Educational Technology

July 17, 2017

The Global Search for Education: Is Blended Learning Overhyped? Our Teachers Around the World Weigh In

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by CM Rubin, Huffington Post

“However, this type of blended learning where technology use is kept separate from a collaborative learning experience is not the best way to use technology in the classroom.” “The hope is that by blending traditional and new teaching methods they will build on each other, providing students with an innovative and effective learning experience nurturing skills students need to succeed both in life and in a tech-driven workface,” writes Craig Kemp (@mrkempnz) in Singapore. “The importance of digital literacy has increased the need for a blended learning environment.” “It is clear that learning can’t be limited anymore in one place…Learning happens in different places during different times through individual life,” writes Maarit Rossi (@pathstomath) in Finland. “I have positive expectations to the possibilities of blended learning. I support a holistic approach to 21st Century education. It means we need versatile teaching methods and balanced assessment.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-global-search-for-education-is-blended-learning_us_5951a799e4b0f078efd98451

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University email addresses especially prone to cyber theft, report finds

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by Shalina Chatlani, University Dive

University email addresses with .edu credentials are particularly vulnerable to cyber theft, as students can receive significant discounts in online purchases, according to the Digital Citizen Alliance’s latest report, “Cyber Criminals, College Credentials, and the Dark Web.” Authors looked at the availability email credentials from the 300 largest U.S. colleges and universities, and found that 13,930,176 email addresses and passwords belonging to faculty, staff, students were available for purchase on sites in the dark web, which is an area of the Internet where illicit goods and services can be sold and bought. Acquisition of these credentials can have serious consequences for members of the institution and the institution itself, as they are more often than not being used for illegal activity. The report found that the University of Michigan had the most credentials offered on the dark web, followed by other large state schools — Penn State, University of Minnesota, Michigan State, Ohio State, and University of Illinois.

http://www.educationdive.com/news/university-email-addresses-especially-prone-to-cyber-theft-report-finds/446011/

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Tech and Trek at Hiram College

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by President Lori E. Varlotta, University Business

This fall, Hiram College becomes one of just a few universities in the country—and the only four-year college in Ohio—to launch a campuswide mobile technology program. Thanks to a $2.1 million gift, Hiram will issue all full-time undergraduates and all faculty and staff an iPad Pro, Apple Pencil and keyboard bundle in an effort to promote “mindful technology.” As we see it, mindful technology is more than simply knowing how to use technology. It is also about delving into the when, where and to-what-extent questions that are sometimes out of sight or overlooked in the technology-saturated world we now inhabit.

https://www.universitybusiness.com/article/tech-and-trek-at-Hiram-College

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July 16, 2017

Making the Commitment to Student Data Privacy

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By Linnette Attai0, THE Journal
The 21st century, technology-enabled classroom offers many opportunities and a variety of challenges, including ensuring the privacy and security of student data. The days of storing student information on paper files have shifted to data management on the network, in the cloud and on devices. With that, community stakeholders have raised concerns and questions have risen about where the data goes, who has access to it, how it may be used, and how it can be protected from prying eyes.
These questions have led to the drafting of over 500 student data privacy bills across the states in the last three years. However, regulatory action alone will not move the needle on the special relationship between schools and their communities.

https://thejournal.com/articles/2017/06/22/making-the-commitment-to-student-data-privacy.aspx

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8 terrific learning podcasts for students

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BY BRONWYN HARRIS, eSchool News

When podcasts first gained popularity in the early 2000s, they seemed to be a quaint throwback to radio. But that changed quickly as more and more people jumped in and started experimenting with the medium. Now, hits like Serial have launched podcasts into the mainstream. You can find podcasts on nearly every topic — from movie reviews to academic lessons to celebrity gossip — and in nearly every genre, from short fiction to in-depth journalism to comedy. Podcasts are a great way to hook kids into learning about a topic. They draw listeners into the story in a unique way, providing different viewpoints from what students are usually exposed to. Teachers can use podcasts to supplement the curriculum with high-quality, free content. And you can find podcasts that will work for every grade level and subject area. Check out a few of our favorites to get started!

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/06/26/learning-podcasts-students/

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How technology can boost equity in education

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by Sarah Bachman, the Educator

Some of these trends include student-directed learning, spaces designed specifically for collaboration and even virtual reality, and demonstrate that principals are shifting the way they think about improving learning outcomes. One of the main drivers of these trends is research which shows that students and teachers are lacking the necessary skills to prepare students for the workforce they’ll enter once they leave school. Create Your Own Classroom (CYOC) is just one of many concepts taking on increased relevance as many schools move towards more flexible learning environments and strive to meet these needs.

http://www.educatoronline.com.au/news/how-technology-can-boost-equity-in-education-237978.aspx

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July 15, 2017

5 online learning platforms to kick-start your career in machine learning

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by Jenny Darmody, Silicon Republic

If a three or four-year degree doesn’t take your fancy, an online course can often give you a solid grounding for a fruitful career. Online courses give people more flexibility and less commitment when it comes to learning the basics of any skill. For many online courses and e-learning facilities, you can dip in and out in your own time, study and practise in your own time and move at your own pace. Many are free and the ones that aren’t often offer a free trial. There is also a wide variety of course levels you can do, prices you can pay, time you can spend learning and there’s scope to upskill. Linked below we’ve looked at just some of the e-learning platforms where you can learn about machine learning that will help kick-start your career.

https://www.siliconrepublic.com/advice/machine-learning-online-courses-skills

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Why is it so hard to find expertise in IoT & AI?

