As schools’ technology usage grows — whether for administrative or pedagogical purposes — schools’ data collection grows as well. Many schools still struggle with developing “best practices” to protect data security and data privacy. One step to take is to do a better job with transparency, that is, to help everyone, including parents and students, […]
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A MOOC Experiment? Each week, Educating Modern Learners will pick one interesting current event – whether it’s news about education, technology, politics, business, science, or culture – and help put it in context for school leaders, explaining why the news matters and how it might affect teaching and learning (in the short or in the long
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The “quantified self movement” seeks to use technology to track and analyze personal data in order to glean insights about oneself. In this article, EML editor Audrey Watters writes about what, if anything, the “quantified self” might offer for learning. Can this movement help us frame discussions about learning analytics in such a way as
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EU Court Backs “The Right to Be Forgotten” Online: Each week, Educating Modern Learners will pick one interesting current event – whether it’s news about education, technology, politics, business, science, or culture – and help put it in context for school leaders, explaining why the news matters and how it might affect teaching and learning
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White House Report on Big Data: Each week, Educating Modern Learners will pick one interesting current event – whether it’s news about education, technology, politics, business, science, or culture – and help put it in context for school leaders, explaining why the news matters and how it might affect teaching and learning (in the short
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Thanks to our increasing use of technology, we are creating mind-bogglingly vast amounts of data in increasing volume, speed, and complexity — IBM estimates about 2.5 quintillion bytes of data created every day. The great challenge for education technology (and, as such, for schools) will be striking a balance between the collection and analysis of
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