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Learning From Algorithms: Who Controls AI in Higher Ed, And Why It Matters (Part 2)

Edsurge

It was the first episode of our new series of video town halls called EdSurge Live. Ones used directly for academics (like Knewton) or ones that are non-academic? With Knewton, that is this notion of personalized and adaptive instruction. The hour-long discussion was so rich, we’re releasing it in two installments.

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Yes There’s ‘Disruption’ in College Market, But the Bigger Trend Is Growth of ‘Enabler’ Companies

Edsurge

Department of Education’s EQUIP experimental sites initiative is an interesting case study that recognizes there is value in aligning non-institutional, upstart providers of education with respected traditional institutions – but also that this direction will demand new, outcome-oriented quality assurance models.

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Real Questions About Artificial Intelligence in Education

Edsurge

When kids work on Scratch , for instance, their work is web-based: You can see when they start watching a video, when they stop, when they’re bored. Can adaptive platforms (such as ALEKS or Knewton) help students learn the facts and enable the teachers to guides? We can see what students are doing, far more rapidly than in the past.

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

MindShift

In its recent announcement of new regulations, the department emphasizes “ ensuring the use of multiple measures of school success based on academic outcomes, student progress, and school quality.” Today, parents increasingly are receiving daily text messages with photos and videos from the classroom.

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Could Remixing Old MOOCs Give New Life to Free Online Education?

Edsurge

But one outcome of that push towards open online courses was plenty of high-quality teaching material. A search in LabXchange would one day pull up a list of videos, text descriptions, infographics and other materials. And the platform lets you add your own videos or texts as well.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. ”) It was certainly the outcome that investors were hoping for Edmodo , which raised $25 million in 2012, boasting that it had 15 million users. It announced this year it was “ phasing out ” its reliance on Knewton provide those algorithms.).

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Gamification in Education

Kevin Corbett

It is from Knewton Learning. As a planet, we spend 3 BILLION HOURS A WEEK playing video and computer games. The default environment of school often results in undesirable outcomes such as disengagement, cheating, learned helplessness, and dropping out.[Jody Below is a great infographic on Gamification in Education.