Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Inspired by the breakout podcast Serial, four years ago two digital learning leaders at the University of Central Florida created their own podcast—focused on online learning instead of true crime. But I am sort of all-in on analytics as a concept. Listen to the discussion on this week’s EdSurge On Air podcast.

Learning Analytics 167

Learning Analytics Education Data Online Learning 167

Iterating Toward Openness

JULY 23, 2018

By definition, open educational resources (OER) are licensed in a manner that gives you permission to change, update, and improve them. Learning analytics, on the other hand, can provide great insight into where course materials – including OER – are not effectively supporting student learning.

OER 94

OER Learning Analytics Analysis Course 94

Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2017

Each article will contain five “power words”—high-utility academic vocabulary—which students can click on to get a “student-friendly, article-friendly” definition, with a 10-question quiz at the end of the article. Upgrades also include Smarty Ants Español, a program designed to help K-2 Spanish-speaking students learn how to read in Spanish.

SchoolDude 151

SchoolDude Microsoft Company Google 151

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2018

This is important because when students can engage with information—through conversation, projects or hands-on activities—followed up by reflection, they construct learning. And then there is additional time for engaging classroom activities: discussion starters, group, and self-evaluation of work and Project Based Learning (PBL).

BYOD 166

BYOD Pearson Data Learning Analytics 166

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2019

The learning model is based on an architecture design studio, and is a far cry from the assessment and standards-based paradigm of most education systems around the world. They were mentored by a team of NuVu coaches to explore their creative instincts, while expanding their capacity to think and learn analytically.

Groups 139

Groups Learning Analytics Assessment Robotics 139

techlearning

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Join us for What Ed Tech Apps Work Best for Learning? Even more, they need to know the impact of these apps -- if students are learning because of them. Educators need to know which products are likely to have a positive impact on learning for their students. Cost and usage are only part of the picture. Dr. Ryan S.

Learning 66

Learning Data Common Core Chromebook 66

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

Simmons: In my experience, students definitely take those really seriously, because it is the one institutional way that we can give our thoughts that is really validated by the school in its own process. Law: For me, classes that have the element of action learning would be something that excites me a lot. Simmons: Sure.

Social Media 124

Social Media Course Examples Learning Analytics 124

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. In reading, a positive association between online activity and learning improvements was less common.

Software 106

Software Data Education Company 106

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

By contrast, the report’s short-term developments, online learning and makerspaces, have a distinct yesterday’s news vibe about them. In 2011, when the report focused only on important developments, learning analytics were predicted to peak in about five years. Sometimes the panelists get it right.

Trends 40

Trends Online Learning Learning Analytics Robotics 40

Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 6, 2019

Related: How to Improve Student Learning Outcomes with Digital Learning. School is a place where students are allowed to learn, experiment and make mistakes. While it is alright to learn from one’s mistakes, sometimes the mistakes are too costly to bear. Related: 5 Ways to Use Learning Analytics in K-12 Education.

STEM 90

STEM Smartphone Mobility Industry 90

Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

Some new services and platforms will emerge to cater for different forms of learning, MOOCs will evolve and improve and open badges will be hot. Look out for rhizomatic learning. There will be an increasing demand for skilled learning designers. Do you know how hard it is to find a good learning designer? Introduction.

MOOC 89

MOOC Technology Education Online Learning 89

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2016

No longer, he says, does it make sense for colleges to divorce technology from teaching and learning. WHAT DO PROFESSORS WANT FROM LEARNING ANALYTICS? Mark Christian, director of immersive learning at Pearson, says his goal is “to provide the tools that teachers can use to do the impossible.”.

Pearson 60

Pearson Blackboard Survey Learning Analytics 60

Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2016

And what types of data can best offer insights into whether students are learning in your classroom? In my mind, this keeps the learning in the driver’s seat,” she says. It’s Not All About Multiple Choice: Different Types of Data to Experiment With Data, insofar as it relates to student learning, can carry negative connotations.

Data 60

Data Classroom Education Assessment 60

Edsurge

JULY 30, 2016

Specifically, UMUC is about to embark on a 36-month transformation that will see its core learning model shift from memorizing knowledge to one that is experiential and competency-based. So, each institution has to decide what learning model will lie at its heart, and what pedagogical and andragogical values it will promote.

Analysis 60

Analysis Data Assessment Learning Analytics 60

Graphite Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Data collected in an educational setting -- by definition -- is data collected on people in the midst of enormous development, questioning, and growth. If people are doing adolescence right, they are making mistakes, asking questions, and breaking things, all in the name of growth and learning.

Data 40

Data Learning Analytics Social Media Analysis 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. million in venture capital from high profile names like LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and from firms active in ed-tech investing such as Learn Capital. But first, a definition (or two) might be helpful.

Technology 63

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 63

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 16, 2015

blogs, social media, learning objects, OERs, MOOCs, etc in this period. I think the hype is definitely over. large scale dropouts, superficial learning)? It''s nearly always a good thing to have people engaged with learning - it''s better than having a population sitting around watching reality TV for instance.

MOOC 28

MOOC Dropout OER Social Media 28

Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

Some new services and platforms will emerge to cater for different forms of learning, MOOCs will evolve and improve and open badges will be hot. Look out for rhizomatic learning. There will be an increasing demand for skilled learning designers. Do you know how hard it is to find a good learning designer? Introduction.

MOOC 32

MOOC Technology Education Online Learning 32

Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

From the press release : “IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces Open Badges 2.0 Ramona Pierson , the founder of Declara , is now the head of learning products at Amazon ( according to LinkedIn , at least). “ Does tech designed to personalize learning actually benefit students? The third: lifelong learning.

Education 47

Education Robotics OER MOOC 47

Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

I recognize that the theme of this conference is “shaping the future of learning” but I want to talk a little bit about the past. They do so in order to make a particular point about their vision for what learning should be like.

Personalized Learning 85

Personalized Learning Learning Course Handbook 85

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Or, rather, have we adopted technologies for teaching and learning that are much more aligned with that military mission of command and control? Education technologies facilitate communication, expanding learning networks beyond the classroom. You can’t opt out of the learning management system. If so, when? If so, how?

Data 40

Data Software Company Technology 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In 2012, Pearson, Cengage Learning, and Macmillan Higher Education sued Boundless Learning, claiming that the open education textbook startup had “stolen the creative expression of their authors and editors, violating their intellectual-property rights.” Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145