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EdTech Acronyms Explained

EdTech4Beginners

LMS – Learning Management System (software that runs and manages educational programs). MOOC – Massively Open Online Course (an online course which has video lectures, problem solving activities, texts and an online community of fellow learners). OSS – Open Source Software (programs online that are free to use).

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School Work and Surveillance

Hack Education

For a long time, arguably the best known anti-cheating technology was the plagiarism detection software TurnItIn. So they turned some of their research on pattern-matching of brainwaves to create a piece of software that would identify patterns in texts. Anti-cheating software isn't just about plagiarism, of course.

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A Flipped Classroom Approach: Tips from 3 Bett Speakers

ViewSonic Education

Fortunately, there is a vast amount of content already available, such as YouTube videos, MOOCs, multiple choice questions and web-based resources. Interactive software like Viewsonic’s ViewBoard and myViewBoard allows for a variety of content to be seamlessly integrated into a single presentation.

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Punk learning

Learning with 'e's

For some time, educators have been subverting established methods and turning their backs on institutional tools and technologies such as the managed learning environment (also known as LMS or VLE). Fast forward to today, and we see signs that the early dynamic MOOCs and other punk learning approaches are being adulterated.

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The Top Ed-Tech Trends (Aren't 'Tech')

Hack Education

This is part of the push for MOOCs, we must be honest.). ” I made that selection in part because several ed-tech companies indicated that year that this was what they hoped to become – the MOOC startups, for example, as well as Edmodo, a social network marketed to K–12 schools. ” Despite raising some $87.5

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