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Khan Academy Introduces Free Online Course ‘Khan for Educators’ to Empower Teachers Across India

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Khan Academy Introduces Free Online Course ‘Khan for Educators’ to Empower Teachers Across India
Khan Academy Introduces Free Online Course ‘Khan for Educators’ to Empower Teachers Across India

Khan Academy India, a non-profit educational organization, announced the launch of ‘Khan For Educators’, a free online certification course for the professional growth of teachers in India. The course includes educational videos instructing teachers on utilizing Khan Academy to manage their students and monitor their progress.

Khan For Educators course is designed to enable teachers to integrate Khan Academy into their day-to-day teaching practice and mitigate the challenges of using an online tool. In addition, there are dedicated learning modules for school principals and teacher educators to support teachers effectively. The creation of this course was funded by Indiamart, India’s largest online B2B marketplace.

According to an official statement, the programme aims to equip them with innovative teaching methodologies, such as mastery-based and differentiated learning. This certification course is accessible at no cost and is offered in English, Hindi, Punjabi, and Marathi.

Speaking about the launch of the ‘Khan For Educators’ course, Managing Director of Khan Academy India, Swati Vasudevan, said:

We are on a mission to provide free, world-class education to anyone anywhere, and it is only possible if we equally empower teachers with pedagogical guidance and learning opportunities such as Khan For Educators course. This course is now available in more languages so that teachers can study in their own language, enhancing their teaching strategies and, ultimately, improving student outcomes. We are thankful to the Indiamart team for supporting our vision and funding this project.

In India, Khan Academy works closely with multiple state governments to make quality learning content available in low-cost public and govt schools, thereby bridging the education gap between private and metropolitan schools. In this process, Khan Academy is committed to supporting teachers with in-person coaching, creating a helpdesk to troubleshoot teacher queries, and introducing self-paced learning for teachers via Khan for educator’s course.

This online course effectively supports teachers anywhere in India and helps them learn at their own pace, which is otherwise impossible via other methods. Teachers now have access to world-class training opportunities in their language (limited to three regional languages) with certification that acknowledges their efforts to keep up to date in the field of education.

However, the new course has been upgraded to include the emerging technology trends in education and made available in the regional languages of Marathi and Punjabi to support teachers from regional medium schools. Khan Academy aims to train over 25,000 teachers from govt schools in partnership with various state partners in 2023-24.

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Use “Create an Animation” feature to bring your Canva designs to life

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Jaswinder Singh
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Use "Create an Animation" feature to bring your Canva designs to life
Use "Create an Animation" feature to bring your Canva designs to life

Canva – all in one design making tool has brought many AI based new features in the recently concluded Canva Create 2023. One of the most notable features among all which I liked most is the ability to record your own animations. In this post, we will see how you can record your own animations in Canva designs.

The record your own animation features allow you to select your own design elements and scroll them on the screen in the way you want them to animate. This can help you to use your elements more creatively and create more engaging designs for your students. instead of using the regular animations like Wipe, breathe, Fade etc, this will open all new possibilities.

How to create your own animations in Canva Designs:

Here is a short tutorial to get you started:

You can follow these steps also:

  1. Go to Canva Design where you want to record your own animation.
  2. Select the element which you want to animate.
  3. Click the ‘Animate’ Button at the top.
  4. Then under ‘Photo Animations’ tab, choose Create an Animation on the top.
  5. Drag the element on the screen in the order to create your animation.
  6. You can also control the speed of your animations to move the elements slower or faster.

Overall, I am impressed with this new feature introduced in the Canva design tool. You can also have a look at it in your Canva app and start creating more meaningful animations for your students. Please share how you will be using this new feature for your classroom in the comments section below.

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Check out the top voted projects for Moodle users Association Project cycle

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Check out the top voted projects for Moodle users Association Project cycle
Check out the top voted projects for Moodle users Association Project cycle

Moodle Users Association -MUA is the community arm to contribute new features in Moodle LMS. There are many exciting features contributed by the Moodle users Association in Moodle core in last few releases. The January-June 2023 project development cycle is currently ongoing in MUA.