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by Nihal Kashinath, Financial Express

Traditional learning avenues like schools and colleges haven’t kept pace. While many engineering colleges offer electives in IoT or AI as part of the curriculum, the course content is very basic. Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) have been two of the fastest growing fields of technology in recent history—in India and across the world. The potential they hold to transform business and economy has been capturing the attention of CEOs, entrepreneurs, young professionals and students alike. Over the last four years that we’ve been tracking this space, the use-cases and business-cases being explored have matured significantly, and in the last 18 months there has even been an uptick in the number of companies ready to make investments in exploratory efforts. Yet we don’t see many pilot projects going on in India.

http://www.financialexpress.com/industry/technology/online-learning-why-is-it-so-hard-to-find-expertise-in-iot-ai/735576/

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17 Online Grading Tools for Busy Educators

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by Matthew Lynch, tech Edvocate

In order to make grading easier, there are several edtech companies that sell online grading tools. These tools will make sure that when you assess your students, you have all of the resources that you need to be successful. We decided to create a list of the 17 best online grading tools for teachers, so you won’t have to do a ton of research to find the one that works for you.

http://www.thetechedvocate.org/17-online-grading-tools-busy-educators/

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July 14, 2017

Evergreen schools transition from paper to pixels

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By Katie Gillespie, Columbian

District adopts online classes, digital textbooks for eight subjects. Evergreen Public Schools this summer will begin shifting from paper textbooks to virtual ones. The school board at its Tuesday meeting approved digital curriculum and material for eight subjects ranging from kindergarten science and math to high school Advanced Placement psychology. The curriculum includes online class work, as well as additional printed materials. The school board will consider additional curriculum throughout the summer. The curriculum replaces textbooks for some classes as the district prepares to put laptop computers in the hands of all its students from third grade to senior year this year. Younger students will also use computers and the newly adopted material in the classroom, but won’t take the devices home. Vancouver and Battle Ground school districts are also rolling out digital curriculum.

http://www.columbian.com/news/2017/jun/24/evergreen-schools-transition-from-paper-to-pixels/

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Schools let students take laptops home to stop the ‘summer slide’

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by Mollie Simon, NPR

When principal Kelli Hoffman ran into her students at a McDonald’s during summer break, she knew they weren’t there for the McNuggets. The two rising eighth-graders at French Middle School had invested in a Coke to unlock a bigger prize: free Wi-Fi. They sat logged into their school-provided Chromebooks studying exercise ideas from their sports coaches. Hoffman’s district, Topeka Public Schools in Kansas, is one of a rising number of systems that are letting students take their school-issued devices home over the summer months.

http://www.scpr.org/news/2017/06/24/73206/schools-let-students-take-laptops-home-to-stop-the/

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Have Media Habits Changed Among Millennials and Teens?

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by eMarketer

Millennials say they are spending more time with video and social, but they are not necessarily cutting back their time with other media. But according to a recent study, younger internet users, those ages 13 to 17, are shifting away from text-based online content—and a bit from TV—while spending more time with video and social. Change* in Usage of Select Media According to US Teen vs. Millennial Internet Users, March 2017 (% of respondents) The data comes from a March 2017 survey by streaming solutions and content provider Fullscreen and market research agency Leflein Associates, which polled 1,173 US internet users ages 13 to 34.

https://www.emarketer.com/Article/Have-Media-Habits-Changed-Among-Millennials-Teens/1016040

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July 13, 2017

Report: Google Gaining in U.S. Classrooms, Apple’s iOS Slipping

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By Richard Chang, THE Journal

Google is gaining a stronghold in United States classrooms, with Chrome OS expanding its presence on school computers, while Apple’s iOS has been on the decline since the first quarter of 2015 among students and teachers.These are some of the findings in Kahoot!’s first-ever EdTrends Report, released today, which seeks to address the latest education technology trends in the American K–12 market. The new quarterly report, published by the popular game-based learning platform, aims to help educators and administrators stay better informed about trends in education technology, state-specific challenges and best practices.

https://thejournal.com/articles/2017/06/21/report-google-gaining-in-u.s.-classrooms-apples-ios-slipping.aspx

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Making the Most of Online Training with MOOCSE

