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Polaris Recognized as Learning Analytics Solution of the Year

N2Y

Built‑in tools—recommended assessments, rubrics, and profiles plus a library of resources—give IEP teams exactly what they need to write goals aligned to state standards. Congratulations to n2y for winning the ‘Learning Analytics Solution of the Year’ award.”. About EdTech Breakthrough.

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4 K-12 Ed Tech Trends to Watch in 2018

EdTech Magazine

From learning analytics tools providing students with instant feedback on their work to virtual reality facilitating field trips to faraway lands to 3D printers filling makerspaces, the classroom looks quite a bit different than it did just five years ago. Learning Analytics Tools Provide Real-Time Feedback. CDW Segment.

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Learning to learn data science, part 1: Beginner’s mind

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

in mathematics and 25 years' experience as a professor, including some background in Python, when I decided to get serious about learning R and data science (and learning analytics in particular) and attended the LASER Institute at NC State this year, I was starting from zero. Although I have a Ph.D.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

Computing platforms have different abstraction levels, including a computer architecture, an OS, or runtime libraries. But Posterous, if you’ll recall, was acquired by Twitter in 2012 and shut down one year later. Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?).

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Revolution in Higher Education: chapter 4

Bryan Alexander

Miscellaneous notes: This is a very pro-technology chapter, from the first page on. “In virtually every known category of learning, technology appears to be driving improvements in learning achievement.” “learning analytics will certainly be in widespread use by the time [this book] is published” (1796).

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15 hot edtech trends for 2017

eSchool News

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. This collaboration allows candidates to view theory in practice and makes learning on campus more authentic.

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The Stories We've Been Told (in 2017) about Education Technology

Hack Education

Education Data and Learning Analytics. The Digital Library. The Battle to Open Textbooks. The Platforming of Education. Automation and Artificial Intelligence. The Politics of Ed-tech. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2011. Social Media: Adoption and Crackdown. Text-messaging. Khan Academy.