The preliminary round of voting for the project proposals is ended and now the top voted project will be taken further up for development. Here are the top 1voted projects in Moodle users Association’s January-June 2023 project development cycle:

  1. Show information for teachers about submissions on the course main page in the Boost theme – 26435
  2. Add the Ordering question type (qtype_ordering) into Moodle core – 21309
  3. Improve Moodle Reporting – 17200
  4. Allow session stores to fully manage the session ==> never touch mdl_sessions table! – 8761
  5. Replace message polling with websockets – 7084
  6. Improve availability of activities and resources overview pages in Boost theme – 6620
  7. Allow Activity Completion Settings for Topics/Weeks – 2294
  8. Course and Activity Catalog – 2151
  9. Bulk Download Workshop Submissions – 1856
  10. Badge criterias as subplugins – 820

The top voted project “Show information for teachers about submissions on the course main page in the Boost theme” will be taken up for finalising the requirements and further development with Moodle HQ. The project will provide the information about how many students have submitted an assignment, how many are expected to do so and whether there is anything the teacher needs to grade. Also, when there are drafts uploaded for an Assignment. The information should be a link leading to the submissions overview page.

Check out the latest updates about Moodle Users Association on the official website here.

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Student-Run Startup Plutus Raises $280k in Pre-Seed Round Led by Campus Fund

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Student-Run Startup Plutus Raises $280k in Pre-Seed Round Led by Campus Fund
Student-Run Startup Plutus Raises $280k in Pre-Seed Round Led by Campus Fund

Plutus, a creator-first platform building business and financial infrastructure for creators, announced their pre-Seed round of funding from Campus Fund and other investors including CIIE – IIM Ahmedabad, Shruti (co-founder, ApnaKlub) and Alagu Preiyannan (co-founder, Bluejeans). With the fresh capital, the company plans to build new tools to expand the monetisation potential for content creators and deepen partnerships with creators and fans.

Co-founded in June 2021 by students Karata Dasmahapatra, Shivanshu Tyagi and Sambhav Jain, Plutus focuses on deepening interactions between creators and their fans through a mix of community games, both live and hypercasual. The startup claims to work with over 3,000 creators across India, along with a waitlist of more than 10,000 creators.

Unlike other platforms, Plutus has developed a pay-as-you-go structure that enables creators to earn more than they would through subscriptions or workshops, and even surpass advertiser promotions in some cases. Plutus intends to utilize the funds raised to expand its reach in India and Southeast Asia and launch a new collection of hyper-casual games and features, according to Karata Dasmahapatra, the co-founder, and CEO.

According to the company, the creator economy is growing at a CAGR of 25-30% and is one of the fastest-growing sectors today. Creators, especially micro-influencers, don’t earn a stable income through ad revenue since this largely depends on the number of views, followers and subscribers to their content. While social media platforms have evolved, their experience remains the same – creators make content, and fans consume it.

Commenting on the fundraising, Co-founder & CEO of Plutus, Karata Dasmahapatra, said:

Plutus has changed the norm by building a single platform with a two-way flow of content via live rooms, group chats, creator-led games, integrated payments and analytics. With an innovative pay-as-you-go structure, creators can earn more than subscriptions or workshops from their user base and, in some cases, more than advertiser promotions. With this fundraise, Plutus aims to expand across India and South East Asia and launch a new set of hyper-casual games and features.

Shlok Vora, Student Associate of Campus Fund and part of the Plutus deal team added:

What impressed us most is that the Plutus team has always been nimble in innovating new features for creators to connect better with their fans. The creator economy is at an inflection point, and Plutus is positioned well to become the Shopify for creators.

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NCERT Signs Agreement with ETS to Strengthen Parakh Assessment

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NCERT Signs Agreement with ETS to Strengthen Parakh Assessment
NCERT Signs Agreement with ETS to Strengthen Parakh Assessment

NCERT has partnered with Educational Testing Service, ETS to strengthen the school assessment platform- PARAKH. NCERT and ETS have signed an MoU to work towards the improvisation of PARAKH assessment quality for both students and teachers.

PARAKH, which stands for Performance Assessment, Review, and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development, was launched by NCERT in 2020 to assess the learning outcomes of students from Classes III to X in schools across India. The platform aims to provide a comprehensive, objective, and reliable picture of the knowledge and skills of students, teachers, and schools.

The MoU between NCERT and ETS will bring in ETS’s expertise in designing, developing, and administering large-scale assessments globally, said a statement. ETS will support NCERT in enhancing the quality and validity of PARAKH assessments, developing test items, and conducting research on assessment methodologies. ETS will also assist NCERT in building capacity among teachers and school administrators for using PARAKH results to improve teaching and learning practices, added the statement.

PARAKH provides a comprehensive, objective, and reliable picture of the knowledge and skills of students, teachers, and schools. Commenting on the collaboration, Professor Indrani Bhaduri, Head – PARAKH, NCERT, said,

We are pleased to collaborate with ETS, a globally renowned organization in assessments, to strengthen PARAKH. This partnership will help us in bringing international best practices in assessment design and administration to India and enhance the quality and relevance of PARAKH assessments.

