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Free Conference! Design and Delivery in a Blended Learning Jungle

The CoolCatTeacher

Tech Tools and Writing. You’ll learn strategies to help students use technology to support their writing goals with Christopher Bugaj. Meaningful Feedback and Digital Tools. Kasey Bell will cover this as one of the five characteristics of the Dynamic Learning Framework. Blended Learning.

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How Can Learning Analytics Improve the Student Experience?

Edsurge

Colleges and universities are doubling down on learning analytics. They’re trying to figure out how to better use the rich data they’re increasingly capturing about their students and how to improve our collective understanding of the impact of analytics on teaching and learning. McKay is the Arthur F.

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Personalized Learning, Teachers Unleashed, and a Learning Analytics Partnership: The Story of Fresno Unified

Edsurge

Technology tools are used as a natural part of this conversation– teachers access content and have online discussions using the same tools that they will be using in their classrooms. The focus is on how to engage students meaningfully in learning, and teachers use digital tools as an enabler of that conversation.

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?Invasive or Informative? Educators Discuss Pros and Cons of Learning Analytics

Edsurge

Technology staff at UC Berkeley said they didn’t know that was happening, though, since teachers were finding the tool on their own instead of a going through a university contract. Education writer Phil Hill covered the privacy issue and college objections to it last year: “Faculty assign usage of Piazza, often as required course tool.

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7 Must-Have Features for Online Learning Platforms

EdTech4Beginners

Learning Analytics. Learning analytics is a powerful tool that provides detailed information about one’s learning style. Besides, learning analytics determines problem areas and sends learners automatic feedback if they underperform.

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4 K-12 Ed Tech Trends to Watch in 2018

EdTech Magazine

From learning analytics tools providing students with instant feedback on their work to virtual reality facilitating field trips to faraway lands to 3D printers filling makerspaces, the classroom looks quite a bit different than it did just five years ago. Learning Analytics Tools Provide Real-Time Feedback.

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Researchers Raise Concerns About Algorithmic Bias in Online Course Tools

Edsurge

Colleges insist that scholars be incredibly careful with data and research subjects in the research part of their jobs, but not with the tools they use for teaching. Should we take those fears of what could go wrong and completely cast aside the potential to improve the teaching and learning experience?” Should we have guardrails?

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