Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

This is part eight of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” In previous years, I’ve looked at how education technology is intertwined with narratives about “ skills ,” “ competencies ,” and “ credentialing.” We must prepare preschoolers for an automated future.

Robotics 59

Robotics MOOC Training Industry 59

Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2019

The employee also claimed that Pi-Top is in talks with Pearson for an investment or possible sale of some or all of the company. Buchesky says the company vets all credible proposals for new capital and potential exit opportunities, declining to comment specifically on the Pearson claim.

Company 78

Company Strategy Robotics Pearson 78

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Are any education technologies, for that matter? Andreessen’s definition does begin to get at some of the reasons why platforms have been so appealing to investors – ideologically as much as technologically. One might ask, I suppose, if LMSes are platforms. But first, a definition (or two) might be helpful.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

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.”

Technology 73

Technology Pearson Education Facebook 73

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

One of education technologies’s greatest luminaries passed away this year. It’s all of our loss, really, as too many in education technology happily reduce the potential of computer programming as an epistemological endeavor to a market for new products. This is part six of my annual review of the year in ed-tech.

Technology 85

Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I also want to consider that, with or without a President Trump , education technology also might make things worse, might also contribute to these ongoing inequalities – and not simply because many in ed-tech seem quite eager to work with the new administration. ” It has reshaped work. Or they back Donald Trump.

Technology 40

Technology Education Pearson Company 40

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Knewton drew heaps of hype and investment by promising to provide artificial-intelligence technology to major textbook companies to make their content more adaptive. But in the past few years the company has suffered several setbacks—along with mounting criticism that its founding CEO, Jose Ferreira, overhyped its technology.

Knewton 93

Knewton Strategy OER Pearson 93

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. Um, they do.)

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Edsurge

DECEMBER 7, 2016

When third-year students in strategy classes at BI Norwegian Business School have a question about their assignments next semester, odds are a robot will provide their answer. They were surprised to find out at the end of the semester that Jill Watson, powered by IBM’s cognitive computing technology, had been answering their questions.

Student Engagement 60

Student Engagement LMS Robotics EdTech 60

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

based company now touts itself as a provider of adaptive-learning technologies for educational content providers. Kidaptive has also applied its technology to a game, Fish Force , developed by PBS KIDS, WGBH and CREEST, an assessment research group at the University of California in Los Angeles. We’re entirely invisible,” he adds. “If

Adaptive Learning 62

Adaptive Learning Knewton Pearson Company 62

Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2019

I stood facing the drone, about to face-off with a little robot. The drone was part of a demonstration of the powerful technology that the neuroinfomatics company EMOTIV offered at a conference on the power of technology and education. My mind-control-drone-moving experience was nothing like this.

Skyward 119

Skyward Training Tablets Company 119

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Yesterday, the New York-based company announced that Ryan Prichard, who has been with the company since July 2012, most recently as Chief Technology Officer, will assume the CEO position. Knewton initially applied this technology to test prep content “to convince people that our data-driven recommendations would stand,” says Ferreira.

Knewton 60

Knewton Adaptive Learning Company Education 60

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via Campus Technology : “The University of North Dakota has teamed up with for-profit training company Woz U to provide short-term technology education programs.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

Education 54

Education Robotics Pearson Company 54

Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

Here are the education technology companies that have raised money from ISPs. What’s his evidence that technology has not eliminated jobs – other than this weird insistence that there is no such thing as neoliberalism in ed-tech ? Via Campus Technology : “6 VR Trends to Watch in Education.”

Edmodo 45

Edmodo Education Knewton Pearson 45

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

ALMA START ( www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies launched an enrollment and admissions management tool called Alma Start. As part of this collaboration, ReadSpeaker’s text-to-speech technology will also be integrated within Blackboard Ally as an offline audio alternative for course content.

Epson 50

Epson Blackboard Pearson STEM 50

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

From facial-recognition cameras to web and social media filtering software, surveillance technologies are finding their foothold in schools across America. Companies include an AI robot, student incubator and a startup called Pie for Providers. Ostensibly these tools are for the greater good—keeping kids safe. Tuesday, March 5, 4 p.m.

Social Media 94

Social Media EdTech Industry Pearson 94

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

Bubble Bot walks students through creating a bubble-blowing robot and a Fan of Fortune. Compatibility: The pieces are perfectly sized for small vehicles, robots, figurines, or balls to navigate the maze. FABRICATION WITH TECHNOLOGY Name: mPie Made by: Microduino, Inc. Thirty maze challenge cards are also included.

Robotics 68

Robotics Android Software Tablets 68

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via the MIT Technology Review : “ Walmart will use VR headsets to train all its US employees.” ” “ University of Oregon to Launch Coding Bootcamp,” says the Campus Technology headline. Sounds good.

Education 58

Education MOOC Pearson Blackboard 58

Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

“technologizing” the government. ” The publishers in question are Cengage , McGraw-Hill , and Pearson. Testing, Testing… Via Chalkbeat : “Calculator mix-up could force some students to retake ISTEP, and Pearson is partially to blame.” ” The testing firm in question: Pearson.

