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Can Online Education Lower Costs and Improve Quality?

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Not everyone thinks that’s possible, of course, and even Cavanagh, vice provost for digital learning at the University of Central Florida, admits that edtech can spark plenty of new ethical challenges along the way. We could probably do multiple episodes on learning analytics, maybe there's a whole podcast about it out there somewhere.

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‘Our Technology Is Our Ideology’: George Siemens on the Future of Digital Learning

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He just doesn’t think our current university systems and edtech solutions will get us there. He’s worried that, rather than advancing our human potential, many edtech companies and universities are perpetuating the status quo. Rise of the robots Siemens has both an academic and an industry perspective on digital learning.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Although sometimes talked about as a “movement,” Mozilla’s Open Badges Project was really more of a technical specification, one that was transferred from Mozilla to IMS Global Learning Consortium in 2017. And “free” doesn’t last. Without revenue the company will go away.

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The Weaponization of Education Data

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This is part five of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” As in previous years, it would be quite easy to fill a whole article in this series on “ data insecurity ,” on the data breaches and cyberattacks that continue to plague education – both schools and software. million students.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Unveils Free Online Tool for Rapid Evaluation of Edtech Products.” ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “When the Teaching Assistant Is a Robot.” Blackboard has acquired Fronteer , a software company that helps make course materials accessible. ” Via Edsurge : “U.S.