Educational Technology

December 17, 2017

How to Create a Productive Space to Take an Online Course

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By Victoria Robertson, ULoop
Online courses can be misleadingly challenging, and often require an environment that’s conducive for such a course. For this reason, it’s essential that, as a college student, you are preparing for this challenge and creating a productive space for yourself in order to be successful. While this may all appear to be common sense on the surface, online courses are often misjudged as “easy” or “blow-offs” when in fact, they are just the opposite. So with that specific challenge in mind, here are six ways for you to create a productive space to take online courses.

https://www.uloop.com/news/view.php/254911/How-to-Create-a-Productive-Space-to-Take-an-Online-Course

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5 top machine learning use cases for security

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by Doug Drinkwater, CSO

Subsequently, machine learning in security is a fast-growing trend. Analysts at ABI Research estimate that machine learning in cyber security will boost spending in big data, artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics to $96 billion by 2021, while some of the world’s technology giants are already taking a stand to better protect their own customers. Google is using machine learning to analyze threats against mobile endpoints running on Android — as well as identifying and removing malware from infected handsets, while cloud infrastructure giant Amazon has acquired start-up harvest.AI and launched Macie, a service that uses machine learning to uncover, sort and classify data stored on the S3 cloud storage service.

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3240925/machine-learning/5-top-machine-learning-use-cases-for-security.html

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Innovative tech standards want your feedback

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BY DAN LAWSON AND PAULA CORDOBA, eSchool News

As administrators, our responsibilities cover many areas including technology, which has become a necessary component of living and work. Technology can do many things, but in order to prepare our students for the future, education professionals need a new plan for how to employ it. For example, technology can accelerate innovation in teaching and learning and inspire learners to reach their greatest potential, it can provide students a window into a world right outside their door or halfway across the world. That is why the ISTE Standards for Administrators are so important, as they provide all of us a set of expectations to effectively lead our schools and districts in an ever-changing digital world. Truly, these standards are the roadmap to accomplish the journey our students, teachers and schools seek to complete.

Innovative tech standards want your feedback

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December 16, 2017

The biggest lessons librarians learned in 2017

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BY ROBIN GLUGATCH AND ANDY PLEMMONS, eSchool News

Librarians reflect on what they learned in 2017 and share their thoughts on the emerging trends of 2018. For the sake of our students, we must embrace the changing role of the school librarian. 2017 was a year filled with makerspaces, student engagement, personalized learning, and more. Here, two seasoned librarians shed light on their biggest lessons learned in 2017 and look forward to the up-and-coming trends for the new year.

The biggest lessons librarians learned in 2017

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Getting Ready For The Unknown But Critical Effect Of AI In Online Learning

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by Moodle News

Getting Smart, the book turned education and “learning design” consulting company, recently released a report on the influence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education and professional development. The report, titled “Ask About AI: The Future of Work and Learning,” is part of a campaign to have a broader and more inclusive discussion on the matter. Perhaps the best contribution of AI to education, the report concludes, is a change in the “innovation mindsets” of people and organizations, where an increased focus on “Competency-based systems” is likely. While we can expect the presence of AI to be an overall positive for all in the long term, a transition period is seemingly overdue, where the level of positive impact can be dampened by furthering prevailing social and geographical disparities. “Massive dislocations” and “widening income gaps” are challenges whose effects could come close to “existential threats.”

Getting Ready For The Unknown But Critical Effect Of AI In Online Learning

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Report touts need for accessible and equitable high school college credit classes

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by Pat Donachie, Education Dive

College Credit in High School (CCHS) programs are becoming more popular among high school students around the country, according to a new report from the College Board. The number of students taking Advanced Placement (AP) exams rose by more than 150% between 2013 and 2015, while the number of dual enrollment students doubled between 2003 and 2011. But educators and lawmakers have become concerned about program quality and accessibility as the number of programs has expanded.  The report probed questions lawmakers should address when considering the value of a CCHS program, such as whether there is built-in accountability and measurable positive outcomes. Additionally, schools and lawmakers need to make sure all students have access to these programs, and that there is transparency concerning how these credits will transfer in pursuit of a college degree or credential. The report laid out a set of core outcome metrics that legislators and educators could use to determine how successful CCHS programs are for students, including enrollment and persistence percentages, students’ success in later courses, their college GPA, as well as the percentage of those who attain degrees and the time it took to earn the credential. Some of these metrics are well documented and show positive indications for CCHS courses, but others, such as the time it takes students enrolled in a CCHS program to attain a degree, are far less documented.

