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Open-ed people, personalized-learning people, and the learning-analytics people, they don’t talk to each other that much.” He made the remarks during a session this week at the annual conference of the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative, where he announced the project. We still have tribes,” he said.
WHAT DO PROFESSORS WANT FROM LEARNINGANALYTICS? It is important to ask, argues Deborah West, director of the Office of Learning and Teaching for Charles Darwin University, in Australia, because professors are often left out of planning for so-called “learninganalytics.” Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Would there even be “learninganalytics” without the LMS, I wonder?). Pearson is Not a Platform. I’m not sure if we can still call Pearson “the world’s largest education company.” Pearson does not have a platform. But Pearson is not a platform.
It represents a category of edtech, called “digital courseware” by foundations and industry analysts, that’s changing the way online students learn and faculty teach. Siemens thinks universities should have more control over how these solutions use their students’ data to shape learning experiences.
Last year, the founder of Facebook pledged to donate $45 billion to social causes, one of them personalized learning. And various technology companies — from no-name startups to behemoths like Pearson — boast of new programs meant to facilitate this style of education.
Last year, the founder of Facebook pledged to donate $45 billion to social causes, one of them personalized learning. And various technology companies — from no-name startups to behemoths like Pearson — boast of new programs meant to facilitate this style of education.
One of the “hot new trends” in education technology is “learninganalytics” – this idea that if you collect enough data about students that you can analyze it and in turn algorithmically direct students towards more efficient and productive behaviors, institutions towards more efficient and productive outcomes.
Testing, Testing… Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “British Officials, Pearson Probe Effort to Leak Test Content.” Hey, we could ask Pearson how much money it made off of those taking the GED last year to find out.). ” [Insert Course Signals learninganalytics joke here.]. ” asks Edsurge.
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.” Textbook Publishers vs. Boundless. Course Signals.
Via Campus Technology : “When LearningAnalytics Violate Student Privacy.” ” Via Edsurge : “ Pearson Efficacy Study Highlights the Challenge of Letting Students Retest.” Via The Outline : “ A pair of children’s smartwatch companies are in trouble for spying on kids.”
in the Classroom” – by Rose Luckin and Wayne Holmes and sponsored by Pearson, of course. Via teachonline.ca : “Directory of Vendors of Online Learning Products and Services.” Via EdTech Magazine : “How LearningAnalytics Can Help Inform K–12 Decisions.” ” “ A.I.
” (That giant: Pearson , of course.). “ Key Tensions in the Field of LearningAnalytics ” by Bodong Chen. Via The US News & World Report : “The View From a Testing Giant.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOCs for credit !
billion it agreed to pay Apple/Pearson for iPads, but what do I know). ” Grit ™ – a blog post about a trademarked grit product by Pearson , of course. “Examining ethical and privacy issues surrounding learninganalytics ” by Tony Bates. ” Accreditation and Certification. .”
” “ Cengage , McGraw-Hill , and Pearson have started a new round of lawsuits against textbook sellers,” The Digital Reader reports , this time targeting those who sell through Amazon’s marketplace. And a former Pearson exec is in on the business too , so what more could you ask for? ” (I admit.
IBM partners with Pearson. OpenEd partners with Pearson. Meanwhile, over at Edsurge : “A Small Liberal Arts School Becomes a Testing Ground for the ‘ Facebook of Learning Management Systems ’ ” Also via Edsurge : “Pursuing Academic Freedom and Data Privacy Is a Balancing Act.”
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