The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The company hired Ryan Baker, director of the Penn Center for Learning Analytics , and another data scientist to mine the data and create a national snapshot of technology use for the 2017-18 school year. Related: Designing accessible ed tech can be costly, but demand is on the rise. A report was released in November 2018.

Software 106

Software Data Education Company 106

Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 6, 2019

According to the surveyed candidates who are now not working in STEM fields, they did not pursue a STEM career due to a lack of access to resources and opportunities. Related: 5 Ways to Use Learning Analytics in K-12 Education. Related: Do Millennials Learn Better on Mobile Devices. Improves Critical Thinking Skills.

STEM 90

STEM Smartphone Mobility Industry 90

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2016

WHAT DO PROFESSORS WANT FROM LEARNING ANALYTICS? It is important to ask, argues Deborah West, director of the Office of Learning and Teaching for Charles Darwin University, in Australia, because professors are often left out of planning for so-called “learning analytics.” Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Pearson 60

Pearson Blackboard Survey Learning Analytics 60

Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

I think such courses aren’t open in the sense that they limit access based on the ability to pay. Still such courses can offer considerably wider access to higher education than the traditional model. There is a deep and vested interest in maintaining the course as the definitive container for learning.

MOOC 89

MOOC Technology Education Online Learning 89

Edsurge

JULY 30, 2016

On the other hand, they need to avoid the tendency to measure everything to death, seeking definitive truth in the data detail and bogging the project and the team down with mind-numbing analysis. And we want this all to result in a life-long relationship with our learners. When Change Is the New Normal.

Analysis 60

Analysis Data Assessment Learning Analytics 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

But first, a definition (or two) might be helpful. If you look for a definition of “platform” online, you’re likely to get something along the lines of Wikipedia’s – fairly straightforward, although quite technical: A computing platform is the environment in which a piece of software is executed.

Technology 63

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 63

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 16, 2015

I think the hype is definitely over. This is particularly true of the sort of learners you might want to reach with MOOCs (people who cannot access normal higher education for instance). 6) There has been at least 20 years of research into online learning, and over 40 years of research into distance education.

MOOC 28

MOOC Dropout OER Social Media 28

Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

I think such courses aren’t open in the sense that they limit access based on the ability to pay. Still such courses can offer considerably wider access to higher education than the traditional model. There is a deep and vested interest in maintaining the course as the definitive container for learning.

MOOC 32

MOOC Technology Education Online Learning 32

Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

For example, this story from the School Library Journal : “ Charter Schools , Segregation , and School Library Access.” ” “How Should Colleges Approach Student Success When Different Definitions Abound?” ” “10 definitions of datafication (in education)” by Ben Williamson.

Education 47

Education Robotics OER MOOC 47

Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2016

Colleges and universities are doubling down on learning analytics. They’re trying to figure out how to better use the rich data they’re increasingly capturing about their students and how to improve our collective understanding of the impact of analytics on teaching and learning. McKay is the Arthur F.

Learning Analytics 129

Learning Analytics Learning Data Accessibility 129

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

” And again, let’s recall Franklin’s definition of technologies includes not just hardware or software, but ideas, practices, models, and systems. You can’t opt of having your cafeteria purchases, Internet usage, dorm room access, fitness center habits tracked. Trump’s tweets this morning about Berkeley.

Data 40

Data Software Company Technology 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. Um, they do.) Despite a few anecdotes, they’re really not.).

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145