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The Winners and Filmstrips of An (Almost) Decade in Education Technology

Edsurge

So with these guidelines in mind, I’ve chosen six areas where edtech has made an impact this decade: Learning Management Systems. Digital badges. Adaptive learning systems. Three types of edtech joined the “filmstrip” category in this decade: Learning Management Systems , MOOC s, and digital badges.

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COVID-19 Is Accelerating the Digital Blending of Working and Learning

Edsurge

In a 2018 survey of hiring leaders , we found that online pre-hire assessment was the single most likely “disruptor” of the reliance on degrees in hiring, followed by simulation-based hiring. It is still early in the adoption of these digital hiring practices—and how employers deploy them is still very much a “black box.”

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An Index Of Online Courses For Teachers: Summer 2015

TeachThought - Learn better.

University of Houston System via Coursera. Prior Learning Assessment for Educators and Industry. Colorado Community College System via Canvas.net. Performance Assessment in the Virtual Classroom. Foundations of Teaching for Learning 6: Introduction to Student Assessment. IOC Athlete MOOC via Independent.

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Using Transactional Distance Theory to inform instructional design

IT Bill

This approach to online learning has served to help new-to-online learners navigate the online course, learn to use the most common learning management system (LMS) tools, and interact with their classmates in ways that have modeled the traditional classroom.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Clickers” are definitely not new — indeed, in my research for Teaching Machines , I found examples of classroom response systems dating back to the 1950s. In 2013, on the heels of “the Year of the MOOC,” Barber released a report titled “An Avalanche is Coming,” calling for the “unbundling” of higher education.

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20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom [infographic]

Shake Up Learning

It’s not a perfect system, but keep in mind that it was designed to protect students and your G Suite for Education accounts. Badging Systems. Digital Badging as become a fun way for teachers and students to show off their accomplishments. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). What do you think?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “Free MOOCs Face the Music,” writes Inside Higher Ed on edX ’s decision to start charging fees. More “MOOC” news under the job training section below. million for its MOOC platform. ” Testing. million total.