Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2020

There are so many players out there—and a few emerging winners” in edtech, says Niesner, 40. “We How They Work Busuu has grown considerably since its 2008 founding. We will now empower their tutors with the data points of our users.” We are one of them.”

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

These days algorithms have taken on an almost godlike power—they’re up in the (data) clouds, watching everything, passing judgment and leaving us mere mortals with no way to appeal or to even know when these mathematical deities have intervened. If algorithms are gods, she’s one of the high priests, as a data scientist and mathematician.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

In the past several years, we have implemented a number of district-wide initiatives to support personalization and differentiation for students including the launch of our Virtual Instruction to Accentuate Learning (VITAL) program in 2008. At the core of our personalized learning program is our use of data to inform instruction.

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Tom Murray

AUGUST 21, 2016

To give further context, I’ve sorted them alphabetically, into four categories; (1) those organizations that are instructionally-focused; (2) those that provide supports for technology leadership; (3) those that focus on connectivity and access; and (4) those that focus on data privacy and security. Data and Privacy and Security.

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MIND Research Institute

JUNE 20, 2023

Five PRIME Factors for EdTech Evaluation As someone who has evaluated and published findings on an edtech program for two decades, closely watching the marketing hype in the math edtech market in particular, I’ve come to believe something you may find shocking: All edtech programs work.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Some call it “The Rise of the Machines” for the convergence of multiple technologies: artificial intelligence, big data, data science, robotics plus virtual and augmented reality. From 2008 to 2019 we have witnessed a 4,000-plus percent expansion in the number of funded edtech startups, and the best startups can become unicorns.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

And anymore, they end being the punchline of edtech jokes, somehow. Comparing an unsupported MOOC from 2008 to an in-person college experience isn’t apples to apples. Today, digital networks of information make access to data and areas of specialty ubiquitous, particularly in the scientific fields. Use of data analytics.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2019

In 2008, iParadigms was acquired by private equity firm Warburg Pincus. billion, the deal is the larger than the total amount that edtech startups raised in 2018, which reached a new peak last year at $1.45 Double Check While the edtech industry is applauding the deal’s check size, critics of the company are concerned.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The first centralizes faculty data for activity reporting, which administrators gather for accreditation. The second is a dashboard to track data and documents around the tenure process, such as submissions and external evaluations. The software includes platforms focusing on three different areas.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2018

EdSurge: Curriculum Associates was founded in 1969, and you joined in 2008. How did you transition from a traditional company focused on providing workbooks to an edtech company? Waldron: When I came in 2008, the world was in a very difficult place. Most people think about us as an edtech company and a product company.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Waldron joined Curriculum Associates in 2008, bringing leadership experience from both the for-profit and nonprofit education worlds. He has also won the Northeastern US Regional YPO Social Impact Award and EdTech Digest ’s CEO of the Year. To learn more about ATP, visit TestPublishers.org. About Curriculum Associates.

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Edsurge

JULY 26, 2017

The scarcity of female directors in edtech is a striking contrast to the diversity that exists in the sector's day-to-day leadership. As much as one-third of edtech companies started during that time have a female CEO or founder. Quazzo is a voting board member on three edtech startups and an observer on the boards of two others.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 6, 2019

When “ Disrupting Class ” was published in 2008, we caused a stir by predicting that by the fall of 2019, 50 percent of all high school courses would be delivered online in some form or fashion. Thirty-five percent of teachers say they use edtech daily, and another 23 percent say they use it most days.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2018

When Clayton Christensen and Michael Horn published “ Disrupting Class ” in 2008, the current wave of education technology was still finding its footing. The edtech industry has arguably seen what TechCrunch’s Mike Butcher aptly called a number of “ false dawns.” The book posited two predictions. But scale was not the endgame.

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Technology EdTech Education Outcomes 73

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2017

Jon was the co-designer of Minarets High School , which originated as a GAFE, 1:1 Macbook and PBL based high school in 2008 and has been named an Apple Distinguished School three times. VICKI: Happy edtech tool Tuesday. So John, what is our edtech tool today? We have John Corippo, @jcorippo. So how is it different?

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

“ FY 2008 $267,500,000 (President Bush’s request: $0). National Educational Technology Trends Study: Local-Level Data Summary (SRI International, 2008). K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role appeared first on EdTech Strategies. ” How would the program operate?

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Since 2003, Project Tomorrow’s Speak Up has collected data on the important issues facing schools. Participating schools and districts receive free summary reports, including locally collected data plus state and national data for benchmarks. She was named in 2020 as the winner of EdTech Digest’s National Leader award.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

In a telephone interview, Phil Hill, edtech guru and co-publisher of the widely followed e-Literate blog , acknowledged that “the LMS is not only part of the university’s core infrastructure, but it also allows faculty and students to use technology creatively in the classroom.” The term MOOC was coined by others in 2008.)

