Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2018

Knewton has raised $25 million in a new funding round—the eighth since it launched in 2008. Brian Kibby, CEO of Knewton Getting into the courseware business marks a major pivot for the New York City-based company, which originally licensed its adaptive learning technology to publishers. Sample screenshot of what students see in Alta.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

MAY 16, 2016

And companies like Knewton are targeting schools taking a personalized approach. From the perspective of administrators, working with startups gives you direct access to the creators of the product who want and need help improving it. Startups like mine are always looking for more feedback.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

The following year, Knewton was bought in a deal that has become a poster child for education technology hype. Department of Education to improve access to open-licensed educational materials, or OER. One such provider, Acrobatiq, was acquired in 2018. Founded in 2011, Smart Sparrow had raised about $23.5 million in venture capital.

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Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 25, 2016

For- and non-profit organizations chosen to participate in the program will get financial investment, access to expert services and mentorship. TAL joins Knewton’s latest round of funding, which is led by Sofina, a Belgian investment group. Knewton has an established international footprint. based school provider.

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EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

It lives in a network of interconnected computers and includes a range of free, accessible, and decentralized games, communities, and venues for interaction. In addition, Eduverse provides access to educational VR content and offers the “first educational VR theme park.” What is the metaverse?

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2020

There’s Wiley, better known in academia and research, which recently acquired Knewton and zyBooks , to sell online higher-ed courseware. Aside from the usual suspects, a host of other companies and upstarts now also compete with Top Hat. For openly-licensed materials, there’s Lumen Learning and OpenStax.

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Edsurge

JULY 15, 2019

And focusing on digital makes the secondary textbook market even less attractive, since students have to buy access directly from Pearson to get course materials. A bundle that includes access to its other online tools, including MyLab and Mastering, costs about $79. But the company is not cutting the cord with print.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2017

For Brian Fitzgerald, what began as a newborn side project in 2012—when he was working at edtech startup Knewton—has become a fully-grown venture of its own. We want to take the best of experiential learning and make it accessible to anyone, anywhere.” million in a Series A round led by Owl Ventures.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Kyle Bowen: It is important for institutions to begin to develop these kinds of capabilities, and a lot of that starts with creating an ecosystem for data at your university—being able to access these data, understand where it’s coming from and what the actual data elements mean. I think they’re going to happen simultaneously.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2019

This deal would enable them to have a lot of flexibility in terms of what they’re offering to students whether it’s the Cengage Unlimited or McGraw Hill’s Inclusive Access subscription models. Another publisher, Wiley, bought Knewton and Zybooks in a span of two months.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

9 million (A) 2016 Fosun Group Kaymbu $2 million (Seed) 2016 Sinovation Ventures Knewton $52 million (F) 2016 TAL Education KnowRe $6.8 edtech startups, including Enuma , Knewton , Minerva Project , Ready4 and Volley. Enuma $4 million (A) 2015 TAL Education, Softbank Ventures Korea Epic! million (Seed) 2014 WI Harper Group GotIt! $9

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

The hope is that if what would normally take 10,000 hours could be shortened to 1,000, and be done via methods that are more affordable and accessible, many more people can become experts. The rule—and that number—has many detractors , but the underlying principle is that it requires deep and focused work to achieve mastery.

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2017

Can adaptive platforms (such as ALEKS or Knewton) help students learn the facts and enable the teachers to guides? I wonder if we can get to point where students have the data and it’s up to them (students and their parents) to say, ‘Yes, schools you can have access.’. Will it free up the day? Will AI replace the teachers?

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MindShift

JUNE 7, 2016

Jose Ferreira, CEO of Knewton , said in a 2012 speech that his “adaptive learning” platform, used by 10 million students globally, collects 5 to 10 million data points per student per day — down to how many seconds it takes you to answer that algebra problem. Should they have access to it? Who decides? Copyright 2016 NPR.

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Graphite Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

A very incomplete list of examples here include Knewton, Infinite Campus, eScholar, Schoolnet, Learnsprout, or Clever. The fifth model includes highly structured datastores to collect longitudinal data, and glue services that integrate multiple external services.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

and aims to address some of the obstacles to broadband adoption -- in terms of cost, access, relevance, and digital literacy. Google has worked to address many of the accessibility issues, and The Chronicle of HIgher Education reports that the issue was resolved "without any admission of wrongdoing."

