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Pearson Bets on Adaptive Learning (Again) With $25M Acquisition of Smart Sparrow

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The deal marks the latest in a series of acquisitions involving digital courseware, the industry parlance for online products that leverage data and technology to personalize the course instruction and feedback that each student receives. Its accounts on Facebook and Twitter are no longer active, as an education industry analyst noticed.

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5 EdTech Trends Educators Need To Watch In 2019

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With more and more technology being integrated into the educational sector, this can further aggravate technology gaps within countries and industries. Fortune reports that the US government has been funding efforts to solve this phenomenon and train educators. Another solution is to contend with the tech industry in employing talents.

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Top e-learning trends to keep an eye on in 2020

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Learning and teaching through an online medium has become very popular over the last years and there are no signs of slowing down. With that in mind, it’s important to keep an eye on the myriad of digital education trends that are currently shaping up the industry. Top e-learning trends to keep an eye on in 2020. Wrapping up.

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Wiley to Acquire Knewton’s Assets, Marking an End to an Expensive Startup Journey

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In the second eye-raising deal for the higher-ed publishing industry in as many weeks, Wiley, a major textbook publisher, has agreed to acquire the assets of Knewton, a provider of digital courseware and adaptive-learning technologies. 1, 2019), the company reported a more than 20-percent decline in this division.

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The Tech Industry is Hijacking School Data. But Decentralized Systems Can Change That.

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Schools across the globe are experiencing an influx of digital technologies—from systems that allow teachers to monitor computer use in the classroom to adaptive learning applications, machine learning-based programs that modify instruction based on students’ behaviour and proficiency.

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Who is the Theranos of Education?

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Throughout the years of coverage, journalists, bloggers and commentators alike have each taken to their respective channels and platforms to identify their own Theranos stories in different sectors, while investors reported that likely half of other startups prove eerily similar to the rise-and-fall storyline.

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2018 Halftime Ka’Ching Report: U.S. Edtech Raises $739M in Venture Funding

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edtech industry, that’s no big deal: In the first six months of 2018, 62 companies raised $739 million in venture capital. There are newly-funded curriculum and courseware services, games, adaptive learning platforms and study tools. So far, there have been fewer home-run funding deals than last year. But for the U.S.

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