ProfHacker

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

I’ve had/have the privilege of being a member of the expert panel working on the NMC Horizon Report (the one that’s still in progress, the process of which I plan to write/co-write about soon, inshallah). A good teacher can promote these attitudes despite plagiarism-detection software, but the software itself does not do this.

Technology 81

Technology EdTech Learning Analytics Adaptive Learning 81

edWeb.net

JANUARY 22, 2021

All educators have now become managers and reporters of data, whether they are classroom teachers compiling information on individual students and sharing it with parents, or top district administrators evaluating teachers, principals, and all their students. Optimizing Data Reports. By Robert Low. WATCH THE EDLEADER PANEL RECORDING.

Data 53

Data Education Report Professional Learning 53

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 14, 2017

“learning analytics” give you information about what needs improving in your course but doesn’t give you permission to make the changes. ? to do continuous improvement in education, you need OER (permission to change) plus analytics (info about what to change).

Analysis 63

Analysis Data Tools Learning 63

Marketplace K-12

MARCH 14, 2016

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.

Udemy 40

Udemy Blackboard Company Facebook 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

If you look for a definition of “platform” online, you’re likely to get something along the lines of Wikipedia’s – fairly straightforward, although quite technical: A computing platform is the environment in which a piece of software is executed. Instead, they’ve re-branded as job training sites.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2016

The smorgasbord of hardware and software at the show floor caters to a wide range of university IT needs, from security and bandwidth to proctoring and instruction. WHAT DO PROFESSORS WANT FROM LEARNING ANALYTICS? hulking gathering of higher-ed technology staff, faculty and companies.

Pearson 60

Pearson Blackboard Survey Learning Analytics 60

Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Tip Tap Tap Learning Analytics. Gamification for Learning. Leveraging Learning Analytics. Teachers can visualise real-time results and analytical reports, which will facilitate earlier intervention to support students that may have learning difficulties.

Learning Analytics 40

Learning Analytics Gamification Assessment Industry 40

Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

In the meantime new, more agile, organisations are busy creating extremely good online learning experiences. In 2013 I learnt a lot by completing learning activities this way. I expect it will continue to grow very quickly in 2014 and to spread from its current focus in IT and software development education to other areas.

MOOC 89

MOOC Technology Education Online Learning 89

Kitaboo on EdTech

AUGUST 29, 2023

eBooks Are Easy to Create and Distribute With online publishing , many publishing software have also emerged. In a cloud-based software the contents of the book are stored online, in one place. In addition, the reports contain evaluations of a students’ performance in tests.

eBook 52

eBook Accessibility Software Learning Analytics 52

Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 4, 2023

eBooks Are Easy to Create and Distribute With online publishing , many publishing software have also emerged. In a cloud-based software the contents of the book are stored online, in one place. In addition, the reports contain evaluations of a students’ performance in tests.

eBook 52

eBook Learning Analytics Software Accessibility 52

Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

In the meantime new, more agile, organisations are busy creating extremely good online learning experiences. In 2013 I learnt a lot by completing learning activities this way. I expect it will continue to grow very quickly in 2014 and to spread from its current focus in IT and software development education to other areas.

MOOC 32

MOOC Technology Education Online Learning 32

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

Baker, associate professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania and the director of the new Penn Center for Learning Analytics. But for that concept to work, a child must spend a lot of time on the computer, feeding the system with data that the software uses to improve itself.

Trends 40

Trends Study Knewton Personalized Learning 40

MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

By NICHOLE DOBO, The Hechinger Report. But for that concept to work, a child must spend a lot of time on the computer, feeding the system with data that the software uses to improve itself. They really become learners and ready for the process of learning.”. People associate repeating grades with disastrous consequences.

Personalized Learning 28

Personalized Learning Technology Knewton Learning 28

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

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. Video Observation for Teacher PD. The Boom of Real and Virtual Creation. By Kathy Schrock, Wilkes University.

Trends 111

Trends EdTech MOOC Smartphone 111

Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2018

Billion Federal Block Grant Makes Ed-Tech Training Higher Priority Than Software, Devices.” ” Via NPR : “Report: Michigan State Spent $500,000 To Keep Tabs On Nassar Victims, Journalists.” From the Google blog : “ Chromebook tablets for versatile learning.” ” Memos from HR.

Education 45

Education Robotics iPad Company 45

MindShift

OCTOBER 16, 2015

But too often, critics say, the approach is retro — looking at performance data in spreadsheets that administrators funnel into sparsely read “best practices” reports for faculty. Or the information is kept in silos and used for alumni fundraising, marketing or for preparing reports for the board of directors.

Data 28

Data Course Company Software 28

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

.” And again, let’s recall Franklin’s definition of technologies includes not just hardware or software, but ideas, practices, models, and systems. I’m concerned because students are compelled to use software in educational settings. You can’t opt out of the learning management system.

Data 40

Data Software Company System 40

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Here’s what caught my eye the week of March 6, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. " Hopefully, not shades of future conversations about learning analytics. " Hopefully, not shades of future conversations about learning analytics.

EdTech 170

EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Due to the COVID-19 crisis and the resulting lockdowns and social distancing mandates, there has been a growing need for schools to adopt online school management software for a variety of functions, everything from virtual instruction to communication with student families to operational tasks. –Joy Smithson, Ph.D.,

EdTech 120

EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 120

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

Department of Education missed a deadline to delay state authorization rules are incorrect, a department spokeswoman said Thursday,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Perhaps we can learn a little about the folks who still do. Via ProPublica : “A Day After Report, Violent White Supremacist Loses Job With Defense Contractor.”

Education 43

Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 10, 2017

This is part five of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” As in previous years, it would be quite easy to fill a whole article in this series on “ data insecurity ,” on the data breaches and cyberattacks that continue to plague education – both schools and software. million students.

Data 78

Data Education Software Social Media 78

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

Here’s media reporter Mathew Ingram’s take (and there are lots of takes out there. “ California ’s teacher tenure battle is reignited by Vergara appeal and a new bill,” The LA Times reports. Via The US News & World Report : “The View From a Testing Giant.” The takes).

Education 52

Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

University of Texas at Austin , related to features unique to that university,“ Inside Higher Ed reports. ” As Vox reports, “The Court announced Thursday that it was unable to reach a decision in the case United States v. ” asks The Hechinger Report after looking at the country’s rising PISA scores.

Coursera 60

Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

But the struggling sector’s political giving is down since peaking in 2012,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Testing, Testing… Via the Hechinger Report : “On a classroom-based test for new teachers , black teachers score lower.” ” The article draws on the latest report from investment bank Berkery Noyes.

Education 40

Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40