https://www.educationdive.com/news/report-touts-need-for-accessible-and-equitable-high-school-college-credit-c/512671/

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December 15, 2017

Principals list 6 school technology priorities moving into 2018

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BY LAURA ASCIONE,  eSchool News
A new report reveals how school principals manage tech initiatives and purchasing. Although 90 percent of principals said they believe technology is critical for student learning, only two-thirds would rate their school technology as strong, according to a new report from MDR EdNET Insight. The report, “School Trends: Principals’ Perspectives on Instructional Initiatives and Purchasing Decisions,” includes data broken down by school level, size, location, and Title I status.

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/12/08/principals-school-tech-priorities/

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‘New education methods will transform the way students learn’

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by Lalatendu Mishra, the Hindu

Education is set for massive transformation as technology is ushering in a new era in the field of learning, said T.V. Mohandas Pai , Chairman Aarin Capital. In the new scheme of things the student would be at the core and would decide as well as create her/his own degree at one’s own pace and medium. Mr. Pai, former Infosys CFO, and who is also Chairman, Manipal Global Education Services, explains what Education 4.0 is all about.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-business/new-education-methods-will-transform-the-way-students-learn/article21383774.ece

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Cybersecurity trends for 2018

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by Debbie Garside, CSO Online

So, what exactly will 2018 have in store? McAfee Inc.’s recent threats predictions report identified five key cyber security trends to watch in 2018:

  • An adversarial machine learning “arms race” between attackers and defenders
  • Ransomware to evolve from traditional PC extortion to IoT, high net-worth users, and corporate disruption
  • Serverless Apps to create attack opportunities targeting privileges, app dependencies, and data transfers
  • Connected home devices to surrender consumer privacy to corporate marketers
  • Consumer apps collection of children’s content to pose long-term reputation risk

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3241122/cyber-attacks-espionage/cybersecurity-trends-for-2018.html

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December 14, 2017

Online gym offers alternatives to busy students

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by Zoe Chinander-McFaul, South High Southerner

It’s been over a decade since the first online gym class began and now it’s name is echoed around the halls. If you can’t imagine having to change clothes in school, there’s online gym. If you would rather not run laps at the YWCA when you could be making sculptures in ceramics; it’s ok, there’s online gym. But is gym really that easy to get out of? The course has been around in Minneapolis Public Schools since 2005. Online gym instructor Jim Carr stated in an email that the class first started “…as a way to give IB students an option to fulfill their requirements.” Now many take it as a way to free up their schedule for other classes: “I’m doing engineering and choir full time so I wouldn’t be able to fit [gym] into my schedule,” said junior Cali Juberian-McGuire, who is currently taking online gym.

https://www.shsoutherner.net/sports/2017/12/08/online-gym-offers-alternatives-to-busy-students/

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San Juan Island School District offers free online tech classes

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by the San Juan Journal

The district has over 2,000 free licenses to an incredible collection of online coursework to share. In addition to these courses, there is test prep available for Java SE7, Programming in HTML5, Certified Tester Foundation Level, Programming in C#, Developing ASP .NET MVC Web Applications, Developing Microsoft Azure and Web Services, Java SE 8 Programmer I and II Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, Microsoft Project SixSigma Green Belt, SixSigma Yellow Belt, ITIL Foundation, Prince2, PMBOK and more. Check out the detailed catalog of over 3,600 courses at www.sjisd.wednet.edu/SJITA. In support of this community program, computers will be available in the FHHS STEM Building on Monday evenings from 6 – 8 p.m., following the district calendar, through the end of the school year.

http://www.sanjuanjournal.com/news/san-juan-island-school-district-offers-free-online-tech-classes/

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Education technology meets its limits

