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10 Experts’ Predictions for Education and Technology in 2016

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But that hasn’t stopped us from asking a number of experts in education and technology to gaze into their crystal balls and share their thoughts on one major EdTech trend we can expect to see lighting up learning and one major challenge that education will face in 2016. Technology and the classroom – major trends and challenges.

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MIT’s Mitch Resnick on What ‘Toy Story’ Gets Wrong About the Future of Play

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To Mitchel Resnick, an MIT Media Lab professor and early pioneer of the maker movement for kids, this Hollywood’s portrayal is problematic, and part of a larger trend toward overly regimenting education these days. “I We started the online class for the first time a few years ago when MOOCs were becoming population.

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Updates Partner Spotlight Partner Announcements Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings NMC Navigator Top Ten Conversations Updates "Participatory, Continuous, Connected" | Top Trends from the Library 2.014 Conference. Thursday, October 30th at 3pm Participatory, Continuous, Connected | Top Trends from Library 2.014.

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30 Examples Of Disruptions In The Classroom

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Maker Movement. MOOCs, nanodegrees, etc. Change in cultural perception of identity–gender, technology, science, faith, sexuality, etc. Change in credibility of a high school diploma or college degree. Increasingly formal use of social media by education institutions. Relative “normalizing” of computer coding.

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

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Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2017: The Stories We’ve Been Told. 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. No, fidget spinners were not a “top ed-tech trend” this year. Beyond the MOOC.

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The Stories We Were Told about Education Technology (2019)

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For the past decade, I've churned out a multi-part series on the dominant trends and narratives. It’s not that these things are necessarily trends; it’s that certain folks very much hope they will be. ASU ends its MOOC experiment , Global Freshman Academy. Udacity got a new CEO. LOL LOL LOL. So much innovation and “edsurgency.”

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Top Ed-Tech Trends: A Review

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Things feel quite uncertain moving forward, despite all the certainty one can supposedly muster from looking back – from looking at the near-term or long-term history and trends. It’s based on these patterns that I choose the ten of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” Beyond the MOOC. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2014.

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