Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 29, 2015

What can we expect in 2016 from the intersection of technology and education? I’m building on previous posts about trends in technology and educational contexts , plus my FTTE report, naturally. Educational technology trends. Big data and data analytics : interest in this is widespread and has some hefty power behind it.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 14, 2023

However, the newest level of AI comes with some advances that should give us pause, especially when we consider our most vulnerable users being exposed to this technology, our students. When you think about AI, you may not realize that it is a part of almost every piece of technology that you use. Of course, AI is not new to our world.

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Doug Levin

JULY 7, 2016

There is every reason to expect that both entrepreneurs and enterprising educators will continue to generate new and compelling ideas about how to effectively address the challenges facing public education through technology, and for this we should remain optimistic and hopeful.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Are any education technologies, for that matter? Andreessen’s definition does begin to get at some of the reasons why platforms have been so appealing to investors – ideologically as much as technologically. One might ask, I suppose, if LMSes are platforms. But first, a definition (or two) might be helpful.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2016

The full stack of technologies and frivolous thrills one might expect to find on today’s college campuses were on full display at Educause, the. hulking gathering of higher-ed technology staff, faculty and companies. No longer, he says, does it make sense for colleges to divorce technology from teaching and learning.

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Mistakengoal.com

DECEMBER 29, 2013

Here are some of the blogs that I follow that regularly impress me: e-Literate : Led by Michael Feldstein , this group of authors routinely post insightful and detailed information about technology and U.S. Microsoft Social Media Collective Research Blog : The title of this blog tells you almost all you need to know.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 12, 2018

As the costs for devices and applications decrease, technology use is increasing In classrooms across the country. A recent University of Phoenix College of Education survey showed that about 58% of teachers use educational apps and 41% use social media. Growth is particularly high in web-based devices. Dr. Ryan S.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

In July, three members from EdSurge Independent, a student-run group that meets weekly to discuss ideas around higher education and technology, joined EdSurge Live to share what they wish faculty knew about students today, and propose ways to fuse instructional gaps. There was also a great deal of learning analytics attached to it.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2016

Florida Virtual School (FLVS), a statewide public school district in the state of Florida and international provider of education products and services, has selected D2L , a global learning technology provider, to deploy its Brightspace platform as the district’s new learning management system (LMS).

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Learning with 'e's

JUNE 9, 2015

This year we continue with a high profile social media coverage, including a dedicated Twitter channel (follow @edenconference on Twitter and also the #EDEN15 hashtag) and liveblogging from the plenary sessions. EDEN2015 promises to be an unforgettable event for anyone involved in digital education. Unported License.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

AUGUST 27, 2022

Technology has brought about various changes in the way education is delivered and received. From self-learning to flipped classroom approach, we have seen technology make a considerable impact on the learning and teaching methodologies. Let us have a look at the current trends in education technology: 1.

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Marketplace K-12

MARCH 14, 2016

Barnes & Noble Education Buys LoudCloud Systems: The college bookstore operator and provider of digital education services has acquired LoudCloud Systems, a digital platform and analytics provider to clients in higher education, the for-profit sector, and the K-12 community. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 16, 2015

1) You’re currently professor of educational technology at the British Open University. My field was ArtificialIntelligence , but I started experimenting with online tutor groups, producing web pages, etc and migrated into educational technology (as many people did). I joined the OU in 1995 just as the web was taking off.

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Hack Education

JUNE 14, 2016

As part of the course, students are engaging in a “Great Ed-Tech Debate,” arguing one side or another of a variety of topics: that technology enhances learning, that technology is a force for equity, that social media is ruining childhood, and so on. Ed-tech is big business. Everything is new.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

You can follow him on twitter at [link] or follow his thoughts at [link] Dr. Alec Couros is a Professor of educational technology and media at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina. I developed their MA in Lifelong Learning programme. The research entails the use of qualitative measures and data mining.

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via Campus Technology : “Recipients of 2018 McGraw Prize in Education Revealed.” Because technology imperialism. “ Does tech designed to personalize learning actually benefit students? Her remarks.) .”

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Hack Education

APRIL 7, 2017

But many of those folks utterly misunderstood Prince’s relationship to technologies – much like many, I’d argue, misconstrue what the Luddites in the early nineteenth century were actually so angry about when they took to smashing looms. And thus Prince was viewed by some as a Luddite. It was never about the loom per se.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 22, 2024

With so much content available online through social media and other channels, are people really reading digital magazines? When planning your content strategy, you may be faced with the inevitable question of whether or not magazines are still relevant. billion by 2028.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2019

EdSurge caught up with him recently to hear the story about his hunt for his own data and what he thinks colleges could do to make that technology a bit more transparent. That job was with the Digital Tattoo Project , which is run out of the Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology at the UBC Library. Learn more here.

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MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

They decided to “personalize” learning for every child, which means that they tailored lessons to each student’s needs, interests and learning pace. They gave each student access to technology that helps teachers customize their lessons. What is personalized learning? That’s where technology comes in.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

They decided to “personalize” learning for every child, which means that they tailored lessons to each student’s needs, interests and learning pace. They gave each student access to technology that helps teachers customize their lessons. Related: Must a classroom be high-tech to make personalized learning work?

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

At the end of every year since I founded Hack Education in 2010, I’ve reviewed what I think are the most important and influential trends in education technology. This is about the stories we’re told about education, about technology, and about education technology. (No

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Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via Campus Technology : “Cornell Researchers Use AI to Understand Students’ Math Struggles.” All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Ever wonder how stories promoted by ‘thought leaders’ on social media get selected? Filter bubbles are bad, including in educational technology. 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.

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Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. National University has acquired UniversityNow – or some of its technology platform and curriculum, at least. UniversityNow had previously sold off some of its technology to Penn Foster a couple of years ago.

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

” “Frustrated with how colleges have handled their claims of sexual abuse , more students are turning to social media to publicize their cases,” Inside Higher Ed reports. “ Uber-U is Already Here ” – “powered by Blockchain Technology.” charter school.” From the HR Department.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

It’s time once again for my annual review of “the year in education technology,” something I’ve done since 2010. I’m feeling quite tentative about whether or not the insights that I might be able to glean about the year will have much relevance for the business and politics of education technology under Trump.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. 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. Um, they do.)

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 10, 2017

In education, there were breaches at colleges and universities, breaches at K–12 schools, breaches at the Department of Education, breaches at education technology companies, and breaches with software schools commonly use. And yet schools continue to invest millions and millions of dollars in more and more technology.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Educators Discuss Pros and Cons of Learning Analytics.” ” “How Social Media Can Help Teach Good Writing,” according to Edsurge. ” “ Open, Value-Added Services , Interaction, and Learning” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. ” Start ’em young, I guess.

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Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

Testing, Testing… “ Common Core testing group wages aggressive campaign against critics on social media,” according to The Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss. Via Bloomberg Technology : “How Thync , Startup Behind Brain-Zapping Gadget, Almost Died.”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

The Department of Education has released a “Higher Education Supplement to the National Education Technology Plan ,” just in the nick of time I guess. ” “ Harvard/MIT Report Analyzes 4 Years of MOOC Data ,” Campus Technology reports. The social media platform had raised $2.5 Is the New T.A.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

was named in an investigation by The Associated Press last year for sharing racially charged content on social media.” Via The Guardian : “ Trump bans agencies from ‘providing updates on social media or to reporters’ ” This ban has been targeted at scientists at the EPA and USDA in particular.

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