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What Could Web3 Mean for Education?

Edsurge

It has also led to the rise of new groups, called DAOs, that are experimenting with less-hierarchical ways to conduct business. Should local communities determine how education gets funded and who has access to public schools —or should the federal government intervene? That would be the block chain. That includes higher education.

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MOOC-Ed: Coaching Digital Learning, Unit 1 Reflection

EdTechnocation.com

Last week, the MOOC-Ed, Coaching Digital Learning: Cultivating a Culture of Change , began. As a Technology Coordinator, I realized that I needed to harness the power of this group. I wear many hats: teacher, robotics coach, IT specialist, IT support, school leadership, professional development, coaching, maintenance and repair, etc.

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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

Edsurge

The hope is that if what would normally take 10,000 hours could be shortened to 1,000, and be done via methods that are more affordable and accessible, many more people can become experts. Imagine students in a control group go from 50% on a pre-test to 60% on a post-test, whereas in the treatment group they go from 50% to 80%,” he explains.

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Next Week - The Library 2.0 "Emerging Technology" Mini-Conference - All Keynotes and Sessions Posted!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Libraries can and should be the epicenter of exploring, building and promoting these emerging techs, assuring the better futures and opportunities they offer are accessible to everyone. She is currently working on her upcoming book Libraries Supporting Online Learning: Digital Literacy, Open Access and Local Connectivity from ABC-CLIO.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The Intercept : “Chinese Corporation Alibaba Joins Group Ghostwriting American Laws.” For example, this story from the School Library Journal : “ Charter Schools , Segregation , and School Library Access.” ” Via The Washington Post : “Student loan servicing group sues D.C.

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The Trends and Challenges Shaping Technology Adoption In Schools

MindShift

The NMC/CoSN Horizon report highlights four principles of collaborative learning: “placing the learner at the center, emphasizing interaction, working in groups, and developing solutions to real-world problems.” Educators see VR as a way to give students experiences that could promote empathy and expand access to novel locations.

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Storms over liberal education: notes on the 2016 AAC&U conference

Bryan Alexander

I kicked things off with a survey of major technological developments in a very top level way, then dived into specific, currently used digital tools (the LMS, ePortfolios, video, robotics, big data, social media, 3d printing, etc.). That meant open source software, open education resources, and open access in scholarly publication.