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Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2018

The former Kaplan executive, who served as its CEO from 1994 to 2008, oversaw 67 acquisitions that turned the test-prep business into a global education services provider. In 2010, he pooled his own money with KKR, a private equity firm, to launch Weld North , which has since acquired another 16 edtech companies (and invested in 4 others).

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The major hurdles he identified include scaling and sustaining innovation, while also making sure districts are safeguarding data privacy and ownership and providing digital equity for diverse students. Domenech has served as executive director of the American Association of School Administrators since July 2008. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 4, 2022

He also shares the importance of formative feedback and tracking actionable data. In 2008, there weren’t too many options for a digital platform to ask students to interact outside class. The other reason for using technology for these purposes is to capture the data. Click To Tweet. Listen to this article. Leveling Up.

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eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2022

The data we’ve collected shows that students need real financial education, and they need it now.”. Founded in 2008, EVERFI’s Impact-as-a-Service TM solution and digital educational content have reached more than 45 million learners globally.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

He’s credited with co-teaching the first MOOC in 2008, introduced the theory of “connectivism”—the idea that knowledge is distributed across digital networks—and spearheaded research projects about the role of data and analytics in education. He just doesn’t think our current university systems and edtech solutions will get us there.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Few technologists have championed the role of big data, personalized learning and many other education buzzwords as vociferously and for as long as Jose Ferreira. Ferreira, who founded the company in 2008, will remain on the company’s board of directors. So it comes as a surprise that the founder and CEO of.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Bett’s show floor includes a “Futures Zone” spot, typically reserved for early-stage edtech companies (although older ones like Manga High, founded in 2008, were there.) There was also an “edtech surgery” where startups could seek advice from experienced educators. No product or commercial pitches were allowed.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

He ran Kaplan as its CEO from 1994 to 2008, during which he oversaw 67 acquisitions and more than doubled the company’s revenue—to nearly $2 billion —by the time he left. These moves come as no surprise to Grayer: “This is the period we’re in now, and we’re seeing consolidation in the [edtech] marketplace.”

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EdNews Daily

AUGUST 27, 2019

New pre-released data from the Learning Counsel’s 2019 Survey indicates that 58 percent of schools now rate their highest pressure is their student’s social and emotional needs. This data is “hidden” inside governance claims that include charters as if they are traditional public schools and underestimate the homeschooling movement. .

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Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2018

Microcredentials, and controversial moves and pivots by edtech companies hoping to disrupt the higher education landscape. A Starter Kit For Instructional Designers When EdSurge columnist Amy Ahearn graduated from college in 2008, she had never heard of instructional design—let alone anticipate that she would soon have a career in it.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 13, 2019

According to NBC’s review of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data, textbook prices have risen over 3 times the rate of inflation from January 1977 to June 2015, a whopping 1,041% increase. Decrease in State Funding: The government has been scaling back on the funding on college education since the great recession of 2008.

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The Mobile Native

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Live, EdTech Talk, and the Reform Symposium. Marys City Schools in 2008. Kyle holds a BS degree from the Ohio State University in Business Education & Data Processing and a Master''s Degree from Findlay University in Educational Technology. He has conducted mobile learning webinars for Classroom 2.0

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

Yet, when I graduated from college in 2008, I didn’t know this field existed. My classmates from Stanford’s Learning Design and Technology master’s program have gone on to design for big brands like Airbnb and Google as well as edtech upstarts including the African Leadership University, General Assembly, Osmo and Udacity.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

We are self-sustaining on our tuition and have kept tuition flat since 2008," he says. The underlying problem with online college programs is that people don’t yet know how to tell what a good one looks like, argues Richard Garrett, chief research officer of Eduventures, who watches the edtech sector closely. A Search Giant's Power.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2019

First, we need better data on employer’s internal and external investment in learning and development—to cut through the noise and better understand the reality of the “skills gap.” Colleges are also facing new competitors backed by the wave of edtech investment going into postsecondary professional education and workforce training.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

To tackle this major problem, Digital Promise , a nonprofit founded in 2008 with authorization from Congress, has been steadfastly working on a framework for “ micro-credentials.” The idea was that data from the evaluations could help schools find the right resources that each teacher needed. districts, according to Kenyon.

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Digital Badges Student Data Privacy Blackboard Company 64

Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Graduation rates for first-time, full-time students more than tripled from 2008 to 2016. Texarkana College adopted new enterprise software and other edtech tools like an early-alert system, but technology was only one aspect of the school’s effort. “You Since those days though, Texarkana College has earned a new reputation.

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Fractus Learning

JUNE 17, 2015

A few weeks ago there was an article by Michael Godsey that was originally published on the Atlantic and was heavily circulated among the Education/EdTech circles. In 2008, a bunch of us at Google India went through a selection process to be the founding team of YouTube India team. Data courtesy of AFT Quality of Worklife Survey.

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2019

There’s a surprising amount of momentum behind it,” said Phil Hill, a longtime edtech consultant. Who Owns Student Data? For Union College, data wasn’t a part of the discussion, said Polnariev, who says he is focused on student success and lowering costs. But like them or not, the arrangements are getting more common.

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