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by Ed Tittel, Go Certify

MOOCSE is a specialized search engine that guides people to what’s available online. Then would-be MOOC students can select from listings that are relevant to topics that interest them. The most important element of a search comes from the search line in the MOOCSE interface, where one is encouraged to enter “Keyword(s) or Subject Area.” I chose the phrase “Data Analytics” to put MOOCSE to work, and shortly found myself swimming in alternatives. By reading the URLs for MOOC offerings carefully, one can often elicit university affiliations. For example, the first listing that pops up includes “utarlington” in its URL, which tells me that the University of Texas at Arlington is involved with the edX course titled “Data, Analytics and Learning.”

http://www.gocertify.com/articles/making-the-most-of-online-training-with-moocse/

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Trending technologies in the higher education sector

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By Magdalena Gjoshevska, Born2Invest

Universities and other institutions of higher learning have been aggressive adopters of new technology, leveraging the educational opportunities that computers, specialized software, and other IT equipment can enable. As a result, the classrooms of tomorrow will utilize mobility, cloud and big data technology to accelerate student outcomes. Advances in cloud technology will allow communication and class participation on a global scale. Imagine a teacher in Beijing being able to lecture and interact with the classroom halfway around the world.Using social media platforms has also proven to give students an extra boost. With easy access, mobile learning puts the power in anyone’s hands from literally anywhere.

https://born2invest.com/articles/trending-technologies-higher-education-sector/

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July 12, 2017

Look for 4 Student Services in an Online MBA Program

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By Marian Stoltz-Loike, US News

Employees who need an MBA to get a promotion or change jobs may find an online program valuable and suited to the demands of their work schedules. Earning an MBA is about more than just learning relevant academic material; it’s about positioning oneself for career success by gaining access to well-connected individuals and valuable resources. The following support services should be components of any online MBA program students pursue.

https://www.usnews.com/education/online-learning-lessons/articles/2017-06-23/4-student-services-online-mba-students-need

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Personalized Learning Starts with Less Teacher Talk, More Student Voice

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by Matthew Lynch, tech Edvocate

Personalized learning is becoming a big part of the 21st century classroom. It’s a new approach to teaching and learning that involves less teacher talking and more input from students, and it’s changing the way students are learning around the world. The idea behind personalized learning is simple. Students guide their own learning, going at their own pace and, in some cases, making their own decisions about what to learn. Ideally, in a classroom using personalized learning, students choose what they’re interested in and teachers fit the curriculum and standards to the students’ interests.

http://www.thetechedvocate.org/personalized-learning-starts-less-teacher-talk-student-voice/

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Cyber education class teaches parents about internet safety

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by Emily Sorensen, Union Tribune

Parents received a wakeup call on technology and internet safety at a free cyber education presentation hosted on June 13 by the Rancho Bernardo Community Council. Held at the Remington Club in Rancho Bernardo, parents were educated on everything from the importance of monitoring their child’s online activities to how to find hidden applications on cellphones and computers. Jon Moffat of Cyber Education Consulting conducted the seminar.

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/rancho-bernardo/sd-cm-pow-cyber-education-20170621-story.html

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July 11, 2017

Education experts say school week could be cut, online lessons added

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by MONIQUE HORE, Herald Sun

The school week could be cut to three days as Victoria’s growing cohort of students are taught in shifts, according to an education expert. The state faces an education boom with an extra 50,000 students predicted to enrol over just eight years. Deakin University associate professor of digital learning Tom Apperley said ballooning numbers might send students online. He said schools could introduce shifts — rotating students through fewer classroom lessons and offering top-up education online. “In 20 or 30 years, school won’t be an everyday affair,” he said. “As state-funded schools continue to grow, they might only offer a student three or fours days a week. Or they might just go to offering half-days and shifts for students.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/future-melbourne/education-experts-say-school-week-could-be-cut-online-lessons-added/news-story/483db0db9349642fd96108e1122571cb

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Wichita Public Library Begins Learning Circles Program For Online Classes

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By DEBORAH SHAAR, KMUW

The Wichita Public Library is beginning a new program this week that offers online learning in a social, small group setting. The sessions are called Learning Circles, and they’re free. Ten Learning Circles are planned from now through November on topics such as fake news, the art of poetry, superheroes and how to make a website. The idea is to get a group of 10-15 people together to take an online course and talk about it along the way to completion. Library Director Cynthia Berner says this shared experience keeps people motivated to actually finish an online class. “The curriculum has been vetted. It comes from experts,” Berner says. “What the library will be doing is bringing a facilitator to the Learning Circle and our staff will actually be learning together right with the other participants.”

http://kmuw.org/post/wichita-public-library-begins-learning-circles-program-online-classes

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How Can Technology Be Used to Cut the Dropout Rate?

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by Matthew Lynch, tech Edvocate

In the end, the lifetime earnings of high school dropouts are $260,000 LESS than peers who earn a diploma. In response to this crisis, The Tech Edvocate decided to put forth the idea that the explosion of edtech can be leveraged to decrease the drop rate in America, provided that educators have the right tools. In this article, we decided to share with our readers a list of edtech tools that we believe can be used to prevent students from dropping out. However, before we get into that, let’s talk about why we should be concerned about the dropout rate.

http://www.thetechedvocate.org/can-technology-used-decrease-dropout-rate/

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