A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Students deserve leaders willing who are willing to extend themselves beyond their comfort zones in order to create a culture that aligns with a new vision for learning. It also requires an open mind, vision, and strategic plan to allow students access to real-world tools to do real-world work.

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2016

But optimizing a flawed model of education is not in the best interests of our students, and from a learning outcomes perspective may make things worse than they already are. In the case of adaptive learning, education commentator Audrey Watters gave examples of how things can go badly wrong on her blog. Tune too easy?

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Some examples include students enrolling in a new course, completed assignments, or class certificates. Whether you want to create grade charts or reports about class status or class completion, your learning platform can help you out. . LMSs vary in design, features, accessibility, etc. Built-in reports.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 23, 2022

While technology doesn’t aim to substitute teachers, it can facilitate their work and ensure that each student gets access to customized educational content and assessment methods to provide the best possible learning outcomes. . What are the benefits of creating a personalized learning environment? E-books, studies, and essays.

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EdTech4Beginners

MAY 22, 2019

Moreover, it tells them what needs to be improved in their courses, thus eliminating the gaps in their lectures and materials and enhancing students’ understanding of the course. Students, on the other hand, benefit a lot from AI online tools because they make learning much easier and interesting.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

A version of this post was originally published on July 2, 2020, in Open Access Government. In the context of the pandemic, many schools and universities turned to virtual learning environments as the only way of ensuring some continuity of education during these times of crisis. Most educators only had a few days to figure things out.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2017

Op-ed from Dror Ben-Naim: “ What Makes a Smart Course ‘Smart’ ” ? More than 20,000 online courses have been created by over 8,000 educators, the company claims. Letting Humans Drive Adaptivity. The first wave, he says, were efforts that “solve[d] for access.” The company does offer pre-made courses, too.).

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2020

Quizzes and adaptive learning software give students opportunities to review content and practice basic skills with immediate feedback. Educators typically reserve face-to-face time for activities that deepen students’ understanding, strengthen relationships, and make learning meaningful.

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Edsurge

JUNE 24, 2016

Now benefits like those cost reductions and higher student success rates are prompting the school to roll out more Z-degrees programs and extend its partnership with Lumen Learning by piloting next-generation adaptive OER courseware. The total cost to students for the printed resource is estimated to be $20, says Williams.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The primary trends identified by the team were: adaptive learning, open education resources (OER), gamification and game-based learning, MOOCs, LMS and interoperability, mobile devices, and design. Delivering these models to a differentiated population of educators and learners requires an adaptive approach.

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Neo LMS

MAY 23, 2019

This of course is easier said than done. A higher degree of control over their own learning process is another factor. When diverse learning materials are made accessible online whenever the student wants or needs, how many times and for how long they need, they are more in control. Inclusion is only the first step.

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Edsurge

JULY 21, 2016

Conner tells EdSurge how the use of adaptive-learning tools offers extraordinarily promising results for more personalized learning and teaching experiences. She adds, however, that “student success in the courses with adaptive-learning systems was not different than in a traditional online course at UMUC.”

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Educational Technology Guy

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Classroom Management Software Course management systems (CMS) are designed to provide a platform for teachers to reach thousands of students all at one time in one course. Adaptive Learning Adaptive learning is not necessarily a new concept; however, the realization of this concept is in fact relatively new.

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

In the second eye-raising deal for the higher-ed publishing industry in as many weeks, Wiley, a major textbook publisher, has agreed to acquire the assets of Knewton, a provider of digital courseware and adaptive-learning technologies. It is currently available for $44 per course for two years of access, or $9.95

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Neo LMS

APRIL 30, 2020

Internet and mobile telephone connectivity and capacity may vary within the same area or country and especially across countries, and this needs to be carefully considered when deciding on the design of the online delivery of the course. Accessibility & Adaptability. Read more: Transforming our schools through empathy.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

we have been using adaptive learning since 2012, and we believe that a single constituency—painted by some as a barrier to the adoption of new technology in the classroom—is largely responsible for our success: our faculty. We often hear about the myriad benefits that adaptive learning offers students.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

Other programs provide a standalone workshop or course about education technology. Businesses and organizations are providing free access to digital tools and apps for teaching and learning (see THE Journal’s ever-growing list of Free Resources for Schools During COVID-19 Outbreak ).

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Neo LMS

MARCH 16, 2021

Many schools and universities have found that while their student numbers have increased, so too has the diversity of students’ learning requirements. For instance, demand for a greater variety of courses, at different levels or different subjects, or the need for online assessment and monitoring of student progress.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 18, 2020

Teachers can include a variety of learning materials in their online lessons and make learning more interactive with the various collaboration tools of the LMS. Also, they can make use of gamification features throughout lessons or an entire course. Read more: What every adaptive learning system should have.

