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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. Swanger’s article continues: The 2008 recession had a devastating impact on the US economy; and, higher education was not insulated from that impact.

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Examples MOOC Education Competency Based Learning 141

eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2022

The survey found that these students — nearing their transition to adulthood — report low levels of readiness to take on potential near-term financial tasks, from evaluating financial products to establishing and maintaining credit to understanding how to pay for college. . To view the report, click here. About EVERFI, Inc.

Survey 94

Survey Company Report Course 94

Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

Note that the last category is the most subjective and one might reasonably argue some reports (including those conducted under contract with the U.S. Federal Program Evaluations and Program-Related Reports: The First-Year Implementation of the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund in Five States (American Institutes for Research, 2000).

Policies 150

Policies Technology Program Evaluation Education 150

Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2019

The company was founded in 2008 and went public in 2015 (at $18 a share), and plans to continue to operate with its same management team after the acquisition. Phil Hill, an edtech consultant who watches the LMS space closely, said the biggest question is just how much Instructure will separate Bridge from the rest of the company.

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LMS Company Software Blackboard 143

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.)

Online Learning 124

Online Learning MOOC Learning Coursera 124

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? The homework could be research reports.

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EdTech Tools Twitter Professional Learning 378

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

Founded in 2008, Knewton blazed its way into the edtech industry with bold proclamations about its adaptive-learning technology, which it then licensed to digital curriculum providers. 1, 2019), the company reported a more than 20-percent decline in this division. Young contributed to this report. 1, 2018 to Jan.

Knewton 134

Knewton OER Industry Adaptive Learning 134

Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2018

Edmodo was started in 2008 by a teacher and IT support person as a “Facebook-like” community aimed at connecting educators with students and with one another. According to its most recent financial report, education now makes up more than half of NetDragon’s revenue. Also like Facebook, Edmodo grew rapidly.

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Edmodo Pearson Company Facebook 141

Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

That’s why we’ve also highlighted a few here that we don’t want you to miss, from complicated community college turnarounds to where IKEA and edtech overlap. In 2016, the company reported its largest loss in its history, down $3.3 What Do Edtech and IKEA Have in Common? And edtech is no stranger to it. Persuasive Design.

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MOOC Coursera Chegg Pearson 118

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

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. Domenech has served as Executive Director of AASA, The School Superintendents Association since July 2008.

Blackboard 97

Blackboard Learning Strategy Data 97

Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2020

Axios reported that venture firms have cumulatively raised $100 billion over the past two years, and many are “ open for business ” and actively investing. Now, with the widespread cancellation of schools and conferences (where investors and entrepreneurs often meet), edtech investors are advising startups to heed Sequoia’s advice.

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Technology Education Company Industry 102

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

businesses reported difficulty finding appropriately trained workers, up from 32 percent reported in 2015. The collection of edtech companies aimed at prepping educated, but still underprepared workers represents a virtual stampede of unicorns. million jobs lost in the 2008 recession, 5.6

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Udemy Coursera Company Training 79

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Perhaps one of the few areas of overlap was that three of the four conferences featured the similar talk by Andreas Schleicher, OECD’s education lead, who shared snippets from his team’s latest “Trends Shaping Education” report. There was also an “edtech surgery” where startups could seek advice from experienced educators.

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Conference Education EdTech Company 72

Edsurge

JULY 20, 2016

During the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama and his team pioneered the use of social media as a powerful campaign tool. It’s easy to forget, given how commonplace the use of social media is today, that back in 2008. sending out reminders and raising money on Twitter while interacting with people on Facebook was a huge deal.

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Social Media Facebook Twitter Adobe 60

Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The company reported $68.3 Before this latest report, Instructure’s leadership expected a range of $258 million to $260 million. International sales accounts for about 20 percent of total revenue for Instructure, which was founded in 2008. He expects the company to report a net loss of between $19.5 million and $258.1

System 61

System LMS Company Moodle 61

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Ferreira, who founded the company in 2008, will remain on the company’s board of directors. Learn more about its different definitions and applications in our special report on adaptive learning. It’s a dubious assertion, although the company did try to trademark the term.). What’s all the buzz about adaptive learning really about?

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Knewton Adaptive Learning Company Education 60

Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

A 2016 report funded by the Gates Foundation found that in the U.S. Yet, when I graduated from college in 2008, I didn’t know this field existed. alone, there are 13,000 instructional designers. Surely a lot has changed! Instructional design is experiencing a renaissance.

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Udemy Course Coursera MOOC 133

Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2019

The Association for Talent Development’s most recent 2018 state of the industry report found that talent development investment rose to $1,296 per employee—but the 1.7-percent 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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Survey Training Industry Policies 96

Edsurge

AUGUST 25, 2016

Getting students to graduate remains a greater challenge: In 2014, 60 percent of students seeking a bachelor’s degree at a four-year college in 2008 completed their degrees by 2014, according to the U.S. According to the report, the number of organizations using marketing automation from 2011 to 2014 grew 11-fold.

