Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Learning Management Systems With learning management systems now installed at nearly all higher education institutions here and abroad, instructors can create course materials, assess student progress and generate custom exams. Most authoring software also integrates assessment tools, testing learning outcomes.

Online Learning 126

Online Learning MOOC Learning Coursera 126

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Ferreira, who founded the company in 2008, will remain on the company’s board of directors. Ferreira’s decision marks the end of a nearly nine-year run at Knewton, where he strived to build technology to pinpoint what students know, don’t know and should learn next. (He What’s all the buzz about adaptive learning really about?

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Knewton Adaptive Learning Company Education 60

Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2018

The company that set the bar for hyping adaptive-learning technology has had to adapt to new leadership and a new business model. Knewton has raised $25 million in a new funding round—the eighth since it launched in 2008. But some things seem to stay the same—such as its ability to win new investors and capital.

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Knewton OER Pearson Adaptive Learning 65

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

” “Two assessment companies – Educational Testing Service and Data Recognition Corp. The framework demands that schools be assessed “according to their performance on student satisfaction, retention and graduate employment, as well as through institutional submissions.” school departments employed 8.4

Education 52

Education Coursera Elsevier MOOC 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Despite predictions that badges would be the “ new credential ” and that we were looking at a “ Future Full of Badges ,” it’s not clear that digital badges have provided us with a really meaningful way to assess skills or expertise. Founded by two educators in 2008, Edmodo experienced a number of leadership changes this decade.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145