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). What tools do you use in your data-related work?

Analysis 64

Analysis Data Tools Learning 64

Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2020

I was a speaker today at the #AgainstSurveillance teach-in , a fundraiser for Ian Linkletter who is being sued by the online test-proctoring software company Proctorio. To adopt test proctoring software is to maintain a pedagogical practice based on mistrust, surveillance, and punishment. This should not come as a surprise.

Software 132

Software LMS Microsoft Company 132

Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2018

That way, colleges can one day have a dashboard that includes information from learning-management systems (LMS), student records, online-textbook platforms run by publishers and from the many tools that professors use, such as clickers. “If All of those are captured by the vendor, and they don’t usually share them with us.”

Data 105

Data LMS Learning Analytics Classroom 105

Neo LMS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

A range of specialist companies and private institutions is now providing excellent higher education components, as well as providing ancillary and support services such as examination and certification services, learning support, learning analytics, etc. but less likely to engage the software to create lessons.

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Secondary LMS E-rate Dropout 300

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 25, 2020

Using lots of new tools and techniques turns teachers into students too. While they already had everything ready for in-school lessons, each remote lesson now requires teachers to convert these learning materials into forms more suitable for online education. However, like any tool, technology requires a sensible, balanced approach.

Technology 145

Technology Learning Gamification Learning Analytics 145

Kitaboo on EdTech

AUGUST 23, 2023

By using eBook analytics tools to track short-term and long-term retention of knowledge, educators and content creators can also identify trends and patterns across different cohorts of students. Using KITABOO for eBook Analytics Learning analytics is the way forward for higher education publishers.

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eBook Learning Analytics Education Trends 52

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Your most recent episode was about learning analytics , and listening to it reminded me that the focus of edtech folks these days is less about the tools being used and more about finding ways to improve student retention and learning. But I am sort of all-in on analytics as a concept. How does that work?

Learning Analytics 148

Learning Analytics Education Data Analysis 148

Doug Levin

JULY 7, 2016

In my view, at least four such assurances are needed in a digital age: One, we must ensure every student has access to the digital tools they need to succeed in school. The goal is to ensure that students can take best advantage of the powerful learning tools at their disposal wherever their academic and career aspirations may lead them.

Instructional Materials 150

Instructional Materials Education Academic Standards Software 150

ProfHacker

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Plagiarism-detection tools are no better. A good teacher can promote these attitudes despite plagiarism-detection software, but the software itself does not do this. 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

Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2017

It’s also a time when companies of all sizes and ages announce their latest updates and tools. The tool automatically sends IT tickets to technicians based on their skillsets. “As I am impressed with their dedication to building tools which solve real needs of educators and vision they are executing upon.” classrooms.

SchoolDude 118

SchoolDude Microsoft Company Learning Analytics 118

Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2016

DIG works with faculty, staff, and student user communities to grow tools to maturity, and establish pathways to scale through collaboration across and beyond the U-M community. In its first year of operation, DIG tools were used by more than 22,000 U-M students and will soon be used by more than a dozen institutions. (See

Advocacy 60

Advocacy Software MOOC Learning Analytics 60

edWeb.net

APRIL 6, 2021

Eric has done numerous presentations throughout his region, as well as at ISTE, on the topics of educational efficacy, data, privacy, and the role of technology in learning. Throughout her career, Monica has been an evangelist for the adoption of technology as a transformative educational tool. About the Moderator.

Personalized Learning 60

Personalized Learning Data Learning Learning Analytics 60

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2016

They have access to Smart Sparrow’s authoring tools, which let them edit the course, and they share their tweaks and updates with each other. But participants estimated that just 4 percent of their institutions’ developmental and general education classes use adaptive software. Software can capture patterns of student thought.

Adaptive Learning 60

Adaptive Learning Software EdTech Course 60

eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2016

Remaining a tech-savvy educator means keeping on top of the myriad changes and trends in education, how technology can support those trends, and how teaching and learning can best benefit from near-constant change. Collaborative software provider ClassFlow announced a way for teachers to earn extra cash during the upcoming school year.

Trends 40

Trends Digital Badges Blended Learning Learning Analytics 40

edWeb.net

JANUARY 22, 2021

In addition, there is also logistical data ranging from attendance, whether online or on site, to hardware and software use, school bus routes, lunches, and much more. Throughout her career, Monica has been an evangelist for the adoption of technology as a transformative educational tool. Join the Community.

Data 53

Data Education Report Professional Learning 53

Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

The LINK Lab is a hub international scholars exploring the digitization of knowledge and learning and how this process impacts education. Siemens also serves on the advisory board of learning analytics company Civitas Learning and is a mentor to startups in Intel’s Education Accelerator.

