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So with these guidelines in mind, I’ve chosen six areas where edtech has made an impact this decade: Learning Management Systems. Learninganalytics. Adaptive learning systems. Three types of edtech joined the “filmstrip” category in this decade: Learning Management Systems , MOOC s, and digital badges.
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” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) Would there even be “learninganalytics” without the LMS, I wonder?). I’ve joked before that “ the arc of ed-tech history is long and it bends towards the LMS.”
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” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” The survey was conducted by learninganalytics company Civitas Learning. Via Edsurge : “ YouTube Searches Favor Videos That Attack Public Education, Scholar Finds.” ” The virtual charter school in question: ECOT.
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