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Justin Reich is the executive director of the MIT Teaching Systems Lab, a fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society, and the co-founder of EdTechTeacher. Beth Holland is a doctoral candidate at Johns Hopkins University and an instructor at EdTechTeacher. Douglas Kiang has over 25 years of teaching experience at all grade levels and currently teaches computer science at Punahou School. This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: research.

Education Opinion Grading Automated Essay Scoring Programs- Part II: Policy
How could machines that automatically grade essays lead to Deeper Learning? On the face of it, the premise sounds preposterous. But I'm increasingly convinced that there is a potentially powerful policy strategy here, and this post provides an overview. But first, a review of what Automated Essay Scoring programs are.
Justin Reich, April 17, 2012
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Education Opinion Digital Media and Civic Ed: Amplification or Transformation? (@bjfr)
Do new technologies and new media truly transform practice, or are they amplifiers of well-established pedagogies?
Justin Reich, April 15, 2012
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Education Opinion Grading Automated Essay Scoring Programs- Part I (@bjfr)
Automated Essay Scoring software programs can grade essays as well as humans. That was one of the key findings from a new Hewlett Foundation study of Automated Essay Scoring (AES) tools produced by eight commercial vendors and one open source entry from Carnegie Mellon University.
Justin Reich, April 14, 2012
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Education Opinion Are Great Wikis Born or Made? (@bjfr)
I was getting all ready to write up my two presentations from AERA today, when I found out on twitter that my new friend and colleague Janine Lim had already done it (on her fabulously titled blog Out on a Lim). These are two works in progress, papers where I have some findings but haven't put things together in a publishable form.
Justin Reich, April 13, 2012
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Education Opinion Will Free Education Technology Benefit the Rich? (@bjfr)
My own contribution to the Hewlett Grantee Meeting was a talk entitled "When Open Encounters Different Classrooms," which is part of my ongoing campaign to raise serious concerns about issues of equity and education technology.
Justin Reich, April 12, 2012
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Education Opinion When Teachers Demand to Be Co-Creators, Not Consumers
The richest exchanges on day two of the Hewlett Open Educational Resources Grantee Meeting came from those who challenged the fundamental premises of the meeting.
Justin Reich, April 11, 2012
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Education Opinion Massive Online Courses Create Bragging Rights for Universities, and Other Insights From Hewlett's OER Meeting
I spent the afternoon at the Hewlett Open Educational Resources Grantee Meeting, and the heart of the agenda was brainstorming obstacles to the widespread adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER) and giving the Hewlett program officers a chance to talk about trends and changes in the landscape related to OER.
Justin Reich, April 10, 2012
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Education Opinion Researchers and Educators Gather at the Hewlett Open Educational Resources Grantee Meeting
I'm spending this week at the annual Hewlett Open Educational Resources Grantee Meeting, where a group of developers, educators, and researchers are gathering to discuss the advancement of Open Educational Resources or OER.
Justin Reich, April 10, 2012
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Education Opinion Welcome to EdTechResearcher!
Welcome to EdTechResearcher! This blog is a space for building bridges between educators who use technology in their practice and researchers who seek to better understand the impact of technology on teaching and learning.
Justin Reich, April 9, 2012
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