Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2020

Among them are concerns over what happens to data in learning management systems like Canvas , to questions over whether campuses should ban facial-recognition software. Listen to this week’s podcast on Apple Podcasts , Overcast , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music , or wherever you listen to podcasts, or use the player below.

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Education Data Company Student Data Privacy 96

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

As we think about our work in the past 2019-20 school year, we should reflect on the online learning that had occurred for those of us fortunate enough to have the necessary technology—both at our schools and in our students’ homes. Perhaps a digital learning journal could be employed to promote reflection.

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Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

They then had to create a Prezi , PowerPoint or Google Doc presentation to be shared at a later time on what they found/learned to the class. In Mrs. Paulus’s Senior English Survey class, students worked in the computer lab to conduct research on a travel destination of choice in the U.S.

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Edmodo Poll Everywhere Educreations Digital Learning 250

Edsurge

JULY 22, 2016

Babson Survey , the proportion of academic leaders who report that online learning is critical for long-term institutional growth has grown from 49 percent in 2002 to 71 percent in 2015, and institutions are investing in edtech products to support digital learning. 08 seconds.

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Software Outcomes Study Blended Learning 60

Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2021

Market data and services firm MDR has updated a wide-ranging survey it last fielded in 2018 about teachers and tech, and the resulting report, “How 2020 Shifted Perceptions of Technology in the Classroom,” illustrates how COVID-19’s disruptions have upended some edtech trends and accelerated others. Oh, don’t feel bad for Google Classroom.

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EdTech LMS Survey Classroom 169

Neo LMS

JUNE 16, 2020

Students use laptops, tablets, and myriad software to complete in-class work and at-home assignments. In a survey of 1,000 long-time high school teachers, 73% say their classrooms use laptops and tablets daily. Uncover solutions for educators and students with a Google for Education event.

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Technology Education Laptops EdTech 230

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

Would 20 hours of one student logged into Google Classroom, or 20 students logged in for one hour, suffice? Textbooks have given way to Google Classroom and the Blackboard Learn management system, and lessons are assigned, submitted and assessed online. That’s a pretty amazing piece of self-directed learning.

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 91

MindShift

MARCH 16, 2020

The web offers countless best practice guides and curated tool inventories, but educators currently in triage mode are not in a position to craft ideal online learning programs. This brief guide aims to help educators, administrators, and parents better navigate the pitfalls of making the quick jump to online learning.

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Resources Learning Khan Academy Survey 66

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 1, 2014

Conference strands include Teaching with Technology, Student Devices, Online Learning, Subject Specific Ed Tech, Creative Ed Tech, Web 2.0 & Social Software, and Administrative Support. community and is looking for survey participants who fit the following criteria: Must be a K-12 teacher, have been a Classroom 2.0

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Libraries Common Core Classroom Digital Citizenship 59

The Hechinger Report

JULY 3, 2019

Unlike textbooks or video, virtual reality fully immerses users in a dynamic virtual world – and the headset device can be as simple as a mobile phone inserted into an inexpensive Google Cardboard viewer. The technology can also show students the effects the changing climate is having on human society.

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Conference Report Trends Survey 102

MindShift

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

If you do a Google image search for “classroom,” you’ll mostly see one familiar scene: rows or groups of desks , with a spot at the front of the room for the teacher. Personalized learning is the No. Davis argues that educational software is no exception. And what proportion of the hype will be realized?

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Personalized Learning Khan Academy Learning Software 34

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2020

Ninety-three percent of instructors think students are more likely to cheat online than in person , according to a survey conducted in May by the publishing and digital education company Wiley. Many colleges and universities moved ahead with online testing without supervision to save money. But Chegg is not built for that.”.

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Chegg ProctorU Education Company 128

TeacherCast

MAY 4, 2019

Visit other websites that are similar to your idea and learn what they are doing. Use a tool like Google Keep or Evernote to save and organize these websites so you can come back to them later. The first thing you need to do is to set your Facebook Group to be a Social Learning Group. Take notes on what you like and don't like.

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Udemy Facebook Course Social Media 68

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2014

In our community’s next webinar, the Joan Ganz Cooney Center will share the results from Learning at Home: Families’ Educational Media Use in America, a report from a national survey of over 1500 parents of children ages 2-10. Tag your questions #eduquestion or post them on our Facebook page or Google+ community.

