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Education Technology Trends for 2017: An Interview With Martin McKay.

EdTech4Beginners

Martin also serves in working groups to advise the US Department of Education on the accessibility of education materials, and Universal Design for Learning. I also expect to see a lot more robotics and makerspaces in schools. Will Learning analytics have a major impact upon Education this year?

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A 140-Year-Old School Partnered With a 10-Year-Old School. Here’s What Happened.

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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. At NuVu, groups of 10 students work closely with coaches to solve real-world challenges. At the end of each studio, prototypes are presented to the larger group.

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Top 8 Advantages of an Interactive STEM Curriculum

Kitaboo on EdTech

Related: 5 Ways to Use Learning Analytics in K-12 Education. An interactive STEM curriculum comprises of learning modules which test a student’s critical thinking skills. Engineering students can see and learn the functioning of a machine or robotics. Improves Critical Thinking Skills. Encourages Teamwork.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

platforms are digital infrastructures that enable two or more groups to interact. Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?). Google gives a lot of money to similar sorts of groups, including many, many education-related ones.).

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The Intercept : “Chinese Corporation Alibaba Joins Group Ghostwriting American Laws.” ” Via The Washington Post : “Student loan servicing group sues D.C. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Techcrunch : “This tortoise shows kids that robot abuse is bad.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Chalkbeat : “ Betsy DeVos ’s first Detroit visit featured Girl Scouts, robots, and talk of beluga whales.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Entrepreneur.com repeats this old story : “ Personalised learning with the help of Artificial Intelligence will change the Education System.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“Imagine Discovering That Your Teaching Assistant Really Is a Robot ,” says The Wall Street Journal in a story about “Jill Watson” (of course it’s a female name), an automated teaching assistant at Georgia Tech. ” [Insert Course Signals learning analytics joke here.]. From the HR Department.