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Making Sense of Metadata in Personalized Learning Platforms

March 23, 2016

Via: Ed Surge

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The word “metadata” may have entered the public consciousness when President Obama uttered it, in response to Edward Snowden’s revelations about the National Security Agency. But that does not mean it’s vernacular—or necessarily well understood by most people.

Metadata has implications beyond privacy. In education, where technology offers the potential to “personalize” the learning experience for students, metadata is critical.

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