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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 22, 2020

Technology allows you to teach and learn from any part of the world with Internet access and electricity. Sure, having specialized software for learning is great, but these will at least start you off on the right foot. Learning Solutions Magazine Of course, specialized online periodicals had to land on the list.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Somewhere between our collective obsession with predictive analytics and infatuation with adaptive learning, higher education wonks and practitioners are making time to deconstruct the quality attributes of online courses. Does our current quality evaluation ensure a wonderful learning experience?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

So, whether it’s complex mathematical concepts, historical events, or scientific principles, digital technologies offer a dynamic platform for enhancing memory retention and ensuring that learning extends beyond the classroom. Educators can then leverage those insights to create tailored, personalized learning experiences.

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2020

It seems certain that more professional learning will happen outside of traditional institutions and campuses – especially if colleges fail to adapt. Learning is increasingly happening in the workplace, or “ in the flow of work.”

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Specialized versions to support people with learning disabilities. Accessibility, help section and support. The other advantage it has is that it is part of a range of educational software enabling teachers to access other educational programmes for reduced pricing. The course is presented online. Price per student.

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Neo LMS

JULY 31, 2018

The days of gauging learning success on the basis of simple metrics like enrollment, attendance, or course completion are long gone! Today, the most important metric is whether your institution is able to successfully deliver its curriculum — and whether the students were successful in getting what they expected from the course.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

More than two decades ago, when I was hired at Stevens Institute of Technology, as dean of web-based distance learning—a quaint title for what is now known as online learning—few tools were available to help faculty migrate their on-campus courses online. Sink or swim. All you need is your imagination.”

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

And even before the management change, the company had quietly started building a huge library of courses bolted to its adaptive engine. We’re going after the higher-education market in every major course area,” he said, calling Knewton courseware “something that will basically take over the marketplace.”

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Not everyone thinks that’s possible, of course, and even Cavanagh, vice provost for digital learning at the University of Central Florida, admits that edtech can spark plenty of new ethical challenges along the way. So he claims an 85 percent accuracy of his prediction model before a student's done even one thing in the course.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 13, 2017

We and our partners are committed to bringing the voices and experiences of Opportunity Youth learners (low-income young people of promise, ages 16 to 24) and educators to the conversation about learning differences. The Fellows also participate in a MOOC focused on understanding and responding to learning differences in their classroom.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 11, 2019

Find a system which hosts and/or recommends courses for staff CPD and logs appraisals and performance. In addition to this, resources that can be adapted in different ways – for example, gamified content for those who work best getting hands-on, or audio and visual adaptations for those who learn best through listening and viewing.

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EdTech4Beginners

JANUARY 31, 2024

These disruptive shifts promise to increase access to medical education, ease skills shortages and better prepare the healthcare workforce to meet future demands. Fast-paced programs, like those offering an accelerated nursing degree online , pack courses into 12-18 months. They access libraries of interactive video case studies.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2024

These tools encompass a broad spectrum of resources, including educational apps, multimedia presentations, virtual field trips, and interactive maps–all of which have the potential to enhance the teaching and learning of social studies.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2023

Proponents of game-based learning have good reason to be optimistic—but also cautious. Tailwinds: An Enabling Ecosystem A baseline enabling condition for game-based learning is access to computers and broadband. A growing body of research highlights the efficacy of game-based learning. That’s still anyone’s guess.

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Edsurge

JULY 15, 2019

Today, Pearson announced it will adopt a “digital first” approach to updating its higher ed course materials, meaning that any revisions or changes to textbook content will happen first in the digital version. A bundle that includes access to its other online tools, including MyLab and Mastering, costs about $79.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2021

And we’ve only seen the beginning—within the next few years, the company is poised to disrupt the healthcare market, become the market leader in online advertising, establish itself as a competitor to USPS, FedX and UPS, and provide global access to broadband internet through a network of satellites orbiting the planet… to name but a few examples.

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My Island View

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Educators can no longer dictate or limit what tools students may access. The other obvious lesson is that if students are accessing technology to assess and learn and create content, then at the very least, educators need an awareness of that technology their students are using. Thousands of teachers left the profession.

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eSchool News

MAY 31, 2019

Fuel Education’s Transformation Awards recognize schools, districts or organizations that are successfully transforming education, the way teachers teach, and how students learn. The awards highlight seven exemplary programs from Fuel Education’s partner school districts.

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