Mrs. Kadriye Ercikan, Vice President of Research and Measurement Sciences, ETS, said

We are excited to partner with NCERT to support their mission of improving educational outcomes for all students. PARAKH is a promising initiative that has the potential to transform the assessment landscape in India, and we look forward to contributing to its success.

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Education in India. Established in 1961, NCERT is responsible for developing curriculum frameworks, publishing textbooks, and creating learning resources for students, teachers, and parents across the country. NCERT’s vision is to provide inclusive and quality education to all learners through innovative pedagogies, relevant content, and equitable access to learning resources.

ETS serves learners, educators, and government agencies by providing measurement solutions and conducting research, analysis, and policy studies. ETS develops, administers, and scores tens of millions of tests annually — including the TOEFL® and TOEIC® tests, the GRE® tests, and The Praxis Series® assessments — in more than 200 countries, at over 9,000 locations worldwide.

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New CLAMP LAE releases available for March 2023

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New CLAMP LAE releases available for March 2023
New CLAMP LAE releases available for March 2023

CLAMP Project – which is a group of colleges and universities who support Moodle LMS, has released a new LAE version. The new minor versions are maintenance releases only and doesn’t include any major changes/features addition.

The new Liberal Arts Edition (LAE) versions are based on the following Moodle versions:

  • Moodle 4.1.2+Liberal Arts Edition v23.0.2
  • Moodle 4.0.7+Liberal Arts Edition v22.0.6
  • Moodle 3.11.13+Liberal Arts Edition v21.0.12
  • Moodle 3.9.20+Liberal Arts Edition v19.0.20

You can download the latest versions of CLAMP LAE releases from the official website here or through GitHub repository here. The next stable releases are scheduled for Mid-May 2023.

The Collaborative Liberal Arts Moodle Project (CLAMP) is a group of colleges and universities who collaborate to develop and support Moodle, with an eye toward the issues unique to a liberal arts environment.

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Moodle Admins – Automatically sort courses in a category using Re-sort Courses

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Jaswinder Singh
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Moodle Admins - Automatically sort courses in a category using Re-sort Courses
Moodle Admins - Automatically sort courses in a category using Re-sort Courses

Moodle LMS is one the most flexible and customizable open-source Learning Management System in the world. It allows you to add new features or customize existing features by using Moodle plugins. In this post we will see how you can use the Re-sort Courses Moodle plugin.

The Re-sort Courses Moodle plugin sorts a category page automatically as soon as a course has been added or modified. This can be helpful for the administrators to sort the courses in a category without any manual intervention.

In Moodle core, the admins can sort the courses within a category but that needs a manual task for each category. Moodle core does not take care that Moodle course categories are sorted automatically.

This Re-sort courses plugin helps you save a lot of time. After installing this plugin, as soon as a course has been added or modified in a category, the plugin verifies that the containing category page is automatically sorted just as it would be sorted when you change the sorting filter on the course category management page.

To have a fine grain control over your course categories, you can choose the default sort order as well as skip categories. You can download the latest version of the Re-sort courses Moodle plugin from the official plugin’s directory here.

This can provide one of the handy features for the Moodle administrators to get rid of this senseless job of pushing the sorting button manually.

What are the other popular Moodle plugins which you are using on your Moodle site? Please share with us in the comments section below.

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Study Abroad Platform The WorldGrad Launches Its Third Study Hub in Patiala

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Study Abroad Platform The WorldGrad Launches Its Third Study Hub in Patiala
Study Abroad Platform The WorldGrad Launches Its Third Study Hub in Patiala

The WorldGrad, a Singapore-based study abroad platform, has recently inaugurated its third Study Hub in Patiala, Punjab. This initiative is a part of the UniSmarter programme, which is offered in collaboration with international education provider Navitas. The programme aims to enable students to complete the first term of their foreign education programme while staying in India. According to an official statement, the two other study hubs are already functional in Mohali and Amritsar.

Co-founded by Abhinav Mital and Amit Garga, The WorldGrad offers programme with overseas universities that allow students to complete up to 1 year of their international degree from home and progress overseas for the rest of the program. The platform boasts an award-winning personalized support programme to maximize student success and satisfaction. Students can have 1-1 access to highly qualified and experienced tutors seven days a week to personalize learning and suit their study styles. It also provides a state-of-the-art Learning Management System (LMS) to streamline their study schedule.

The objective of the Study Hub is to furnish students with physical and digital resources to facilitate their class attendance. The statement further mentioned that the platform intends to widen its reach and establish additional centers in tier 2-3 cities in India per the academic requirements of the students.

