Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2016

READING THE TEA LEAVES : Futurist Bryan Alexander ’s pre-conference workshop delved into techniques for predicting the future, as well as an overview of higher-ed technology trends from the New Media Consortium’s recent Horizon report. We’re only at the tip of the iceberg with learning analytics.

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Learning Analytics MOOC E-rate Trends 60

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. A report was released in November 2018. Related: Few preschool apps are developmentally appropriate, report finds.

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Software Data Education Company 91

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Organizations like the Clayton Christensen Institute, RAND Corporation, and the Brookings Institution often publish reports and research on educational trends, providing data-driven perspectives. This data-driven approach supports personalized instruction and helps educators make informed decisions about students’ learning paths.

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Trends Education Robotics Blended Learning 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” In his book, Srnicek identifies five kinds of platforms: advertising platforms (like Google and Facebook), cloud platforms (like Salesforce and Amazon Web Services), industrial platforms (like GE and Siemens), product platforms (like Spotify), and lean platforms (like Uber and AirBnB). Education’s Proto-Platforms.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Via The Hechinger Report : “Most immigrants outpace Americans when it comes to education – with one big exception.” ” Via The New York Times : “ Google Pledges $300 Million to Clean Up False News.” Research, “Research,” and Reports. ” Spoiler alert: Latinos.

Education 46

Education Robotics OER MOOC 46

Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

Expect them to be reported on enthusiastically in 2015 conferences. I haven’t mentioned anything about on-campus educational technology mainly because I’m almost entirely focussed on wholly online learning now. I expect that learning analytics will be entering Gartner’s technology trough this year.

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MOOC Technology Education Online Learning 89

Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

Expect them to be reported on enthusiastically in 2015 conferences. I haven’t mentioned anything about on-campus educational technology mainly because I’m almost entirely focussed on wholly online learning now. I expect that learning analytics will be entering Gartner’s technology trough this year.

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MOOC Technology Education Online Learning 32

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2019

You can follow the podcast on the Apple Podcast app , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music or wherever you listen. All of this data was compiled into these statistical reports that were accessible by instructors and administrators and I was kind of overwhelmed by that. Listen to the discussion on this week’s EdSurge On Air podcast.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

Baker, associate professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania and the director of the new Penn Center for Learning Analytics. Baker, associate professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania and the director of the new Penn Center for Learning Analytics.

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Trends Study Knewton Personalized Learning 40

Learning with 'e's

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

As was identified in the 2011 NMC Horizon Report ( I served on the advisory board of the UK JISC version), it seems that learner analytics is going to be a big thing for education over the next four to five years. Below is a very useful infographic developed by the Australian Open Colleges organisation. Unported License.

Learning Analytics 55

Learning Analytics Data Mobility Report 55

MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

By NICHOLE DOBO, The Hechinger Report. Baker, associate professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania and the director of the new Penn Center for Learning Analytics. Google’s search engine serves up more of what you’ve clicked on in the past.

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Personalized Learning Technology Knewton Learning 28

Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2018

” Via NPR : “Report: Michigan State Spent $500,000 To Keep Tabs On Nassar Victims, Journalists.” From the Google blog : “ Chromebook tablets for versatile learning.” Speaking of Google , Wired reports that “Children’s YouTube is still churning out blood, suicide and cannibalism.”

Education 45

Education Robotics iPad Company 45

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

Stephen Downes works in the Learning and Performance Support Systems program at the National Research Council, a multi-year effort to develop personal learning technology and learning analytics. However, school districts are beginning to use technology to achieve energy efficiencies and savings.

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Trends EdTech MOOC Smartphone 111

Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

The Google Ngram Viewer, which is also based on material in print, suggests the frequency of these two terms’ usage – “individualization” and “personalization” – looks something like this: In the late twentieth century, talk of “individualization” gave way to “personalization.”

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Personalized Learning Learning Course Handbook 83

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Here’s what caught my eye the week of March 6, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. 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."

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EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

Department of Education missed a deadline to delay state authorization rules are incorrect, a department spokeswoman said Thursday,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Perhaps we can learn a little about the folks who still do. Via ProPublica : “A Day After Report, Violent White Supremacist Loses Job With Defense Contractor.”

Education 43

Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

. “High school students will be allowed to carry mace in the 2016–2017 school year after the Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education agreed to remove prohibitive language and amend its policy,” the Salisbury Post reports. ” “ Smartwatch cheats force Thai students back to exam halls,” the BBC reports.

Education 52

Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 4, 2018

Steve Kolowich is such a great reporter. Edwin has received an undisclosed amount of investment from Google for its tutoring app. “ Facebook Has Fired Multiple Employees for Snooping on Users,” Motherboard reports. Via Consumer Reports : “What Parents Need to Know About the Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition.”

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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.” Via the CFPB press office : “ CFPB Report Finds Consumer Complaints Spurred Actions That Brought More Than $750 Million in Relief for Student Loan Borrowers.” Who’d have guessed?! So I dunno.

Education 48

Education Facebook Company Robotics 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 10, 2017

EdTech Strategies’ Doug Levin launched a new project in 2017 – “ The K–12 Cyber Incident Map ” – that visualizes the breaches, ransomware attacks, DDOS attacks, phishing attacks, and so on that have been reported at US public schools. Some 280 incidents since January 2016. Washington University in St.

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Data Education Software Social Media 78

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

Here’s media reporter Mathew Ingram’s take (and there are lots of takes out there. And speaking of copyrighting a language of a warlike people, the Oracle v Google case had its closing arguments this week. Via The US News & World Report : “The View From a Testing Giant.” The takes).

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Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

.” Elsewhere in Trumplandia: “ Columbia University has declined to comment on recent reports that Monica Crowley , an appointee of President-elect Donald J. dissertation at the university,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. More on the report via Edsurge. ” Price tag for the report: $3599.

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MOOC Education Robotics Report 40

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

University of Texas at Austin , related to features unique to that university,“ Inside Higher Ed reports. ” As Vox reports, “The Court announced Thursday that it was unable to reach a decision in the case United States v. ” asks The Hechinger Report after looking at the country’s rising PISA scores.

Coursera 60

Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” “Betsy DeVos Won’t Shed Stake in Biofeedback Company , Filings Show,” The New York Times reports. Via The Guardian : “ Trump bans agencies from ‘providing updates on social media or to reporters’ ” This ban has been targeted at scientists at the EPA and USDA in particular.

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

But the struggling sector’s political giving is down since peaking in 2012,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Testing, Testing… Via the Hechinger Report : “On a classroom-based test for new teachers , black teachers score lower.” ” Google announced it was cutting jobs in its Google Fiber division.

Education 40

Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40