Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2019

AltSchool, a developer of personalized learning software that once operated a chain of “microschools,” is getting a major makeover. This morning, the San Francisco-based company announced a series of “sweeping changes” that includes a new name—Altitude Learning—and new leadership.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Just to get things going, here’s a recap of 2015. First, mobile learning. Sure, there were lots of devices released in 2014 and the years before, but 2015 was the mobile age. So this is what happened in 2015. Now let's see what are the top e-learning trends for 2016. The possibilities are endless.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

The second in our New Generation Learning series focuses on personalization. Where last time we drew attention to schools that had made innovative leaps in assessment protocols, today we look at schools that are taking the design of personalized learning pathways seriously.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

The second in our New Generation Learning series focuses on personalization. Where last time we drew attention to schools that had made innovative leaps in assessment protocols, today we look at schools that are taking the design of personalized learning pathways seriously.

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MIND Research Institute

MARCH 5, 2021

The program offers a variety of grants to Utah schools, including the K-12 Math Personalized Learning Software Grant that provides access to a selection of math personalized learning software programs to improve student outcomes in mathematics literacy. What does the report say about K-12 math software?

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Staker (2011) defined this approach as “any time a student learns at least in part at a supervised brick-and-mortar location away from home and at least in part through online delivery with some element of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace” (p. Fabbian et al, 2017). Z., & Grgurović, M. link] O’BYRNE, W.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2017

Five years into a massive transition to a personalized learning model, Educators at Fulton County School District in Georgia are scratching their heads wondering where they went wrong. District leaders even went so far as to dub the hardware “personalized learning devices.” “At It should have been communicated better.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 30, 2016

Three, because the question matters, there will always remain debates about the quality of the research base on technology in schools and for learning, about what we can infer from the research base (case in point: the 2015 OECD study ), and about how best to study new innovations.

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Since the last edition of a ‘Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News”: I’ve joined efforts to support Net Neutrality protections ; Written further about the prediction made in the book, “Disrupting Class.” Enter personalized learning (PL)."

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Instead, schools ought to be taking these opportunities to do what Heather Staker and I described in Blended —offering a la carte online courses with great digital curriculum mixed with elements of the Flex or Individual Rotation models of blended learning that match the path and pace of each individual’s students’ learning needs.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

Their changed view — and that of others who shunned Rogers and now want in — is driven by what seems to be a magic educational elixir: personalized learning. Philanthropists, state education officials, reform advocates — even charter school leaders — are examining personalized learning. What can that look like?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

The research evaluates strengths and weaknesses of particular software products and attempts to examine equity issues. The report, Insights on Software Piloting in an Urban School District , released in December 2016, suggests key factors that influence successful adoption of edtech products.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2020

Technology can be pen and paper, or adaptive software, or whatever is most helpful for the learning task at hand. Students need exposure to rigorous grade-level curriculum and they need to work at their learning edge. Not the other way around.

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Edsurge

MAY 3, 2019

Artificial intelligence is well on its way to becoming a ubiquitous element in virtually all software systems. But as the term is popularly applied today, it refers to computer programming that allows machines to learn from experience, adjust to new data inputs and perform human-like tasks. since she started the program 13 years ago.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2017

In an interview with EdSurge, Solan said the district learned about Summit Learning in spring this year, as his team looked for ways to “leverage personalized learning” and give students opportunities to “grow as complex thinkers.” Solan stresses that the decision “in no way reflects the work” of the educators.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 10, 2015

8 PM ET, March 27, 2015. Digital Promise will award up to ten school or district leaders who submit a response by March 27 with a $1,000 stipend for a trip to San Francisco, including workshops with leading software companies, in partnership with the Education Technology Industry Network. District of Columbia Public Schools.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

“We do not believe that there is yet definitive proof that personalized learning works better than other models.”­. — All That We’ve Learned: Five Years of Working on Personalized Learning. Software wasn’t “the answer,” nor was a particular model such as “station rotation or flipped schools,” says Greenberg.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

FY 2015 $0. Obama administration FY 2015 request for a proposed replacement educational technology program (see page 5) : “ $200 million for a new ConnectEDucators initiative that would help educators transition to using technology and data to personalize learning and improve CCR [college- and career-ready] instruction and assessment.

