Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Throughout this series, we have delved into the characteristics of 21st-century teachers, students, classrooms, and the very nature of learning itself. These technologies, I believe, are creating new learning habits and spaces, transforming how education is delivered and consumed.

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Learning with 'e's

APRIL 28, 2012

I emphasise here the power of participatory media to promote democracy and to a strengthening of the influence of the voice of the people. The current exponential adoption of social media has huge implications for the system of education, itself a key component of cultural hegemony. Governments can also be disrupted.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Microsoft first launched these in 1992 , but let’s all pretend like the learn-to-code alt-certification thing is brand new. Via the EFF : “Stupid Patent of the Month: Elsevier Patents Online Peer Review.” Shawn Graham responds to this patent on peer review by patenting Elsevier. ” Go, School Sports Team!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 6, 2012

Unschooling is a word created by Holt to describe how people learn in the world without using conventional school techniques and materials. He is currently writing a book on education reform: Time to Think Different: Why America Needs a Learning Revolution. Goyal’s email is ngoyal2013@gmail.com.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

” Via Techcrunch : “ Amazon opens its internal machine learning courses to all for free.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Georgia Tech moves forward with plans to create storefronts for its online education programs, joining a growing number of institutions offering hybrid online learning experiences.”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Ohio State University and Apple on Wednesday announced a collaboration that will start a digital learning effort at the university that Apple and university officials said may represent the company’s most ambitious program in higher education.” The project-based learning startup has raised $2.95

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

” From the press release : “ Jisc Collections and Elsevier Sign Landmark UK Agreement, Securing Access to Research Publications and Initiating Open Science Collaboration.” ” Some of New Markets Venture Partner’s investments include BetterLesson, Credly, Civitas Learning, and Mashable. million total.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Via Scientific American : “How the FDA Manipulates the Media.” tl;dr: emailing them, holding webinars, using social media. Via AL.com : “Two more Alabama schools were on lockdown today after a social media posts and phoned-in threat warned ‘clowns’ might show up at two Birmingham area schools.”

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

” Via The LA Times : “Trump is ending Michelle Obama’s ‘ Let Girls Learn ’ initiative, CNN reports.” ” Via Infodocket : “ Louisiana State University is Suing Elsevier For Breach of Contract.” Can Electrical Stimulation Help Us Learn?” ” asks the Associated Press.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

. “PISA for personality testing – the OECD and the psychometric science of social-emotional skills ” by Ben Williamson. A new project from the Learning Policy Institute and EducationCounsel : “Reimagining College Access: Performance Assessments From K–12 Through Higher Education.”

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Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

Meanwhile on Campus… Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Florida State Cancels Bundled Journal Deal With Elsevier.” Edsurge on Education Elements : “Million-Dollar Advice: The High Cost and Limited Return on Personalized Learning Consulting.” ” That’s history professor Julio Pino.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

” Via Politico : “ Several Trump appointees shared unflattering views of minorities, women on social media.” Via Campus Technology : “ Harvard Tailoring the MOOC Experience With Adaptive Learning.” Elsevier has acquired Plum Analytics. 2 job at the U.S. Department of Education, sources say.”

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Hack Education

MARCH 2, 2018

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Lessons Learned From a $75 Million Failed Experiment.” ” That is, the closure of the University of Texas System’s Institute for Transformational Learning. ” Via the Google blog : “Learn with Google AI: Making ML education available to everyone.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 3, 2016

Bill Haslam that the time they spend preparing for and taking standardized tests would be better spent doing hands-on learning activities.” ’” Via Techcrunch : “ Flatiron School teams up with Re:Coded to help Syrian refugees learn to code.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2016

“What countries can learn from PISA tests” – at least, according to The Economist. Heather Hiles , formerly the CEO of portfolio company Pathbrite (which was sold to Cengage Learning in 2015) will be the new “ deputy director of postsecondary success ” at the Gates Foundation. Both/and, I guess.

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