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Meet Caliper, the Data Standard That May Help Us (Finally) Measure Edtech Efficacy

Edsurge

One of the most exciting and well-attended sessions covered the new IMS Caliper analytics standard, which can capture and share data on student activities in learning apps and software—thus giving teachers and developers a way to measure and glean insights on how students engage with digital tools. Why is that important?

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5 Steps K-12 Schools Need to Consider When Moving to the Cloud

EdTech Magazine

Keep Learning Software Licensing Agreements in Mind. Managing software licenses for traditional software can create significant management hurdles for schools. Even cloud software licenses can create compliance issues for schools that don’t properly manage and monitor their environments. . by EdTech Staff.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

The Common Core aligned reading software maker had raised $1.8 ” Trends to watch: investors’ interest in English language learning (software). “ Digital Redlining, Access, and Privacy ” by Chris Gilliard and Hugh Culik. ” From the NASBE : “Trends in Student Data Privacy Bills in 2016.”