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8 EdTech Trends to Watch Out for This 2020

Ask a Tech Teacher

In fact, a study on Forbes found that global education technology (EdTech) is one of the fastest-growing segments today, and is expected to be worth $252 billion by the end of this year. From digital certificates to learning analytics, here are eight EdTech trends to look forward to in the coming months. Video-assisted Learning.

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K-12 Dealmaking: Barnes & Noble Ed. Acquires LoudCloud; Volley Labs Raises $2.3 Million

Marketplace K-12

million, including drawing funds from Zuckerberg Education Ventures, one of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s investment vehicles. Dallas-based LoudCloud’s platforms include a competency-based courseware platform, a learning-analytics platform and services, an eReading product, and a learning management system.

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Many New Ideas are Quite Old

Mistakengoal.com

We’ve worried whether Google is making us stupid and we’ve often worried if Facebook is demeaning the value and meaning of friendship. Faculty wonder if their jobs are being increasingly outsourced to MOOCs and learning analytics funded by the Gates Foundation. Instead, grades are.

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What College Students Wish Faculty and Admins Knew About Teaching

Edsurge

There was also a great deal of learning analytics attached to it. Grady O'Malley: With my old program at NYU, they had a Facebook page, and it was really like an open marketplace where students could connect with one another, and also with the faculty. This conversation has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Lots of news this week about Facebook and Cambridge Analytica. But here are some education-related stories: Via Education Week : “Privacy Experts Assess Potential K–12 Fallout From Facebook ’s Crisis of Trust.” Upgrades and Downgrades. I’ll save most of the links for my newsletter tomorrow.

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School of Me: Letting students study what they want, when they want is the latest education trend

The Hechinger Report

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. Sign up for our newsletter to get a weekly update on blended learning.

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The Growing Role of Technology in Personalized Learning

MindShift

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.