Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Here I’d like to identify trends from 2015 which seem likely to persist or grow over the next year. Online learning, or the teaching formerly knows as “distance learning” Will this keep growing? Skepticism about the quality of online learning could migrate to the general population.

Trends 40

Trends Technology MOOC Education 40

Edsurge

JULY 3, 2017

So Fulé and her colleagues devised a program—free, voluntary, and entirely online—that has helped hundreds of students roll through remediation coursework and ace their math placement tests while measurably boosting their confidence about success in both math and college. Not insignificantly, the award came with a cash prize of $100,000.

Tools 93

Tools Outcomes Flipped Classroom E-rate 93

Doug Levin

AUGUST 19, 2015

In 2015, the poll included 34 questions (not counting the a/b/c/d variations of some questions asked only to a fraction of the overall sample), only one (1) of which addressed the topic of technology in education. Source: Education Next – Program on Education Policy and Governance – Survey 2015 [pdf]. So it goes.

EdTech 231

EdTech Policies Blended Learning Adaptive Learning 231

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

(From left to right) Sixth graders Mia DeMore, Maria DeAndrade, and Stephen Boulas make a number line in their math class at Walsh Middle School in Framingham, Massachusetts, one of 132 “Basecamp” schools piloting the Personalized Learning Platform created by the Summit charter school network. Photo: Chris Berdik. FRAMINGHAM, Mass.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

The company sold The Financial Times and its stake in The Economist in 2015, for example. And I’ll note here because it suits my argument about platforms so neatly: Pearson announced last year that it was leaving the learning management system market. ” But what did Facebook do?

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The startup was later sold to Valore Education in 2015 , which was in turn acquired by Follett in 2016 , which in turn shut down the Boundless site in 2017. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

Pretty sure this is the best MOOC story of the week: “ Russian Underground Launches Online Courses in Card Fraud ,” Infosecurity Group reports. Via Business Insider : “Online learning may be the future of education – we compared 4 platforms that are leading the way.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

Khan Academy 46

Khan Academy Elsevier Education MOOC 46