The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

Personalized learning dates back to a Chicago lab school at the turn of the 20th century, but the concept is having a renaissance because of today’s more sophisticated technology — and the excitement and investment the technology has inspired. The things that are good are not the same as those that have good marketing.”.

Trends 40

Trends Study Knewton Personalized Learning 40

Graphite Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

If people are doing adolescence right, they are making mistakes, asking questions, and breaking things, all in the name of growth and learning. For some kids in school now, their data profiles begin when their parents posted their ultrasounds on Facebook. In the context of, for example, an eighth-grade classroom, it all makes sense.

Data 40

Data Learning Analytics Social Media Analysis 40

MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

Personalized learning dates back to a Chicago lab school at the turn of the 20th century, but the concept is having a renaissance because of today’s more sophisticated technology — and the excitement and investment the technology has inspired. You wouldn’t take a medicine that hasn’t been tested,” said Ryan S.

Personalized Learning 28

Personalized Learning Technology Knewton Learning 28

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Learning to Code. Education Data and Learning Analytics. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2012. The Business of Ed-tech. The Maker Movement. The Flipped Classroom. The Battle to Open Textbooks. The Platforming of Education. Automation and Artificial Intelligence. The Politics of Ed-tech. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2011.

Technology 58

Technology MOOC Trends Khan Academy 58

Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

How much of “personalized learning” as imagined and built and sold by tech companies is precisely this: metrics, marketing, conversion rates, customer satisfaction? They just use different words, of course: “outcomes-based learning,” “learning analytics.”).

Personalized Learning 83

Personalized Learning Learning Course Handbook 83

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

But.truth is, the US government isn't the early adopter here; Amazon, Google and Facebook are really the front-line developers of the surveillance state." " Hopefully, not shades of future conversations about learning analytics. Tagged on: March 8, 2017 Benchmarking U.S.

EdTech 170

EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

One of the “hot new trends” in education technology is “learning analytics” – this idea that if you collect enough data about students that you can analyze it and in turn algorithmically direct students towards more efficient and productive behaviors, institutions towards more efficient and productive outcomes. .

Data 40

Data Software Company System 40

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

” Via The New York Times : “ Facebook ’s Push for Facial Recognition Prompts Privacy Alarms.” ” The survey was conducted by learning analytics company Civitas Learning. ” The survey was conducted by learning analytics company Civitas Learning.

Education 43

Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

Hack Education

MAY 4, 2018

Facebook had its big developer conference this week, and honestly I couldn’t bear to pay attention. I did see this headline though: “Facebook’s Free Basics program ended quietly in Myanmar last year.” “ Facebook Has Fired Multiple Employees for Snooping on Users,” Motherboard reports.

MOOC 42

MOOC Education Robotics Company 42

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Meanwhile, as The New York Times reports : “ Facebook , Under Fire in Russia Inquiry, Posts 79% Rise in Profit.” Tell me more about how the blockchain is going to “verify learning.” Via Getting Smart : “ Digital Promise and Facebook Developing New Micro-Credentials Program.” ” LOL.

Education 48

Education Facebook Company Robotics 48

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Here we are with a President-Elect – a reality TV star – who has been supported by white nationalists, the KKK, Wikileaks, trolls, and Peter Thiel, who election was facilitated through a massive misinformation campaign spread virally through Facebook. Learning to Code. Education Data and Learning Analytics.

Trends 40

Trends MOOC Khan Academy Maker Movement 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning. In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. There was a regularly updated Facebook page, a Twitter account, as well as a LinkedIn profile for its supposed president.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 10, 2017

” It’s a process incredibly similar to what’s marketed in education as “learning analytics” – tracking the social media and digital activity of students to identify those who might be “at risk.” How do algorithms shape news and information sharing?

Data 78

Data Education Software Social Media 78

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

In addition to funding this lawsuit, Thiel sits on the board of Facebook , which itself is playing a huge role in the “ future of news.” “ Key Tensions in the Field of Learning Analytics ” by Bodong Chen. Here’s media reporter Mathew Ingram’s take (and there are lots of takes out there.

Education 52

Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” Via The Seattle Times : “Shooter sent Facebook message to Breitbart’s Milo Yiannopoulos before gunfire at UW protest, police say.” ” Via The New York Times : “ Facebook ’s Virtual Reality Business Gets a New Leader.” ” Yup. An alt-right protester shot an antifa.

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A divided federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s ruling that a Minnesota community college was justified when it kicked a student out of a nursing program because of Facebook comments administrators deemed to be unprofessional and threatening to fellow students.”

Education 40

Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40