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100mentors

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The implementation of the flipped classroom suggests this model (Abeysekera & Dawson, 2015): To make this work in practice, you have to guide your students towards valid resources that will allow them to grasp the necessary information in advance of an upcoming lesson. Enable every student to achieve personal learning goals.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

This idea that “the child will be the customer” is, of course, also a nod to “personalized learning” as well, as is the invocation of a “Montessori-inspired” model. It’s all about private schools offering private , individual benefits.). “ Uber for Education ” or something.).

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100mentors

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The implementation of the flipped classroom suggests this model (Abeysekera & Dawson, 2015): Use this context to advance learner soft skills. Enable every learner to achieve personal learning goals. Resources can come in a diverse range of content difficulty and software formats. Abeysekera, L., & Dawson, P.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

When I first became an education journalist back in 2011, there was a lot of talk about individualized instruction, particularly by using educational software to tailor subjects for each student. Others were jumping ahead to concepts that were grade levels ahead of what they would traditionally be learning.

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edWeb.net

MAY 14, 2020

However, due to the current school closure situation, most school districts are forced to use an adopt and adapt method for online and remote learning software and curricula.

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Marketplace K-12

OCTOBER 28, 2016

billion in the first three quarters of 2015 to $4.3 In 2015 there were 323 education industry transactions for the first three quarters of the year, compared to 295 this year. In 2015 there were 323 education industry transactions for the first three quarters of the year, compared to 295 this year. See chart, below. ).

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 7, 2018

Vicki: What do you think about this statement, agree or disagree: “The greatest software for innovation in the world is the human brain.”. In 2015 Deb was selected as a PBS Lead Digital Innovator and in 2018 she was selected as a PBS All Star. I think that’s a really important piece. Ramm: Completely agree.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The EdTech industry rose to the occasion and introduced education products to supplement in-person learning. In an ideal situation, you might assume that users will be good at navigating software products based on your experience and expertise. Digital Publishing / November 4, 2015. Improve Product Accessibility.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Since 2015, more than 10,000 people, mostly working adults, have graduated from programs created by Trilogy and offered in partnership with universities such as Georgia Tech, Northwestern, Rutgers and the University of Pennsylvania. And that, Chou is convinced, is a big part of why more than 90 percent of students graduate.

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eSchool News

MAY 19, 2021

With offerings from both companies in coding, math, game development, robotics and more, Emeritus and iD Tech are positioned to make STEM learning more accessible, paving the way for brighter futures in STEM occupations. Emeritus and iD Tech share a pedagogical approach rooted in positive learner outcomes.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2017

Prompted by district administrators’ desire to find ways to build student agency, engage student passion and personalize learning, we hoped blended learning would shake up the status quo and spark large scale change. We knew that meant more than simply integrating technology into the school day.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

The profiles are part of the school’s embrace of personalized learning, which centers on the belief that a teacher lecturing at the front of a classroom is a bad fit for today’s students. Personalized learning has, in recent years, become one of the most talked-about trends in education.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2018

He spent the 2015-2016 school year traveling to schools in all 50 states and he discovered that teachers, when trusted and supported, often innovate on their own. Mississippi Learning. Subscribe today! Ted Dintersmith, a venture capitalist turned education philanthropist, is convinced the U.S. education system needs to change.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2018

They initially came together in 2015 when they created coding activities around Mattel’s Hot Wheels and Monster High brands. We are purely” focused on software and content, he says. Another of Vedati’s challenges is perhaps all too familiar for edtech companies: creating personalized learning experiences for each child on the platform.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2017

In December 2015, I found myself toiling away on a fifth grade figurative language lesson in a unique place—a local tech meetup called Code For Vegas. I spent my summer off helping the developers create core values and streamline their project management process in GitHub, a software development platform.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Impressed by the learning environment at Summit Public Schools, Facebook said Thursday that the social network teamed up with the charter school network to revamp an online education tool. Eventually, the social network plans to make the software available for free to all schools in the United States. at www.mercurynews.com.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

To help ensure that students are prepared with the skills to enter this growing workforce, zSpace has unveiled an expanded software offering for its all-in-one desktop virtual reality solution, zSpace for Education.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

My bet is that by 2040, our children will look back on this period between 2015 and 2030 in education technology much the same way internet historians look to the period 1995 to 2010 as the birth of the commercial web. acquisition by LinkedIn in 2015 shows that billion-dollar exits are not limited to companies in higher education.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 26, 2017

He is the national coach of the USA International Mathematical Olympiad team, a math professor at Carnegie Mellon University, and the founder of expii.com, an education technology startup providing a free personalized learning platform on every smartphone. What makes Expii unique?

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