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The 2017 EdNext Poll on School Reform: DigitalLearning , which offers my sense of what those interested in K-12 educational technology can and should take away from this annual polling about schools. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 33 Edition). Strong opinions may be weakly held.
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godfather” of OER and Chief Academic Officer of Lumen Learning), trace their roots here. TUESDAY, 10:00AM: EdSurge Senior Editor, Jeff Young will preside over a series of lightning talks about what’s next in digitallearning—and what it means for the “new majority” of first generation, low income and adult learners.
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