Digital Learning 60

Digital Learning Technology MOOC Learning Analytics 60

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. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Volley Labs Raises $2.3 Million: The ed-tech startup has raised $2.3

Udemy 40

Udemy Blackboard Company Facebook 40

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? based developer of Ally, a tool that makes digital content more accessible for learners with special needs.

Pearson 60

Pearson Blackboard Survey Learning Analytics 60

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Raymond Spiteri, as they outline their research looking at building math skills and greatly improving learning outcomes in the math classroom, discuss the best use of technology in the BYOD (bring your own device) math classroom, and demonstrate the use of Mathtoons Media tools. There is no cost for this Webinar.

Classroom 28

Classroom BYOD Learning Analytics Mobility 28

Mistakengoal.com

DECEMBER 29, 2013

Despite the occasional over-the-top writing, this blog was an excellent source of information about the recent kerfuffle about Purdue University’s learning analytics software. Some of their posts are a little bit hyperbolic and occasionally shrill (presumably to attract more readers), particularly this post.

Social Media 40

Social Media Learning Analytics LMS Microsoft 40

Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Tip Tap Tap Learning Analytics. Gamification for Learning. TTT platform was designed to provide modalities of interaction complementary alongside effective pedagogies, curriculums and existing tools such as paper, to enhance students’ development of literacy, tracing, and tactile learning.

Learning Analytics 40

Learning Analytics Gamification Assessment Industry 40

Iterating Toward Openness

OCTOBER 9, 2018

That’s why we collaborate with faculty throughout the course improvement process, openly license the improvements we make to content, publish our continuous improvement frameworks in open access journals, and open source many of the tools we create to support our continuous improvement efforts. However, we’re just one company.

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OER Outcomes Analysis Assessment 114

Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 22, 2024

It takes special software to create digital magazines that deliver high engagement rates and responsive interfaces to suit a wide variety of devices. The tools and features available at your disposal determine several important factors. You may require a dedicated media optimization tool to keep the final PDF size manageable.

eBook 52

eBook Software Learning Analytics Strategy 52

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

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. It allows educators to adapt content quickly and reach students through various online tools.

eBook 52

eBook Accessibility Software Learning Analytics 52

EmergingEdTech

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Adaptive Platform Delivers Reading Materials at 5 Different Reading Levels, With Built in Assessments How would you like to be able to give students reading assignments focused on current events that. Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

Technology 40

Technology Education Assessment Common Core 40

Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2020

Colleges insist that scholars be incredibly careful with data and research subjects in the research part of their jobs, but not with the tools they use for teaching. Should we take those fears of what could go wrong and completely cast aside the potential to improve the teaching and learning experience?” Should we have guardrails?

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Course Learning Analytics Tools LMS 136

Edsurge

MAY 8, 2019

Then, he toggled the cardboard lever and declared open a new website , one that gave away software that took more than $100 million in grant funding to develop. It was an unusually theatrical moment for a gathering to announce the release of software tools to help professors improve their teaching.

Software 136

Software Learning Data Course 136

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

Trends 111

Trends EdTech MOOC Smartphone 111

MindShift

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Now, more schools such as Valencia College are dipping their toes deeper into the streams of what some have dubbed predictive and learning analytics. Basically it means big data goes to college , as software and digital platforms collect and sort academic data that teachers can then use quickly as an intervention strategy.

Data 28

Data Course Company Software 28

Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2018

Billion Federal Block Grant Makes Ed-Tech Training Higher Priority Than Software, Devices.” ” According to a report from Quality Matters and Eduventures ( as covered by Campus Technology ), “ Adaptive Learning , Learning Analytics Are Most Wanted Tech for Online Programs.”

Education 45

Education Robotics iPad Company 45

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

COVID forced teachers and students to rely on digital learning more than ever, but they came away with different lessons from the experience. Even teachers who were tech-shy found excellent tools to help create and deliver engaging classes, whereas many students found they missed school and interacting with their classmates.

EdTech 112

EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 112

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

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Affluent students get to digital tools for creative exploration; poor students get to use theirs for test prep. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That). It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security.

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

The Common Core aligned reading software maker had raised $1.8 ” Trends to watch: investors’ interest in English language learning (software). e.g. “ Supporting English Language Learners with Next-Gen Tools.” “ Key Tensions in the Field of Learning Analytics ” by Bodong Chen.

Education 52

Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Unveils Free Online Tool for Rapid Evaluation of Edtech Products.” ” Creative Commons released a “Termination of Transfer Tool” to help manage authors’ copyrights. Blackboard has acquired Fronteer , a software company that helps make course materials accessible. ” Via Edsurge : “U.S.

Education 40

Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40