EdTech Equals More Productive Learning Opportunities

Proprietary API's ( Application Programming Interface ) translates to a language where one service think "Google Maps" is able to communicate with a second service like "AccuWeather". What do you get? Seamless interaction where you know what weather to expect at your destination! Today in the education process Instructors are designing classroom solutions, a "mash-up" say - where stand alone products can be combined to create new learning opportunities for students. This is huge as in Big Data brings analytics to the classroom and to the institution. It is not just the top universities any longer. Education right now is a collection of adaptive tools and data driven recommendations for individualized student learning paths. Enter IMS Global with Learning Tool Interoperability LTI - now instructors are able to integrate disparate platforms to optimize student learning and provide guided pathways to a certificate , or degree. Getting students to significant job opportunities where important learning can continue is driving our educational systems forward. API's are still really important but LTI avoids having to create a proprietary API and improves the ease of of learning for many many students. The rate of progress in the Education Ecosystem is ever increasing and can be disconcerting where it seems to be going so fast some instructors are fearful of erosion in Education Standards. With the availability of so much information about the learning process many more students are realizing customized education plans that better meets their needs while they are in education programs and not as an after thought. The great equalizer education is a "Greater Equalizer" today.