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What Edtech Can Learn from Theranos

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Education technology is similarly beset by high-profile failures. We have much to learn from failures, especially in fields where the stakes are high, the regulation heavy and specialized expertise is at a premium. And yet we know some failure is inevitable when we innovate, be it in medicine or education.

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Professors Aren’t Good at Sharing Their Classroom Practices. Teaching Portfolios Might Help.

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She agreed that something should change: Drop-outs and failures were high in the 200-person class—at about 13 percent. And professors have other ways to share their classroom tips: Publishing research about their teaching in peer-reviewed scholarly journals. The rate of dropout or failure is down from 13 to 5 percent.

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Dozens of Online Resources for Assessment

Ask a Tech Teacher

Here are some you can look into–and all online: Easy CBM Educreations –video a whiteboard explanation of how students are completing a task (app) Edulastic –formative assessments; work on any devices (app) Flip — record a video question from your desktop; add attachments; students respond from the app with their answer Flubaroo (app) (..)

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Pretending at support for technology integration

Dangerously Irrelevant

This is a failure of leadership. Flawed, ideological, non-peer-reviewed studies should not rebut decades of anti-retention research. ” Does it really matter what this technology integration coach does? Not under these conditions… This is the pattern in way too many schools. This isn’t the poor coach’s fault.

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Evidence Is Mounting That Calculus Should Be Changed. Will Instructors Heed It?

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At least, that’s according to a randomized study recently published in the peer-reviewed journal Science. Failure could mean potential biologists, mathematicians or engineers being pushed out of the field. Good news: There's mounting evidence that changing calculus instruction works for the groups usually pushed out of STEM.

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Assume the Best: Trust-Based Strategies for Empowering College Students

Faculty Focus

Teaching example: In one of my recent courses, I included a “workshop day” for students to peer review each other’s drafts of case conceptualizations. Active Learning: From Fear to Engagement Fear of failure can stifle creativity and learning.

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Assume the Best: Trust-Based Strategies for Empowering College Students

Faculty Focus

Teaching example: In one of my recent courses, I included a “workshop day” for students to peer review each other’s drafts of case conceptualizations. Active Learning: From Fear to Engagement Fear of failure can stifle creativity and learning.