Educational Technology

October 4, 2018

Game on: How UNLV is teaching students the esports business

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By Hallie Busta, Education Dive

The director of the Esports Lab at the University of Nevada Las Vegas details strategies for teaching students the emerging business model and how other colleges can, too.  At 30,000-square-feet, it’s small stakes by Vegas standards, but the Esports Arena at the Luxor shows an industry on the rise. Visitors, many of whom are locals, pay to play at more than 100 PCs and consoles set in rows and clusters throughout the two-level space. They all frame the main event: a raised stage on which players will face off in any number of video games — including popular titles Fortnite, League of Legends and Overwatch — all while their characters’ movements and their own game faces are projected on the 50-foot LED video wall behind them.

 

https://www.educationdive.com/news/game-on-how-unlv-is-teaching-students-the-esports-business/533440/

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UCLA must support students by providing more accessible options for textbooks

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PRAVIN VISAKAN , Daily Bruin

Bruins don’t have an easy time getting ahold of textbooks, with long lines in the Ackerman Student Union bookstore and per-quarter price tags. Textbooks take up money and time in terms of hunting for used book deals or waiting in lines. These issues are only getting worse. According to a 2014 report by The Economist, textbook prices are only getting higher, at three times the rate of inflation since 1970. Class sizes are also climbing, with an increase of enrolled undergraduates at UCLA of more than 4,000 students in the last eight years. The demand for textbooks will likely stay high, and physical distribution of textbooks will likely remain impacted. In other words, acquiring textbooks will only get more difficult. Luckily, you won’t have to fish your grandpa’s old textbook out of the attic. The university has an option that could ease students’ cost and accessibility woes: digital textbooks.

http://dailybruin.com/2018/09/27/ucla-must-support-students-by-providing-more-accessible-options-for-textbooks/

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Use Personalized Learning Tools to Boost Classroom Equity

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by Wendy McMahon, EdTech

As personalized learning continues to gain momentum across the U.S., more states, districts and schools are moving toward a competency-based education system that focuses on individualized learning and classroom equity. But what exactly is a competency-based education system, and what role does technology play in the design and support of this system? In a recent webinar from the International Association for K–12 Online Learning, titled “Designing for Equity: Leveraging Competency-Based Education to Ensure All Students Succeed,” education consultant Katherine Casey explains the key ways a competency-based system differs from a traditional system.

https://edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2018/09/use-personalized-learning-tools-boost-classroom-equity

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October 3, 2018

9 recommended blockchain online courses

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by Packtpub
Blockchain is reshaping the world as we know it. And we are not talking metaphorically because the new technology is really influencing everything from online security and data management to governance and smart contracting. Statistical reports support these claims. According to the study, the blockchain universe grows by over 40% annually, while almost 70% of banks are already experimenting with this technology. IT experts at the Editing AussieWritings.com Services claim that the potential in this field is almost limitless: “Blockchain offers a myriad of practical possibilities, so you definitely want to get acquainted with it more thoroughly.”

9 recommended blockchain online courses

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Ed Department officials say their focus is on better college data, less regulation

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By Hallie Busta, Education Dive
Two senior U.S. Education Department officials told journalists Monday at an event in Las Vegas that the federal agency under Secretary Betsy DeVos wants to make more and better data available to students considering college, while continuing to prioritize the kind of deregulation that has characterized the current administration’s approach to higher ed governance.  “We do not think it’s the role of the federal government to make this decision [of whether a specific college is worth attending] on behalf of students,” said Diane Auer Jones, the department’s top higher ed official, adding that federal student aid, state authorizing bodies and accreditors will continue to be the primary sources of accountability for the industry. She said that in recent years, regulations “have driven [colleges] to a one-size-fits-all model” and that streamlining and clarifying the rules could give institutions that want to explore new learning models the space to do so.

https://www.educationdive.com/news/ed-department-officials-say-their-focus-is-on-better-college-data-less-reg/533153/

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Giving Momentum to the Competency-Based Education

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JILLIAN KLEIN, Higher Learning Advocates

Whether it is in the news and television commercials or cropping up in proposed legislative and regulatory changes, “competency-based education” continues to dominate the conversation around innovation in higher education. And for good reason; there are hundreds of forward-thinking institutions that are offering CBE programs. Many of these programs are offered via the credit hour, while some are offered via direct assessment, which measures progress through the demonstration of competencies instead of the accumulation of credit hours. Either way, these programs are designed to be professionally-relevant, aligned to learning outcomes that employers expect, and often allow students to move at a personalized pace.

