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The History of the Pedometer (and the Problems with Learning Analytics)

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These were my remarks as a guest speaker in Donna Murdoch's class “Online Teaching and Learning – Applying Adult Learning Principles” this evening. I was asked to speak about learning analytics, but like I said in my keynote last week at NMC , ed-tech is boring. So this is a talk about pedometers.

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Inside a Student’s Hunt for His Own Learning Data

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So high school and elementary school teachers as they were going out into the world and starting their careers and starting their practicums, there became a concern that the lives that they were leading online through their social media profiles would have an impact on their professional reputation.

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How Effective for Learning are the Apps we Use?

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A recent University of Phoenix College of Education survey showed that about 58% of teachers use educational apps and 41% use social media. With this knowledge, administrators can leverage their data to make smart decisions about using the apps that will best improve learning. Growth is particularly high in web-based devices.

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K-12 Dealmaking: Barnes & Noble Ed. Acquires LoudCloud; Volley Labs Raises $2.3 Million

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Dallas-based LoudCloud’s platforms include a competency-based courseware platform, a learning-analytics platform and services, an eReading product, and a learning management system. Disclosed angel investors include executives from Apple, Dropbox, Blackboard, and Udemy, according to various news reports.

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The Weaponization of Education Data

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EdTech Strategies’ Doug Levin launched a new project in 2017 – “ The K–12 Cyber Incident Map ” – that visualizes the breaches, ransomware attacks, DDOS attacks, phishing attacks, and so on that have been reported at US public schools. More data collection will improve student learning and student outcomes.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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The Horizon Report. In 2017, just a week before Christmas, the New Media Consortium abruptly announced its immediate closure “because of apparent errors and omissions by its former Controller and Chief Financial Officer.” But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. with Pigeons.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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. “High school students will be allowed to carry mace in the 2016–2017 school year after the Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education agreed to remove prohibitive language and amend its policy,” the Salisbury Post reports. ” “ Smartwatch cheats force Thai students back to exam halls,” the BBC reports.