Activity: Higher Education ALT

 

Instructions: Please explore the following four ALTs to prepare for the discussion activity at the bottom of the page.

 

Blueprint LSAT Preparation

Blueprint analyzes how students learn and where they struggle in order to provide specific instruction and practice to best support student’s needs in preparing for the LSAT.

 

Knewton

In partnership with Pearson Education, Knewton provides an adaptive learning platform in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

 

Smart Sparrow

This is a learning design platform that enables teachers to create elearning content that is interactive and adaptive. It is primarily used in higher education and for training purposes.

 

CogBooks

CogBooks uses an adaptive platform to deliver courseware in first-year university courses (US History, Biology 101, Introduction to Statistics, and Psychology 101).

 

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Now that you have investigated a range of ALTs in your chosen market type, we would like you take a moment to reflect upon your findings. We would also like you to explore how ALT is relevant to your professional practice and the effects of ALT on the educational technology market.  Please use the following questions to help guide your post and respond to at least two other posts from any of the three discussion boards.

1) What is the potential for disruption of these ALTs in your professional context?

2) What do you see as the main advantages and disadvantages for learners and educators?

3) What ALT do you feel has the most potential or is most interesting and why?

 

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