Giving Momentum to the Competency-Based Education Movement

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October 2, 2018

Why ‘Will robots take our jobs?’ is the wrong question to ask about AI

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AMY ELLIOTT BRAGG, Crains Business Detroit

Rumman Chowdhury wants us to stop thinking about “The Terminator” when we think about artificial intelligence. The technology is already here — we see it in our social media feeds, in the Alexas on our countertops, in the autonomous vehicles that are test-cruising our streets. And sometimes it reflects less than the best of our society, as when a program used to sentence criminals based on their likelihood of reoffending turned out to be racially discriminatory. Chowdhury is a senior principal at Accenture, where she consults on artificial intelligence solutions for businesses and leads the company’s strategic growth initiative on responsible artificial intelligence.

https://www.crainsdetroit.com/technology/why-will-robots-take-our-jobs-wrong-question-ask-about-ai

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Business, education partnerships key for workforce

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By CANDY NEAL, the Herald
Attracting and retaining skilled workers may be done more efficiently if employers are willing to help their workers obtain those skills. That was the message Pete Yonkman, president and CEO of the Cook Group and Cook Medical in Bloomington, shared Wednesday afternoon. The late Bill Cook, founder of the Cook Group and Cook Medical, was quoted as saying, “The best thing you can do for someone is to give them a job…. But now, you need skills,” Yonkman said. “So the best thing you can do for someone is to give them an education and a job.”

https://duboiscountyherald.com/b/business-education-partnerships-key-for-workforce

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How to Continuously Grow as a Tech-Savvy Education Leader

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by Matthew Lynch, Tech Edvocate

Growth is essential to becoming an excellent leader in education. This growth is indispensable when it comes to major areas, like technology, especially because the information is always changing. You should be working hard to grow continuously into a more tech-savvy leader for the school. Unfortunately, many people aren’t sure where to start when it comes to becoming more educated on technology. They wind up falling behind because they didn’t prioritize learning all they could about the technology in their buildings. If you want to keep growing in your field, here are a few simple ways that you can continue to develop as a more tech-savvy education leader.

How to Continuously Grow as a Tech-Savvy Education Leader

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October 1, 2018

Finding What Works in Educational Innovation

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By Sara Friedman, THE Journal

Teachers are more likely to utilize new teaching practices that are more manageable based on their circumstances, according a new report from the Christensen Institute that focuses on the behavior of teachers and the situations in which they are willing to use new educational tools. The researchers came up with four distinct categories on how teachers decided to move forward with making instructional changes:

Help me lead the way in improving my school.
Help me engage and challenge more of my students in a way that’s manageable.
Help me replace a broken instructional model so I can reach a new student.
Help me not fall behind on my school’s new initiative.

https://thejournal.com/articles/2018/09/12/finding-what-works-in-educational-innovation.aspx

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10 ways administrators should be collaborating with their librarians

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BY NADER QAIMARI, eSchool News
Long gone are the days when librarians were simply the “keeper of books. ” Whether a principal, superintendent, head of technology, or head of curriculum, there is likely a gem of a resource among your staff who could push your Future Ready agenda forward. Long gone are the days when librarians were simply the “keeper of books,” and the administrators who have grown to realize this have found it much easier to accomplish their strategic vision by mobilizing this dedicated and knowledgeable part of their staff. Here’s how many are doing it.

10 ways administrators should be collaborating with their librarians

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How to Boost Academic Achievement with Digital Learning Experiences

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by Matthew Lynch, Tech Edvocate

Of course, students still need to learn basic skills and those are not always quite as inherently interesting as a virtual walk through Rome. But digital learning experiences can still help boost student performance. For example, CK12 offers a wide range of open educational resources. They cover most science and math subjects as well as a few areas in the humanities. They offer customizable textbooks, videos, animations, and practice problems. These tools make it possible to personalize instruction for each student—at no cost.

How to Boost Academic Achievement with Digital Learning Experiences

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