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Can Competency-Based Education Demonstrate Mastery Across a Lifetime? #DLNchat

Edsurge

Within higher ed and between higher ed & industry. Not everyone in the #DLNchat community was as enthusiastic about the potential of adaptive learning for CBE. Jeff Grann said, “Adaptive may help tweak, but it’s important to start with building high quality CBE learning experiences that prioritize gains in student learning.”

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What Education Technology Could Look Like Over the Next Five Years

MindShift

Authentic Learning: As with any changing industry, there are many problems standing in the way of effective technology implementation. 3-D Printing: The report notes that in the next two to three years, 3-D printing and adaptive learning technologies will have become mainstream school technologies. CHALLENGES.

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WHAT’S NEW

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CHALK AND WIRE MYMANTL ( www.mymantl.com ) Chalk & Wire announced that its learning recognition network, MyMantl, is now fully available for students, educators, employees and employers. Spectrum Industries ( www.spectrumfurniture.com ) announced the introduction of the Pivot Workstation.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

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. The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.”

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