Education 53

Education Kaplan Pearson Elsevier 53

Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Although much of the focus of ed-tech involves what happens at school, it’s important to remember that the corporate and consumer markets for “learning technologies” are much larger. ” According to Edsurge , Knewton is now a courseware company and not a “robot tutor in the sky.”

Knewton 46

Knewton Education Company MOOC 46

Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

” More on the Afghan robotics team in the contest section below. “Mind-reading robo tutor in the sky” company Knewton has a new CEO , Brian Kibby , formerly with Pearson. for Robotics Contest.” Via MIT Technology Review : “Another Price Slash Suggests the Oculus Rift Is Dead in the Water.”

Education 45

Education Pearson Report Robotics 45

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 22, 2018

A geek at heart, Julie mentors FIRST robotics teams in her free time. While he began his career in biomedical engineering, he has followed his passion for education by focusing on using technology to build innovative K-12 curricula. Pearson, littleBits, and the New York City Department of Education. He received his Ph.D.

Learning 40

Learning Pearson Robotics Examples 40

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via Edsurge : “ Pearson ’s Former Product Chief Reflects on the 4 Megatrends Shaping Global Education.” ” Shocking, I know, but apparently “technology” is a “megatrend.”

Education 43

Education Pearson Company Blackboard 43

Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” From GeekWire : “For investors, the future of education technology is now the workplace.” ” Via Edsurge : “What’s Next for Pearson ? .” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

Education 43

Education Pearson Edmentum lynda.com 43

Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

And this prompted me to update my list of education / technology companies that are ALEC members.). “Equipping people to stay ahead of technological change ,” according to The Economist. ” Via Campus Technology : “ Pearson to Lower Cost of E-Books, Textbooks.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

Education 40

Education Pearson E-rate MOOC 40

Hack Education

JULY 6, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” That’s the Indiana Agriculture and Technology School , which Chalkbeat investigated earlier this year. ” Yet another story promoting “student success technology” at Georgia State University. .”

Education 46

Education Pearson MOOC Chegg 46

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” “ VR is the US Olympic ski team ’s secret weapon,” says MIT Technology Review. ” asks MIT Technology Review. There were also a number of stories on banning technology this week. Then it re-opened.

Education 46

Education MOOC Robotics Company 46

Hack Education

MAY 4, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via Chalkbeat : “ Betsy DeVos ’s first Detroit visit featured Girl Scouts, robots, and talk of beluga whales.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. National) Education Politics. “Soon.”

MOOC 42

MOOC Education Robotics Company 42

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Via Campus Technology : “Digital credentials company Credly is adopting the Credential Transparency Description Language (CTDL), a common markup language designed to improve discoverability of certifications, badges and other verified achievements. .” Pearson has added Snap chairman Michael Lynton to its board of directors.

Kaplan 50

Kaplan Education Robotics E-rate 50

Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via The MIT Technology Review : “ School lockdowns are so prevalent that companies are making apps to help teachers manage them.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Immigration and Education.

Education 44

Education Microsoft MOOC Coursera 44

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Anxiety over the influence of technology in schools, as in our lives, is an old story — but one made painfully acute by the glowing smartphone on which you may be reading this article. Gist: Our goal is to be the first state to fully blend technology into all schools.

Personalized Learning 97

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 97

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2017

And indeed, according to my calculations too, the amount of money invested in education technology companies is up from this time last year and up from this time in 2015 as well. MakeBlock (robotics) – $30 million. And 2015 was a record-setting year for ed-tech investment.). BYJU’s (test prep) – $30 million.

Coursera 57

Coursera Knewton Company Udemy 57

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” “ Cengage , McGraw-Hill , and Pearson have started a new round of lawsuits against textbook sellers,” The Digital Reader reports , this time targeting those who sell through Amazon’s marketplace. Via the MIT Technology Review : “For $14,000, a Weeklong Firehose of Silicon Valley Kool-Aid.”

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Via The Hindu Business Line : “ Pearson India set to launch K–12 online private school.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “ Imagine how great universities could be without all those human teachers ,” says Quartz , lauding the fantasy that robots will replace teachers. ” EVERYONE!

Education 48

Education Knewton Kaplan Robotics 48

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “Publishers Wiley , Cengage , Pearson and McGraw-Hill Education have won a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a seller of fake textbooks ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

Education 44

Education Facebook Edmodo OER 44

Hack Education

JUNE 1, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via TPM : “No Test Left Behind – How Pearson Made a Killing on the US Testing Craze.” ” “The Theranos Story and Education Technology” by John Warner. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

Education 47

Education Kaplan Robotics Schoology 47

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

” “ Education Technology Under Trump : A Syllabus.” ” “How will the presidential election results influence education technology in schools?” ” And from MIT Technology Review : “Is the Gig Economy Rigged?”). Trump” by Roger Schank. ” asks The Hechinger Report.

Education 40

Education Company Data Pearson 40