edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

In the edWebinar “ Students Leverage Technology Tools and Makerspaces to Personalize Learning,” Grace Borst, Innovation Specialist at St. While students miss class for open lab, the teachers recognize the benefits of letting students explore technology to help them achieve both personal and educational goals.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 25, 2018

As K–12 institutions digitally progress, slow data sharing between parents, teachers and administrators is leaving all players increasingly frustrated as they are forced to wait for important information sent through what is quickly becoming an outdated system. Expand Educational Resources to Student Toolkits. by Eli Zimmerman.

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Competency Based Learning OER Data Comparison 227

Hapara

APRIL 11, 2022

K-12 schools and districts turn to open educational resources (OER) for their flexibility. They are a cost-effective choice and make differentiating instruction and personalizing learning easier. When you search for OER, you can find already-created lesson plans or other resources to add to your own class plans.

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OER Differentiated Instruction Hapara Assessment 286

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

will then use that information to refine the definition of that original term. BBookX uses artificial intelligence to create OER texts for professors to use in their courses instead of traditional textbooks. BBookX When Sparrow plans her courses, she says she thinks about the “depth and breath” of the materials she’s going to cover.

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Robotics OER Industry Education 138

Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

In the absence of the weekly news round-ups, I took the time away to do some further writing and analysis: Everything’s Bigger in Texas…Including (Maybe) the Data Breaches , which details the ham-handed way in which the Texas Association of School Boards has communicated about their breach of personal information about Texas educators.

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EdTech Social Media Data Policies 150

Edsurge

JULY 3, 2017

Fulé and her colleague Don Carter, the university’s director of e-learning, launched the. Peak Performance Mathematics Bridge Program —a six-week summer course for students who place below the first math class in their chosen field of study. Wallinga saw his students continually stymied by gateway math requirements.

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Tools Outcomes Flipped Classroom E-rate 93

The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 26, 2017

Go to www.staples.com/backtoschool for more information and great deals! . For information on the guests and items mentioned in this show, scroll down to the bottom of this post. *. PO: Now, with regard to math practice problems or studying math in general, I actually use the same philosophy. What makes Expii unique?

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Classroom OER Software System 231

Hapara

MARCH 17, 2022

The teacher asks for help finding resources related to metabolic reactions because the information in the textbook is outdated and inaccurate. . Mr. Stone locates openly licensed content found on OER Commons and uploads it within the Student Dashboard Digital Backpack. Accessing digital learning resources . At 11:00 a.m.,

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OER Chromebook Hapara Accessibility 235

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

One recent study found “widespread acceptance of alternative credentialing programs at American colleges and universities.” Panelists in this discussion will discuss the study’s findings and the evolving attitudes towards alternative credentials in the workforce. EdSurge 4:00 p.m. Higher Ed 9:30 a.m. EdSurge 9:30 a.m.

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MOOC EdTech OER Kaplan 60

Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

” It’s being positioned here as the first time Congress has funded open textbooks, but it’s not the federal government’s first commitment to OER. “ Does tech designed to personalize learning actually benefit students? “ Can a New Approach to Information Literacy Reduce Digital Polarization?

Education 46

Education Robotics OER MOOC 46

Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

The weight of the activity will be in blended learning, and how you combine the benefits of face-to-face with purely online approaches.”. Recent studies, including one by Stanford’s CREDO project , have shown virtual schools producing poor results. “We publish studies that show the value that these programs do add.

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Common Core Pearson Resources Company 76

Kitaboo on EdTech

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Whenever someone utters the word, we can easily visualize a hard-covered, glossy-paged physical book with printed information, tables and charts to deliver learning content. Content structure informed and developed based on instructional design. The Growth of eBooks in Higher Education. We all know what a textbook is.

eBook 98

eBook Gamification Education OER 98

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Via Motherboard : “ New York City Passes Bill to Study Biases in Algorithms Used by the City.” ” “Personalized learning,” I believe Zuck calls this. ” Lots to say about “personalized learning,” but amazingly little reflection on if any of that vision actually works.

Education 46

Education Robotics MOOC Facebook 46

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Via The Chicago Tribune : “Almost all student loan fraud claims involve for-profit colleges , study finds.” Via Education Week : “Why Neuroscience Should Drive Personalized Learning ” – because of “the propagation of myths and misinformation.” The business of OER.

Education 44

Education Khan Academy Company Training 44

Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

” The charter school, which is closing it doors, is the Merit Preparatory Charter School , run by “personalized learning” charter chain Matchbook Learning. Via The 74 : “ Montessori Was the Original Personalized Learning. Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security.

Education 53

Education Kaplan Pearson Elsevier 53

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

” Via Edsurge : “As Bootcamps Look for Novel Ways for Students to Pay For Their Studies, Many Try ‘ Deferred Tuition ’ ” Do note how student financial aid startups are still raising venture capital (and how now, I guess, ed-tech publications cover these stories when before they insisted these weren’t ed-tech). .”

