Edsurge

MAY 12, 2017

Throughout the past decade, Knewton ’s adaptive learning technology has been backed by some of the biggest names in the both the publishing and venture capital community. Knewton technology is also used enVisionMATH2.0 , a Pearson offering for grades K-8, but neither company offered specific details on the status of this agreement.)

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Knewton Pearson Adaptive Learning Company 78

Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Back in late 2013, Barack Obama and the White House launched the ConnectED Initiative , an effort to bring almost $2 billion worth of high-quality broadband, technology and professional development to schools and districts across the U.S. In February of 2014, Obama rounded up technology donations worth more than a $1 billion from U.S.

Adobe 60

Adobe Broadband E-rate Future Ready 60

NeverEndingSearch

MARCH 17, 2019

Next time around, I’ll share my notes on OER.). Companies are investing in immersive technologies. What are immersive technologies? We can inspire our communities to use affordable emerging technologies to create communication products and stories using AR/VR/MR. We are seeing movement way beyond hype.

Trends 42

Trends Libraries OER Microsoft 42

Marketplace K-12

JULY 8, 2016

Supporters of OER also point out that for resources to meet this definition, it’s not enough that resources branded as “open” be free. If a district abandons commercial materials for a portion of its curriculum, that process of identifying and curating open resources can be a big lift for K-12 systems.

Software 74

Software Groups OER Industry 74

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

But the technology lends a question: to what extent should educational products make assumptions about a user’s end goal? Speakers from University of Virginia, University of Maryland, MIT and University of Pennsylvania will share what works, what doesn’t and how they have built structures to support technology initiatives on their campuses.

MOOC 60

MOOC EdTech OER Kaplan 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. We must allow our students to use their gifts and skills to make and create using technology the teacher may not even be familiar with. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations.

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Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

Educational Technology Guy

JANUARY 12, 2015

This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy. Real ti me feedback from students for formative assessment. v=PN8XY2Ouudk https://www.movenote.com/ Extensions for Google Chrome browser and Chrome OS Evernote Clearly [link] Evernote Web Clipper [link] Goo.gl link] [link] [link] [link] [link]. Follow me on Twitter and Google+.

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Chromebook Google Edmodo Study 100

Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” It’s being positioned here as the first time Congress has funded open textbooks, but it’s not the federal government’s first commitment to OER. Because technology imperialism. National) Education Politics.

Education 46

Education Robotics OER MOOC 46

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). The FAQ is a collaboration of many involved with the movement and includes an OER infographic , suitable for downloading and re-sharing. By 2021, most of the student body should be in the system." What then of the students?

EdTech 170

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). The FAQ is a collaboration of many involved with the movement and includes an OER infographic , suitable for downloading and re-sharing. By 2021, most of the student body should be in the system." What then of the students?

EdTech 150

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Libraries and librarians are well-positioned to envision the future – at the intersection of information, education, technology, and community – and this dialogue will help bring our best thinking together with the exciting visions of our collaborators, allies, and partners. Sponsored with ALA’s Center for the Future of Libraries.

Libraries 28

Libraries Conference OER Trends 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Libraries and librarians are well-positioned to envision the future – at the intersection of information, education, technology, and community – and this dialogue will help bring our best thinking together with the exciting visions of our collaborators, allies, and partners. https://slisapps.sjsu.edu/facultypages/view.php?fac=hirshs

Libraries 28

Libraries Conference OER Trends 28

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2020

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. OER Commons : ( [link] ) – Wonderful place to find lessons and blended learning ideas that can cover standards that fit into a PBL or just a single lesson. Check out my Booking Page. Take small steps.

Blended Learning 180

Blended Learning Learning LMS STEM 180

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 18, 2021

Our challenge is… how to break down the classroom walls even more with the technology we have today. Last, there are a few other C’s to mention such as Citizenship (including digital), Character, and Cyber (Technology). Best of all, its free and already for your Learning Management System in the blended and elearning classroom!

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Resources Assessment OER STEM 123

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 23, 2023

The potential partnership between OpenAI (the makers of ChatGPT) and Microsoft may even present the first substantive challenge to Google’s search monopoly we’ve ever seen – and that’s saying something. And, because you’ve got to play the hits, let’s look at what their impact will be on OER as well.

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OER LMS Resources Course 192

Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Last week I promised I would write a few posts about reducing friction with regard to OER. In last week’s post I talked about how we’re making it ridiculously easy for students, faculty, and others to contribute to the maintenance and improvement of OER. “How much easier could it be? ” you might ask.

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OER Secondary Software Outcomes 96

Edsurge

MAY 3, 2017

The region boasts an unusual concentration of highly-valued tech startups—Domo, Qualtrics and Inside Sales are among them—along with big education companies, including Instructure, the developer of the Canvas learning management system. godfather” of OER and Chief Academic Officer of Lumen Learning), trace their roots here.

