paper on the features of a novel as a genre, for example, name a specific novel you’d like them to analyze for those features. Use technology to fight cheating.

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Beware Edtech’s Equivalent of the Flashlight App

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And with the sort of clarity that makes one feel a little dumb, it struck me: the great technology trend reversal of our times is hurtling at us. This shift is happening in education technology as well, notably with the learning management system (LMS). Last week I overheard my 8-year-old nephew protest: “A FLASHLIGHT APP?!”

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Longtime Higher Ed Leader (and Former U.S. Congressman) Argues For a ‘Networked College’

Edsurge

So in the new world, technology has enhanced opportunities. You’re talking about the LMS project, Sakai ? The operating reality is that for any college that wants to be up-to-date—however they define that in terms of technologically-enhanced services—they’ll rise or fall on the quality of their partnerships. That’s all changed.

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Open, Value-Added Services, Interaction, and Learning

Iterating Toward Openness

Examples of Value-Added Services in the Context of Open. A few examples include: Automattic provides a broad range of for-fee, value-added services around the open source WordPress software, including WordPress.com (hosting), WordPress.com VIP (hosting), Akismet (anti-spam), Jetpack (security), and many others.

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So you want to create an online class independent of a school

Bryan Alexander

Sakai – this academic LMS also appears in at least one group’s paid hosting options. — Learning Technology (@learningtech) May 17, 2022. There's lots of guides online, like our getting started guide, for instance: [link]. — Hart Wilson (@riverside_hart) May 17, 2022. I don’t recommend Moodle for a beginner.

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