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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

Edsurge

We find no one with a professional knowledge in the laws of learning, or the techniques for applying them,” he wrote. There are widespread beliefs about the best way to teach and learn that have been proven wrong by science, yet they persist. But at a university? “We Teaching at colleges is often done without any formal training.

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Making Sense of the Metaverse in Education

EdTechTeacher

But, metaverse technologies are growing quickly and have enormous implications for the future of teaching and learning. ” Also, K20 Educators is a new social learning network where educators can meet in the metaverse (“eduverse”) and learn about fundamental metaverse technologies. And that’s understandable.

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What’s At Risk When Schools Focus Too Much on Student Data?

MindShift

Department of Education has increasingly encouraged and funded states to collect and analyze information about students: grades, state test scores, attendance, behavior, lateness, graduation rates and school climate measures like surveys of student engagement. Software also collects information on students all by itself.

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Peter Thiel and the Future (and Funding) of Education Technology

Hack Education

Knewton (adaptive teaching software). Uversity (student engagement platform, formerly Inigral, acquired by TargetX). Uversity (student engagement platform, formerly Inigral, acquired by TargetX). Lore (learning management system, formerly Coursekit, acquired by Noodle). Declara (adaptive teaching software).

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

In 2012, Pearson, Cengage Learning, and Macmillan Higher Education sued Boundless Learning, claiming that the open education textbook startup had “stolen the creative expression of their authors and editors, violating their intellectual-property rights.” Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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