Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The primary trends identified by the team were: adaptive learning, open education resources (OER), gamification and game-based learning, MOOCs, LMS and interoperability, mobile devices, and design. To those working in higher education, some of the trends presented by the team may not have come as a surprise.

Trends 201

Trends Digital Learning Learning Secondary 201

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. For example, this story from the School Library Journal : “ Charter Schools , Segregation , and School Library Access.”

Education 46

Education Robotics OER MOOC 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

. …This is key to its advantage over traditional business models when it comes to data, since a platform positions itself (1) between users, and (2) as the ground upon which their activities occur, which thus gives it privileged access to record them. Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?).

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. There are a variety of reasons for this: language barriers, lack of Internet access, incompatible devices, lack of training.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

But you’re full of fallacy yourself if you think that’s going to stop me from making critiques about this industry. This week: “ OpenStax Partners with panOpen to Expand OER Access.” “ Digital Redlining, Access, and Privacy ” by Chris Gilliard and Hugh Culik. Good grief.

Education 52

Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

“ VR is gaining ground in the academic world and the 3D industry,” says Techcrunch , so it must be true. ” “Of OER and Platforms: Five Years Later” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. Most certainly food for thought touting the power of “ learning analytics.”

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Via eCampus News : “ Barnes & Noble Education announces advanced OER courseware.” Blackboard has acquired Fronteer , a software company that helps make course materials accessible. Via the MIT Technology Review : “ AT&T Is Selling Law Enforcement Access to Its Customers’ Data.”

Education 40

Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40