Education 51

Education ProctorU Company Report 51

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Via Education Week : “Congress Budget Deal Bans New Gold-Standard Studies of Federal Vouchers.” ” Via The LA Times : “Trump is ending Michelle Obama’s ‘ Let Girls Learn ’ initiative, CNN reports.” Via CNBC : “This Chinese-Israeli start-up wants to change the way kids learn to code.”

Kaplan 46

Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

Via Wired : “Congress Has a $65 Million Proposal to Study Tech’s Effect on Kids.” Good thing IBM Watson isn’t making any claims about “personalized learning” or partnering with beloved shows like Sesame Street. Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. ” More via the AP.

Education 43

Education MOOC E-rate Coursera 43

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

The US Department of Education released its “ #GoOpenDistrict Launch Packet ,” encouraging schools to use OER. Lots of press releases were issued this week to coincide with the ISTE conference in Denver – Amazon’s new OER platform, for example. month gives you a “personalized learning plan.”

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MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

The** Department of Education** has selected the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education to manage its #GoOpen campaign. Via Inside Higher Ed : “Online education provider Udacity quietly drops money-back pledge for those who can’t find a job after finishing their studies.” ” Just five!

Education 46

Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

The NAACP endorses OER. ” The scholarship, “for young women studying creative arts, music, literature, or African-American studies,” will be offered to students at Berklee College of Music , Howard University , Parsons School of Design , and Spelman College. ” “How Can VR be Used for Learning? .”

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

" The majors include sociology, media studies, and political science. ” From Edsurge : “​Invasive or Informative? Educators Discuss Pros and Cons of Learning Analytics.” “Why the Best Personalized Learning Programs Start Way Before High School,” according to Edsurge.

Education 48

Education Facebook Company Robotics 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. For their part, critics of laptop bans claimed the studies the op-eds frequently cite were flawed, reductive, and out-of-date. They’re distracting others.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Via Getting Smart : “Extending Social Emotional Learning into the Home.” ” ( The Atlantic and Vox also wrote up this study.). 750,000 to the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning ; $685,000 to Roses in Concrete Community School ; $700,000 to Peer Health Exchange ; and the rest to GripTape.

Education 53

Education Company Report IXL Learning 53

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Via E-Literate : “ Hawai’i Senate Bill: Would mandate OER material for all U Hawai’i system courses.” ” And later in the week, an update : “Hawai’i Senate OER Bill Update: Amended language saves the day.” Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. ” Testing. 500, please.”

Education 49

Education Robotics Company OER 49

Hack Education

JULY 29, 2016

Via The Monitor : “Less than a year after classes formally began at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley , a ‘culture of fear is pervasive’ on campus that is exacerbated by poor communication by the administration, concludes a recent white paper study produced by the university’s faculty senate.”

Education 40

Education Company Report Data 40

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

“ How Not to Study Donald Trump ” – “To make sense of Trumpism, and to put Trump in his historical context, The Chronicle of Higher Education asked a mostly white group of scholars to suggest readings for a syllabus for a mock course in Trump Studies. Presidential Campaign Politics. ” Hell no.

Coursera 60

Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

” Via Chalkbeat : “ Trump education nominee pleads ignorance about high-profile voucher studies showing negative results.” ” Via Chalkbeat : “Parent files complaint saying New York City improperly shared student information to aid with charter recruitment.” ” Immigration and Education.

Education 47

Education OER Pearson Report 47

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

” “One Standardized Tests Provider Looks to Gaming and Personalized Learning to Innovate Exams” – Edsurge on ETS. Edsurge on the business of OER. Via The 74 : “ Harvard - MIT Personalized Learning Program to Help Early Readers Gets $30M From Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.”

Education 47

Education Kaplan MOOC Coursera 47

Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

Via NBC : “ Arizona : Lawsuit Alleging Discrimination In Mexican American Studies Ban Back in Court.” ” “ Personalized learning ” equals cutting the teacher workforce in Oklahoma. His wife is the co-founder of OER organization CK–12.). Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security.

Education 46

Education LMS Robotics E-rate 46

Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

” That’d be Blake Wentworth, who taught in the Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies. Via Edsurge : “OER Pioneer David Wiley Predicts All Community Colleges Will Dump Traditional Textbooks By 2024.” Publisher eDynamic Learning has raised an undisclosed amount of money from Gauge Capital.

Education 46

Education Data Report Software 46

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” “The California State Legislature is now considering two bills that would build a database firewall to block the flow of personal information from state and local government to federal efforts to deport immigrants and register people based on their religion, ethnicity, or national origin,” according to the EFF.

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

” This kills me: The personalised education movement combines a testing machine for the big-data age with a key idea taken from Maria Montessori, who developed her approach more than a century ago: that each child should drive their own learning. “Does Open Pedagogy require OER ?” ” asks Clint Lalonde.

Education 40

Education MOOC E-rate Robotics 40