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by Ryan Craig, TechCrunch

One of the challenges facing online providers is the question of efficacy. It turned out that the online education revolution wasn’t in quality or outcomes, but rather access — allowing millions of Americans to pursue degrees on their own time. Completion rates remain low and prominent researchers have questioned the return on investment of online programs. Concerns about quality may explain why none of the major employers associated with Coursera and Udacity have committed to hire or even interview graduates of these novel online programs. No one seemed surprised at VentureBeat’s report from mid-2017 that of the 10,000 nanodegree graduates, “more than 1,000 participants have found jobs” — a ~10 percent placement rate that should spell the demise of any last-mile program.

https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/08/education-technology-meets-its-limits/

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December 13, 2017

How Stony Brook U. launched a successful mobile app for student engagement

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By Patti Zarling, Education Dive
More than 60 percent of freshmen walking the Stony Brook University campus in New York this fall downloaded the new Guide app onto their smartphones — a type of personal college advisor in their pockets. But Stony Brook isn’t the first institution to take up this trend.  Actually, it’s one of 50 schools throughout the U.S. to be an early adopter of Guide, which helps students choose the right major, navigate requirements from financial aid to course registration, make advising appointments and stay on top of important dates and deadlines. About 5,100 Stony Brook students — half of which were new and the other continuing students or upperclassmen — downloaded the free app.

https://www.educationdive.com/news/how-stony-brook-u-launched-a-successful-mobile-app-for-student-engagement/512335/

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10 TECHNOLOGIES TO KEEP SCHOOLS SAFE

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By Matthew Lynch, Tech Edvocate
With all the news of different school shootings, it is becoming increasingly important to take advantage of new technology to keep schools safer. Implementing effective high-technology security systems can be costly and lengthy but there are four tips to make the decision of what is best for your school:

Know your school’s unique needs.
Start small, then build smart…don’t try to implement every technology security system at once.
Head off controversy by including the families of students in the decision-making process.
Don’t forget to hire people to oversee, run, maintain, and upgrade the system.
With these four tips in mind, here are ten very popular and effective technologies that keep schools safe.

http://www.thetechedvocate.org/10-technologies-keep-schools-safe/

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3 ways of leveraging STEM expertise for ed tech success

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by Shalina Chatlani, Education Divev
When it comes to successful integration of technology — whether it’s a new learning management system across multiple campuses or video capture tools in the classroom — poor implementation or haphazard rollout can end up costing the institution more than the initial investment. Recently, for example, the state of Washington paid $2.6 million to settle a dispute after it canceled a contract with an ed tech company following its inability to effectively install a computer software program. But leveraging the talents of faculty and students with STEM skills in the ed tech decision making and adoption process may help alleviate some of the challenges. In some cases, as suggested by Virginia Tech CIO Scott Midkiff in conversation with Education Dive, integrating campus members can also cut costs the might come from hiring more IT staff and build technical expertise among technology users.

https://www.educationdive.com/news/3-ways-of-leveraging-stem-expertise-for-ed-tech-success/512544/

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December 12, 2017

Virtual and Augmented Reality to Nearly Double Each Year Through 2021

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By Joshua Bolkan, Campus Technology
Spending on augmented and virtual reality will nearly double in 2018, according to a new forecast from International Data Corp. (IDC), growing from $9.1 billion in 2017 to $17.8 billion next year. The market research company predicts that aggressive growth will continue throughout its forecast period, achieving an average 98.8 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2017 to 2021. Consumer spending will be the single largest source of spending on AR and VR in the near term, accounting for $6.8 billion in 2018, with about three quarters of that spending going toward virtual reality hardware and software. The majority of spending on augmented reality in 2018 will go toward software. Spending by consumers will grow more modestly than the market overall, increasing at an average CAGR of 45.2 percent to reach $20 billion in 2021. Gaming will be the leading consumer use case for VR and AR throughout the forecast period.

