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Overcoming security and privacy concerns with e-learning

Neo LMS

It’s important to note that those impressive numbers don’t include remote students at the elementary or high school level. Without modern technology and near-constant connectivity, online learning wouldn’t be possible. How students can help secure their personal data. In fact, data indicates that it’s probably not.

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Tart Retorts and Tools: Overheard at SXSWedu

Edsurge

CHATBOT CHAMPIONS: AdmitHub , a Boston-based edtech startup that creates conversational AI to help students through college, has some numbers to back up its college-expert chatbots. A recent study conducted at Georgia State University (one of the company's early school partners), chronicled a 21.4 at a later date. Who Said What?

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How Education is Becoming the Front Lines for Debating the Role of Algorithms

Edsurge

Sarah Ogunmuyiwa, an undergraduate at the University of Texas at Austin double majoring in women and gender studies and philosophy, who is researching the intersections of surveillance, beauty and desire. Brian Short, a program director at British Columbia’s Freedom of Information and Privacy Association in Canada.

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Evaluating and Informing EdTechInvestments through ActionableInsights in Virginia Beach

Lightspeed Systems

However, it can also turn learning environments into the digital wild west, where teachers and students can venture into new, uncharted territories with digital learning apps that may not be effective or aligned with district curriculum or student data privacy policies.

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Hero Awards finalists: 18 schools and educators dedicated to learning

eSchool News

D49 is committed to providing students high-quality technology opportunities and giving teachers the tools they need to help all students achieve desired outcomes. Colorado vendors and school districts are required by the state to facilitate safe online learning experiences.

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16 Great NonProfits Working to Support EdTech in Schools

Tom Murray

This post is the first of a short series meant to highlight the great work of many nonprofit organizations that are working diligently to support studentslearning on a daily basis. Organization: International Association of K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL). Organization: Code.org ®. URL: code.org. URL: www.inacol.org.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition)

Doug Levin

Tagged on: March 19, 2017 Textbooks could be history as schools switch to free online learning | Philly.com → Garnet Valley is a district in the vanguard of a nationwide movement to ditch traditional textbooks for open-source educational resources on the web. Studies are always helpful, but this should already be understood.

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