Coursera 71

Coursera Knewton Udemy EdTech 71

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Via MIT Technology Review : “ DNA tests for IQ are coming, but it might not be smart to take one.” ” Via Campus Technology : “ NYC Data Science Academy Launches Online Bootcamp.” ” asks Edsurge.

Education 44

Education Facebook Edmodo OER 44

Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” IHE blogger Joshua Kim offers “25 Million Reasons Why LinkedIn / Microsoft Will Buy Coursera.” Frontline Education has acquired Prologic Technology Systems. National) Education Politics. What’s Going On?”

Education 46

Education MOOC Social Media Report 46

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.

Assessment 60

Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

Hack Education

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Perhaps the disappearance (and reported murder) of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi doesn’t seem like an education technology story. Via Techcrunch : “ Upskill launches support for Microsoft HoloLens.”

Education 55

Education MOOC Company OER 55

Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

“technologizing” the government. Via Inside Higher Ed : “The British government releases the results … of its new three-tiered rating system of teaching quality at universities.” ” Via the BBC : “ Accenture and Microsoft plan digital IDs for millions of refugees.”

Education 53

Education Kaplan Pearson Elsevier 53

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

For nearly 30 years, Medicaid has helped school systems cover costs for special education services and equipment, from physical therapists to feeding tubes. ” The Department of Education has rehired student loan debt collectors fired by the Obama Administration: Enterprise Recovery Systems and Navient-owned Pioneer Credit Recovery.

Kaplan 46

Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” That is, three campuses in the University of Puerto Rico system. His wife is also the founder of the OER organization CK12. National) Education Politics. The President has colored his flag wrong. That is all. Because of course.

Education 41

Education Social Media Company Data 41

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

The US Department of Education released its “ #GoOpenDistrict Launch Packet ,” encouraging schools to use OER. Elsewhere in MOOC research… From Campus Technology : “Grouping MOOC Students by Communication Mode Doesn’t Help Completion.” .” Me, I cannot stop looking at that hand-clapping Vine.

MOOC 48

MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

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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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Department of Education last week outlined changes to civil rights investigations that advocates fear will mean less consistent findings of systemic discrimination at colleges.” “ Microsoft is really scared of Chromebooks in businesses and schools,” according to The Verge.

Education 44

Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Historically black universities have been dropped from a controversial North Carolina bill slashing tuition at certain institutions to $500, but worries about the legislation’s effects remain high at two universities still facing tuition cuts – and across the state system.”

Education 48

Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via E-Literate : “ Hawai’i Senate Bill: Would mandate OER material for all U Hawai’i system courses.” Microsoft has acquired Chalkup. National) Education Politics. On Time Well Spent and Ethics.”

Education 49

Education Robotics Company OER 49

Hack Education

OCTOBER 13, 2017

With funding from the Lumina Foundation and through the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, the QA Commons last week announced a pilot project to assess higher education programs at 14 institutions around the country.” ” Similar news about Microsoft products.

MOOC 43

MOOC Education Kaplan Company 43

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

“ ACT said Monday that students with disabilities who apply for accommodations on the college entrance exam ‘will soon benefit from a new system that will simplify and speed up the application process,’” Politico reports. This week: “ OpenStax Partners with panOpen to Expand OER Access.”

Education 52

Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

.” For those keeping track of how great social media is for the future of education and knowledge and civics and such: “Last Year, Social Media Was Used to Influence Elections in at Least 18 Countries ,” says the MIT Technology Review. “If We Talked About the Internet Like We Talk About OER” by Stephen Downes.

Education 47

Education OER Pearson Report 47

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Paul School System.” “ Coursera More than Doubles Number of Degrees on Its Platform,” says Campus Technology. ” Perhaps protest Stanford’s Persuasive Technology Lab ? National) Education Politics.

Education 47

Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47

Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

Via Education Week : “ Minecraft Party to Raise Money for Technology in Philly Schools.” ” Campus Technology rewrites the press release that Examity will be used for identify verification and proctoring in edX classes. “ Credly Receives Open Badges Certification ,” Campus Technology reports.

Education 46

Education LMS Robotics E-rate 46

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

Via the MIT Technology Review : “For $14,000, a Weeklong Firehose of Silicon Valley Kool-Aid.” ” “The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education is engaging in a strategic review that will include weighing mergers and closings among its 14 universities,” Inside Higher Ed reports. ” (I admit.

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

“ The Office of Educational Technology Under DeVos” by Doug Levin. I really like the part where she compares those who defend the current education system to “flat-earthers.” Keeps Obama Plan to Streamline Loan System.” “Tracking Google and Microsoft Adoption in Higher Ed” by Jim Siegl.

Education 46

Education Data Report Software 46

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Department of Education Announces Requirements for New Federal Loan Servicing System.” Microsoft is doing a desktop PC thing. Apple , as always, helps us see how criticism-free technology journalism can be. Via eCampus News : “ Barnes & Noble Education announces advanced OER courseware.”

Education 40

Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40