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Knewton ( mind-reading robo tutor in the sky ) – $157.25 One could look at companies that made major shuffles in the executive boardrooms: a new CEO at Coursera , the departure of Coursera’s chief product officer , a new CEO at Knewton , the departure of Altschool’s COO , for instance. Kaltura (video) – $166.1

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

. …This is key to its advantage over traditional business models when it comes to data, since a platform positions itself (1) between users, and (2) as the ground upon which their activities occur, which thus gives it privileged access to record them. The LMS giant Blackboard celebrated its 20th anniversary this year. (I

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Members will have access to lab and office space, as well as a slew of lab equipment. Once downloaded, students will be able to access the "packs," even when they''re offline. The company is also lifting some of its "per-seat" licensing fees so that those not enrolled in classes aren''t charged for accessing the material.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

They gave each student access to technology that helps teachers customize their lessons. Some education technology developers, such as Knewton, say machines can figure out what students need to know and how best to deliver it. And they suspect that education technology companies may be promising more than they can deliver.

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MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

They gave each student access to technology that helps teachers customize their lessons. Some education technology developers, such as Knewton, say machines can figure out what students need to know and how best to deliver it. And they suspect that education technology companies may be promising more than they can deliver.

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Edsurge

MAY 3, 2017

The conference also welcomes the return of familiar faces in new gigs: former Knewton CEO is now with Bakpax, and Los Angeles Unified’s former superintendent John Deasy will share plans for rebuilding prisons to better serve incarcerated youths. Register here for free access to the interviews and get the latest updates and schedule.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

“ Telcel customers can now access Khan Academy free of data charges on mobile apps and es.zero.khanacademy.org thanks to partnership with Carlos Slim Foundation and Telcel,” says Khan Academy. Knewton has partnered with WebAssign. Edsurge officially announces its new, expanded focus , Edsurge Higher Ed.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

According to excerpts of speeches published by Wikileaks – stolen data – Clinton called the Common Core a “political failure” in a speech she gave to Knewton. Neither Knewton nor the Clinton campaign have confirmed the veracity of this leaked speech. Education Politics. ” More via The NYT.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2018

Via Campus Technology : “ Knewton Releases $44 Adaptive Digital Textbooks.” Via Politico : “ The Trump administration is moving ahead with plans to test a new way to disburse federal student loan and Pell grant funds to students. ” “ Learning Agency, Not Analytics ” by April Hathcock.

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

The open-access publisher PLOS has a new CEO : Alison Mudditt. Via Edsurge : “ Pearson , an Investor in Knewton , Is ‘Phasing Out’ Partnership on Adaptive Products.” Speaking of Liberty U, via Deadspin : “ Liberty Was So Desperate For An FBS Home Opener, It Agreed To Pay Old Dominion $1.32

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Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

A new project from the Learning Policy Institute and EducationCounsel : “Reimagining College Access: Performance Assessments From K–12 Through Higher Education.” . “ Personality Tests Are Failing American Workers,” says Cathy O’Neil in a Bloomberg op-ed. Go, School Sports Team! .”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. Um, they do.) Despite a few anecdotes, they’re really not.).

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Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

“ OpenStax , Knewton introduce adaptive learning into OER.” Elsevier has acquired SSRN , an online open access repository. (Remember what I’ve said: watch the student loan space.). ” Speaking of openwashing : “ Pearson CEO Fallon Talks Common Core , Rise of ‘Open’ Resources.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2016

.” Some 20 Facebook engineers work on the software, and according to The Washington Post , the student information it tracks and stores is not housed on Facebook servers, although Facebook does have access to the data. Nevertheless, Knewton claims Knewton’s personalized learning products work.

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Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

” The proposed bill would eliminate the 15-year time limit on accessing education benefits. ” Via Education Dive : “ Coursera ’s Tom Willerer talks personalization, access.” “Mind-reading robo tutor in the sky” company Knewton has a new CEO , Brian Kibby , formerly with Pearson.

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Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

He’s a partner at Founders Fund, which has invested in Knewton, AltSchool, Uversity, ResearchGate, If You Can, Upstart, Declara, and Affirm. This week: “ OpenStax Partners with panOpen to Expand OER Access.” “ Digital Redlining, Access, and Privacy ” by Chris Gilliard and Hugh Culik.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Via Pacific Standard : “Why Is the FCC Considering Cutting Broadband Access for Students?” ” Via CJR : “‘This is unprecedented’: Public colleges limiting journalist access.” ” Inside Higher Ed on Knewton ’s “pivot.” ” More on the bill via Inside Higher Ed.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Lots of folks in ed-tech seem super excited about Trump too, including Knewton’s Jose Ferreira , Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s Harold O. The BBC reports that “ Cuba signs deal for faster internet access to Google content.” Levy , and KnowledgeWorks ’ Lillian Pace. ” Oh goody. Secret ops and AI.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

I wrote about his education portfolio – it includes Clever, Knewton, and AltSchool – but I’ll revisit this topic when I tackle ed-tech and surveillance “personalization” in a subsequent article in this series.). ” Accessibility and Technology (and the Role of Governments and Corporations).

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