21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

What type of performance-based formative and summative assessment took place? A learning management system can have a tendency to promote a “surface” type of assessment. Teachers must be intentional at exploring ways online to ensure that assessment is formative and allows them to plan scaffolding for next steps in learning.

Blended Learning 192

Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, Or rather, their interest wasn’t in the features of the new LMS.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

The New York Times on “The Challenges of Closing the Digital Divide.” PowerSchool has acquired the LMS Haiku Learning for an undisclosed sum. “ Amplify Slims Down and Spins Off Assessment Content Provider, Fluence ,” says Edsurge. Oh VR promises. Never change. FoxConn will acquire SMART for $4.50

Education 48

Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

“In the Leeds offering, for example, each course certificate will cost £59 and there are five taught courses; the sixth assessment course, which leads to 10 credits, is priced at £250 – making a total cost of £545 – which will also cover access to online library content,” The Guardian reports. .”

Education 52

Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52