Speaking about the initiative, Co-founder of The WorldGrad, Abhinav Mital, said:

The goal of The WorldGrad is to increase access to higher education abroad for everyone, and with the resounding success of our programmes, students are being nurtured for the bright future that awaits them.

Since its launch, the programme has had a 97% visa success rate overall. Students completing The UniSmarter program can progress to various degrees in the sectors of Business and IT at top institutions. Gurjeet Singh Ahluwalia, Head of Patiala, Punjab Study Centre, added:

The Study Hub is ready to guide students on the path to academic success and to help them realize their full potential. It is a place where dreams are nurtured and the future is shaped.

The UniSmarter initiative is structured to allow students to commence their undergraduate studies remotely from home and later transition to in-person research on campus in Australia, the United Kingdom (UK), or the United Arab Emirates (UAE) starting from the second term. Study Hubs endorsed by UniSmarter will be excellent learning environments that will stimulate international education within the country.

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Danish Recruitment Assessment Platform Humani Raises $2.2M in Pre-Seed Round

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Danish Recruitment Assessment Platform Humani Raises $2.2M in Pre-Seed Round
Danish Recruitment Assessment Platform Humani Raises $2.2M in Pre-Seed Round

Humani, a Danish recruitment assessment platform, has recently raised $2.2 million (€2 million) in its pre-seed round led by Dreamcraft Ventures and angel investors. With this investment, the startup plans to develop its innovative AI engine, powered by vast amounts of data, and built on a foundation of psychometrics and behavioral science.

Humani’s key feature in the engine is its ability to learn and evolve as the user base grows. And this ability extends far beyond the individual, as it can advise on how to work with people with different profiles, build stronger teams, and measure the impact across organizations. The platform allows everyone to get the most out of their true potential.

Speaking about the fundraising, Co-founder & CEO of Humani, Anders Mayntzhusen, said:

We are thrilled to have the support of Dreamcraft Ventures as we work to revolutionize how people approach their careers and launch our first product. With this funding, we will take our cutting-edge AI/ML engine to the next level and impact how people live and work.

Co-founded by entrepreneurs Anders Mayntzhusen, Mik Strøyberg, and Christian Sejersen, Humani is dedicated to helping individuals and organizations unlock their full potential. The HRTech company aims to democratize personal development, making it accessible and affordable for all individuals.

General Manager of Dreamcraft Ventures, Carsten Sallin, added:

When I first met Anders, Mik, and Christian, we immediately connected over their mission to democratize talent development in organizations and together as a team, they bring a winning combination of experience and heart to lead this change.

The AI engine combines assessments, exercises, and other data sources to gain a deep understanding of an individual’s strengths, interests, and motivations. Analyzing this rich data set, the platform algorithm provides highly individualized guidance for personal development and navigating career choices.

Soon, Humani is looking to activate its first products for individuals and organizations.

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Join the Edtech Week 2023 from October 2-4, 2023 in New York

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Join the Edtech Week 2023 from October 2-4, 2023 in New York
Join the Edtech Week 2023 from October 2-4, 2023 in New York

EdTech Week 2023 – the global learning + networking community for education innovators, will be back in 2023 from October 2-4 in New York city. The popular edtech conference is one of the key events for the education leaders, innovators, pioneers. 

Guided by faculty, researchers, thought leaders, and entrepreneurs, EDTECH WEEK assembles the top minds in the industry to wrestle with the most important education questions facing mankind today. During the conference there will be discussions on all stages and phases of education, and attempt to collectively answer the questions that are top of mind.

Critical Questions for the Education Innovation Community:

  • How can childcare and public schools operate amid seismic changes to demand?
  • What does the more involved role for parents mean for schools and students?
  • How do we remedy the emotional burden carried by students and teachers?
  • How do we ensure psychological and physical safety for US students and educators?
  • Can we create a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive education system?
  • How has place-based learning morphed to provide efficient, inclusive experiences?
  • What is the role of higher education in lifelong learning?
  • How can learning sciences be leveraged to develop new strategies and programs?
  • What new jobs have arisen and how will we retool our workforce?
  • How can we better define high school-career and college-career pathways?
  • What are new forms of funding and resources available to innovators?

The venue for the Edtech Week 2023 is:

Google Chelsea | The Times Center
85 10th Ave | 242 W 41st St
New York City, NY 10036
United States

The tickets for the Edtech Week 2023 are priced at $750. Please check out this page for more details about registration.

For complete information about Edtech Week 2023, Please check the event website – https://edtechweek.com/

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