Social Media 60

Social Media Adobe Software Survey 60

NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 2, 2019

Monica is a Curriculum and EdTech Consultant and an Apple Distinguished Educator and Founder of ClassTechTips.com. As an EdTech consultant, I help educators leverage the power of technology in the classroom — strategically and with purpose. The EdTech Free Stuff tab offers a lovely array of downloadable ebook guides.

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eBook Libraries EdTech Blended Learning 64

Marketplace K-12

JULY 11, 2016

The NYU Steinhardt Edtech Accelerator is accepting applications for the October 2016 class “from innovative startups focused on technology solutions to improve education and learning — across all stages from birth through lifelong learning,” according to the announcement. .”

Blackboard 40

Blackboard Company Software Mobility 40

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. a year, the Texarkana Gazette reported, bringing in around $3.5

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Software System Technology Data 74

EdNews Daily

AUGUST 27, 2019

No one who lived through the 2008 bank failures would say that other parts of the economy were unaffected by the cascade into recession. . First came the cries for accountability resulting in increasing numbers of required reports.

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Industry Survey System Academic Standards 100

Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2020

At the time we decided to go for the patent, I had seen a report that only 21% of patents included a female inventor. She explained, “At the time we decided to go for the patent, I had seen a report that only 21% of patents included a female inventor. The History of Edtech via Patent Applications. Who Owns Digital Badges?

EdTech 120

EdTech Digital Badges Report Software 120

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

A landmark report from TNTP, a nonprofit organization, estimated that the 50 largest U.S. 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.” districts invest $8 billion annually on professional development.

Digital Badges 66

Digital Badges Student Data Privacy Blackboard Company 66

Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2017

(By contrast, a report on the OPM industry found that schools pay as much as 60 percent.) Noodle Partners is also adding several executives with ties to 2U, another OPM provider that Katzman helped start in 2008—and may now be competing with.

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Company Education iPhone Android 60

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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Comparison EdTech E-rate Outcomes 52

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Hard to believe Docs and Drive started back in 2008. A Change of Name and Four Options First, a question to make you feel your age: did you know that Google Suite apps are over a decade old? As these tools grew from Google Apps for Education to G Suite for Education, many wondered if our free ride would end. And it hasn't yet.at

Google 52

Google Chromebook Learning Meeting 52

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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Company EdTech Industry Trends 226

Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

Expect them to be reported on enthusiastically in 2015 conferences. On-campus Edtech. This idea has been bubbling along for almost six years since Dave Cormier wrote about the concept in 2008. Mainstream higher education doesn’t understand open badges and will find it very difficult to implement them.

MOOC 89

MOOC Technology Education Online Learning 89

Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

Expect them to be reported on enthusiastically in 2015 conferences. On-campus Edtech. This idea has been bubbling along for almost six years since Dave Cormier wrote about the concept in 2008. Mainstream higher education doesn’t understand open badges and will find it very difficult to implement them.

MOOC 32

MOOC Technology Education Online Learning 32

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. To be sure, there remain reports that such tools, including Edgenuity, are still used in pedagogically dubious ways at times.)

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Company Kaplan Flipped Classroom Blended Learning 76

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

We are self-sustaining on our tuition and have kept tuition flat since 2008," he says. News and World Report college rankings do for in-person programs, argues Matthew Rascoff, associate vice provost for innovation and education at Duke University. He suspects they spend less than their competitors on such ads. "We

Google 88

Google Company Data Report 88

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2019

There’s a surprising amount of momentum behind it,” said Phil Hill, a longtime edtech consultant. SPARC, the consumer-advocacy group, said in its report that control of student data and what can be learned from it is the more important issue that colleges should pay attention to as they negotiate these new inclusive access arrangements.

Pearson 106

Pearson OER Course Accessibility 106

Edsurge

JANUARY 20, 2017

Founded in 2008, Speakaboos targets young children ages 2 to 6 with a library of over 200 interactive storybooks and songs. “Architecturing a solution requires cultivating a love of reading and a highly systematic approach to teaching reading through that meets students where they are and connects them to their interest.”

Learning 60

Learning Company Libraries Assessment 60

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

I recently revisited the central prediction of the influential 2008 book, Disrupting Class – that the growth in computer-based delivery of education will accelerate swiftly until, by 2019, half of all high school classes will be taught over the Internet – in two blog posts ( here and here ). Strong opinions may be weakly held.

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

I recently revisited the central prediction of the influential 2008 book, Disrupting Class – that the growth in computer-based delivery of education will accelerate swiftly until, by 2019, half of all high school classes will be taught over the Internet – in two blog posts ( here and here ). Strong opinions may be weakly held.

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150