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The Winners and Filmstrips of An (Almost) Decade in Education Technology

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So with these guidelines in mind, I’ve chosen six areas where edtech has made an impact this decade: Learning Management Systems. Learning analytics. Adaptive learning systems. Two that shine are OER/open books and learning analytics. OER and open books. Digital badges.

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Does Innovative Teaching Work? A New Effort Aims To Help Faculty Find Out.

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One reason boils down to a technicality: such research usually requires the approval of a college’s Institutional Review Board, or IRB, the office that makes sure any research involving human subjects follows legal and ethical guidelines. A new effort announced today hopes to ease that bureaucratic burden. “The

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Hack Education Weekly News

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The ALA has released library privacy guidelines for students in K–12 schools. ” [Insert Course Signals learning analytics joke here.]. .” ” [Insert Course Signals learning analytics joke here.]. Data, Privacy, and Surveillance.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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The Department of Education has released its newly proposed guidelines for school accountability. “ Key Tensions in the Field of Learning Analytics ” by Bodong Chen. The states: Alabama , Georgia , Louisiana , Oklahoma , Tennessee , Texas , Utah , West Virginia , Maine , Wisconsin , and Arizona. More via Politico.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Edsurge points to new guidelines for education companies participating in Y Combinator ’s startup accelerator program. Via Campus Technology : “ Learning Objects Debuts Competency-Based Education Platform.” Via New America : “The Promise and Peril of Predictive Analytics in Higher Education.”