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BYOD Libraries Conference Learning 52

Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Investors in this round were the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, CRE Venture Capital, Learn Capital, Omidyar Network, Google Ventures, and Spark Capital. ” The Online Learning Consortium finds students prefer online learning (contrary to other surveys that find they do not.

Education 49

Education Coursera Microsoft Company 49

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

“ Can We Design Online Learning Platforms That Feel More Intimate Than Massive? Indeed, Edutechnica, which also tracks LMS data, responds with their own numbers and says that Blackboard still has about two hundred more installations than Canvas and about a million more students using the software. ” asks WBRC.

Education 43

Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

CNN tries to explain “Why Google , Apple and Microsoft are battling for education.” ” Via Edsurge : “ Apple Partners With Tynker to Help K–5 Students Learn to Code.” I wrote about social-emotional learning (algorithms) as a “trend to watch.” Don’t click. Never click.

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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Although sometimes talked about as a “movement,” Mozilla’s Open Badges Project was really more of a technical specification, one that was transferred from Mozilla to IMS Global Learning Consortium in 2017. And “free” doesn’t last. Without revenue the company will go away.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 15, 2016

Via Education Week : “Ed-Tech Software Group Objects to Messages in Feds’ #GoOpen Campaign.” ” Google has released its 2016 Scholar Metrics. According to a survey by CDW-G , “67% of school IT solutions are now delivered either in part or in full through the cloud.”

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Education Blackboard Common Core MOOC 40

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

“Now that MOOCs are mainstream, where does online learning go next?” ” Via Edsurge : “ Google and Digital Promise Reimagine Teacher Tech Training with New National Program.” ” Via Education Week : “ Google Launches $50 Million Effort on the Future of Work.” trillion in 2017.

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Tony Bates looks at “Brexit and online learning in Europe.” Fees to join the Flipped Learning Global Initiative are $5000/year. Other updates: an Expeditions app, quizzes in Google Forms, a partnership with TES , a physical coding project. .” Priorities. A screen sharing app. Thanks, Sallie Mae.).

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MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” ” Via NBC News : “How to Thrive: Arianna Huffington Launches E-Learning Series.” ” Google announces more updates to its pseudo-LMS, Google Classroom.

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

This is so important to consider, as Tufekci noted on Twitter, in light of Google’s domination of the K–12 computing market.). The K–12 learning management company has raised $21.5 A new report from the Network for Public Education : “ Online Learning : What Every Parent Should Know.”

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Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Facebook , an Online Learning Platform?” ” Via Edsurge : “Now Any Organization Can Create Content for LinkedIn Learning.” ” “The Case for Learning Platform Grade Book ” by Mindwire Consulting’s Michael Feldstein. Upgrades and Downgrades.

Education 44

Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

” Via Education Week : “For Online Schools , Unique Challenges in Serving Transgender Students.” ” “Whatever happened to the promise of online learning ?” “How can online learning help Canadian colleges meet the challenges ahead?” ” asks WonkHE.

Education 45

Education Facebook Company Report 45

Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Launches Online School to Teach Software Development.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via The GW Hatchet : “Oversight of online learning programs lacking in some schools, report finds.” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

Education 48

Education Coursera MOOC Report 48

Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

.” Online lending company SoFi (one of the companies in Peter Thiel ’s portfolio) runs invitation-only cocktail parties, according to this NYT profile on the company. Via Campus Technology : “ Online Learning Consortium , Tyton Partners Launch Courseware in Context.” million from Learn Capital.

Education 40

Education Company Pearson E-rate 40

Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

” Via the Journal Sentinel : “More than 300 Kettle Moraine parents sign petition against online learning platform.” ” “ Personalized learning ” now includes working on a goat farm apparently. “ Can an AR and VR Pilot Program From Google Prepare Kids for Future Careers?

Education 44

Education Microsoft MOOC Coursera 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2016

million in charges from a Minnesota company over a software system that repeatedly failed during mandatory statewide elementary school testing.” ” Via Edsurge : “ Online Learning Consortium Releases New Scorecards to Evaluate Digital Classes.” college testing scam , to be deported.”

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Education Report E-rate Company 40