Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Few technologists have championed the role of big data, personalized learning and many other education buzzwords as vociferously and for as long as Jose Ferreira. Key to such a tool was the ability to capture data—lots of it—to adjust the feedback and sequence of content that learners would encounter based on their performance. (He

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Edsurge

MAY 12, 2017

Throughout the past decade, Knewton ’s adaptive learning technology has been backed by some of the biggest names in the both the publishing and venture capital community. Pearson will no longer use Knewton’s adaptive learning engine for some of its digital offerings.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

For instance, in her study titled “ Adaptive Teaching: Reflective Practice of Two Elementary Teachers’ Visions and Adaptations During Literacy Instruction “, Vaughn (2014) examines how two elementary teachers adapt their teaching methods in response to their students’ needs during literacy instruction.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

To adapt, many companies are investing domestically, particularly in China, where edtech companies raised more than $1.2 380 million tally in 2014. million (Seed) 2014 WI Harper Group GotIt! $9 million (A) 2014 SoftBank Ventures Korea, KTB Ventures Listenwise $600K (Seed) 2016 EduLab Minerva Project $70 million (B).

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Reading By Example

OCTOBER 20, 2016

The challenge is teaching students how to take these disparate pieces of information and skills, analyze data to make complex decisions, and innovate when a solution is not apparent for a problem. . There are adaptive learning systems that use assessment results from one activity and guide students to that next learning activity.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 27, 2015

Learning anywhere : Transforming the action of learning into a 24/7 activity through the widespread adoption of education resources available via smart phones, tablets, adaptive learning tools, virtual reality platforms, and video games. Holding vendors accountable for the teaching and learning outcomes they promote.

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Personalized Learning ePortfolio Learning Analytics Learning 40

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2017

In addition to the Engrade and Smarter acquisitions, another Rethink portfolio company, 2U, went public in 2014. bought for $75 million in 2014 by Pluralsight, which offers more than 5,000 online courses. Returns from these three exits have more than covered Rethink’s first $60 million fund. Careers, Credentials, Content.

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Reading By Example

OCTOBER 20, 2016

The challenge is teaching students how to take these disparate pieces of information and skills, analyze data to make complex decisions, and innovate when a solution is not apparent for a problem. . There are adaptive learning systems that use assessment results from one activity and guide students to that next learning activity.

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Personalized Learning Blended Learning Learning Exercises 28

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

adaptive technology. These digital tools help students master course learning goals by using data generated from students’ interactions with the adaptive software to predict what students should view or do next online. One new category of tool schools are experimenting with is.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

And despite all the talk about our being "data-driven," about the rigors of "learning sciences" and the like, much of the ed-tech imaginary is quite fanciful. It creeps into promises about instantaneous learning, facilitated by alleged breakthroughs in brain science. Humans being bent towards the machine.

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eSchool News

JULY 26, 2016

Gwinnett County Public Schools launched Brightspace in the 2014-15 school year to transform the instruction of its more than 172,000 students through the use of blended learning both in and out of the classroom. D2L currently serves learners in 50 countries, and the company’s track record of innovation has been widely recognized.

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MindShift

JUNE 29, 2015

A 2014 Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) survey found that 81 percent of surveyed schools either had a BYOD policy or planned to implement one. 3-D Printing: The report notes that in the next two to three years, 3-D printing and adaptive learning technologies will have become mainstream school technologies.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Adaptive learning technology is the new go-to for personalized learning. Diagnostic products and software systems that target specific areas of learning for improvement can help students find success, freeing educators to help every learner reach their personal best within one classroom. Microsoft Office 365 ?

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

This complete edtech platform is also a unified data platform. Data flows from students to teachers to school principals to district administrators. As co-founder Glynn Willett also noted, “To make a difference in education, it’s not just about providing data. It’s about being affordable as well.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

The change is part of a nationwide pilot program Walsh joined this year, one that could indicate just how deeply and how quickly the personalized-learning trend will penetrate the average classroom. Many watched instructional videos or worked with adaptive-learning software that adjusted lessons based on each student’s proficiency.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

This year, the Horizon Report’s Higher Education Edition does include graphics with some historical data, demonstrating how some technologies and topics appear and reappear and how some simply disappear altogether from the horizon. Adaptive Learning Technologies. Mobile Learning. Click for full-size.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Funding data about “learn to code” startups can be found at funding.hackeducation.com. Michael Teitelbaum, a scholar on the history of STEM, said in 2014 to an audience of education reporters that the post-war U.S. We also see it in many instances of adaptive-learning software. Computer Science For All.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

That student data is big bucks? The English-language-learning company has raised $608 million total. Area9, an adaptive learning company, was acquired by McGraw-Hill in 2014, but the press release suggests that Area9 Lyceum is a new company founded by the same people with some of the same IP. News at 11.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. So many lessons here about controlling your own data and not relying on free ed-tech products. Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools.

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. ” [Insert Course Signals learning analytics joke here.]. They also demanded to view their personal data profiles by Sept. ” Via Motherboard Vice : “70,000 OkCupid Users Just Had Their Data Published.” ” (To which I extend congratulations. .”

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Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

” More on employment data in the “research and data” section below. “ OpenStax , Knewton introduce adaptive learning into OER.” Private equity firm ZMB has made a majority stake investment in Education Networks of America , which provides data services to schools and libraries.

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Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Senators Introduce Bill to Keep Government Research Data Publicly Available (Preserving Data in Government Act).” ” I’m more interested in hearing about segregation and state laws in Mississippi than the adaptive learning software a school is using. Via Infodocket : “Two U.S. ” Oh.

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Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2016

Facebook, like many digital technology companies, promises that in exchange for collecting your personal data – your name, your age, your gender, your photos, metadata on your photos, your location, your preferences, your browsing and clicking habits, your friends’ names – it will deliver “personalization.”

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Technology Pearson Education Facebook 73

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. Educator’s Assessment Data Management System ( EADMS ) is merging with IO Education. The adaptive learning company has raised $4.57 million total.

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Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

” A ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union raises interesting questions about the ownership of student data : “Exam scripts and examiner’s corrections are personal data of the exam candidate.” Via the Indianapolis Business Journal : “Legal skirmishes break out over ITT documents, data.”

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