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2017/12/04/virtual-and-augmented-reality-to-nearly-double-each-year-through-2021.aspx

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‘Pop-up Courses’ Provide Short-Term Learning Experiences at Saint Michael’s College

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By Rhea Kelly, Campus Technology

Saint Michael’s College, a private Catholic institution in Vermont, is updating its curriculum with a new “pop-up” course format. The courses are meant to “create a space for educated discussion between students and their instructors” about timely issues or interests that aren’t being accommodated in the traditional curriculum, according to a news announcement. “Higher education hasn’t been too creative or responsive to students’ needs and interests, and we need to be,” said Karen Talentino, vice president of academic affairs, in a statement. She added that students are allowed to propose their own ideas for courses, which helps ensure the topics are relevant and innovative.

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2017/12/06/pop-up-courses-provide-short-term-learning-experiences-at-saint-michaels-college.aspx

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U Maryland Baltimore County Plugs in Hybrid Reality Wall

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By Dian Schaffhauser, Campus Technology
The University of Maryland Baltimore County last month cut the ribbon on a new immersive “hybrid reality” lab for working with 3D, virtual reality and augmented reality. The University of Maryland Baltimore County last month cut the ribbon on a new immersive “hybrid reality” lab for working with 3D, virtual reality and augmented reality. The university said the technology will facilitate new research efforts with visual exploration of data for biology, math, engineering, visual arts and digital humanities while also serving as a tool for studying the potential of the medium itself. “π²” — pi squared — as it’s called, features a curved wall with 50 million-pixel resolution. The wall stands 15 feet tall by 20 feet wide. It was made from multi-column, thin-bezel, stereo-capable LCDs and is intended to accommodate a variety of uses: immersion, hybrid reality, high resolution, large field of view, large space and size, body-centric human-computer interaction and support for data fusion.

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2017/12/04/u-maryland-baltimore-county-plugs-in-hybrid-reality-wall.aspx

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December 11, 2017

Public libraries offer free online high school degree program

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By Kristen Sorth, St. Louis American

There are 90,000 adults living in St. Louis County and St. Louis city without a high school diploma. Let me say that again – 90,000 adults. That number was completely shocking and left me wondering about the impact on those individuals, their families and all of us in the St. Louis region. I went looking and discovered some sobering statistics. That number and those statistics convinced me of the importance of a program the St. Louis County Library and St. Louis Public Library launched on October 2. This partnership gives our patrons, 25 years of age and older, the opportunity to enroll in an online high school degree program. The Career Online High School program is a fully accredited online high school diploma and career certification program that features an online learning environment. Several libraries around the country have already implemented it. The program includes academic coaches and support instructors, including an onsite program manager at the library. In addition, both libraries offer access to public computers and free Wi-Fi for all patrons.

http://www.stlamerican.com/news/columnists/guest_columnists/public-libraries-offer-free-online-high-school-degree-program/article_8e1d9e4c-daf5-11e7-8dee-dfcd564e0847.html

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As online learning tools for preschoolers prove popular with parents, experts warn against excess screen time

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By Madeleine Cummings, Edmonton Examiner

Advocates argue online tools help prepare young children for kindergarten, but early education experts urge caution when it comes to putting children in front of screens for long periods of time. “It’s very much a supplement for classroom education,” said Zachary Katz, the senior vice-president of corporate development for Age of Learning (the company behind ABCmouse Early Learning Academy.) He said 45 minutes with the program per week is enough for children to see meaningful gains in early literacy and math. Rachel Johnson’s daughter and son used Starfall, Reading Eggs, BrainPOP Jr., and IXL to learn letter and number recognition and introductory phonics.

http://www.edmontonexaminer.com/2017/12/06/as-online-learning-tools-for-preschoolers-prove-popular-with-parents-experts-warn-against-excess-screen-time

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WHAT DOES A FUTURE READY EDUCATION LEADER LOOK LIKE?

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by Matthew Lynch, Tech Edvocate

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology (OET) knows a thing or two about “Future Ready Leaders.” In 2016 they began the Future Ready Leaders Project in response to requests from superintendents across America. These district leaders recognize the importance of preparing education leaders for the future, and in response, the OET has already compiled fifty videos sharing the best future forward practices from around the country.

http://www.thetechedvocate.org/future-ready-education-leader-look-like/

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