Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 28, 2019

Since its release in 2009, Minecraft has sold millions of copies worldwide revolutionizing thus the gaming industry and providing game players with an endless world of possibilities. As a sandbox.read more

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2022

The strategy relies on what economists call “efficiency wage theory,” which posits that increasing wages based on performance leads to greater output and lower employee turnover, says Emma García, a senior researcher at the Learning Policy Institute. Since 2009, D.C. s model since its inception.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

When the student successfully completes the online didactic training and has graduated, they are able to funnel directly into open jobs with partner employers or if they choose, take advantage of the MedCerts Prior Learning Assessment Credit Transfer Ecosystem and gain college credit at a reputable college.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

because teaching is no longer an isolated profession; it’s a dynamic and interconnected field requiring teachers to work collaboratively and build expansive professional and personal learning networks. Networking, both in-person and online through social media, educational blogs, video conferences, and forums, plays a crucial role.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 3, 2021

It’s an example of the huge demand for talent in industries that include wind power and other alternative energies — and the potential labor shortage facing President Joe Biden’s ambitious plan to upgrade the country’s infrastructure , after a years-long failure to train the kinds of workers needed to do it.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Mike Silagadze, who in 2009 co-founded Top Hat , a provider of digital courseware and textbooks for higher education, will be stepping away from the role on March 15 after serving as CEO for over a decade. What I love doing is really helping to change an industry that has been doing one thing one way for a long time,” says Rohrlich. “At

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

This year’s 1 3th edition will swamp San Diego’s waterfront for four days and feature 1,000 speakers, including Thomas Friedman and Margaret Atwood, plus the buzziest for-profit companies in our industry. It’s hard to remember now, but many industry colleagues felt edtech was a frothy market in 2017. NASDAQ: UDMY), and Nerdy, Inc.

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

The United States may not have had robot invaders from space in mind when drafting federal cybersecurity standards for the utility industry. Even with competition on the rise from online course providers that have moved beyond education and into corporate learning, Scivally sees plenty of growth opportunities in the industry, he says.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 27, 2023

As educators, we're at the forefront of this exciting (and scary) change with unprecedented learning opportunities (and threats.) Smyers is a member of the EDUCAUSE Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Board and has been named as one of CRN’s “Top 100 Women of the Channel” 2009–2013 and named to its advisory board.

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Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2021

They’re designed to help people kick off careers in growing industries that pay well above minimum wage. registered apprenticeship programs grew 73 percent between 2009 and 2019. And the potential for apprenticeships to diversify the tech industry is a key message that providers like Woz U and Multiverse use to market their services.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2019

During a recent trip to Bangalore to visit a prospective corporate client, Chris McCarthy didn’t know how many people to expect for a talk he was to give on the future of learning. But such requests are not unusual for the CEO of Degreed , provider of a learning platform for professional credentials.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 27, 2017

After getting on Twitter in 2009 I realized that we had to be better for our kids. I spent a great deal of time writing numerous detailed memos on everything from technology tools to improve assessment, developing a Personal Learning Network (PLN), and embracing innovative ideas. Then I waited. Research supports this claim.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The newest addition comes courtesy of Schoology, a K-12 learning management system provider that PowerSchool announced it was buying last month. The latest—Schoology—adds a popular K-12 learning management system to the fold, one that has about 1,800 paying schools and districts, according to Schoology co-founder and CEO Jeremy Friedman.

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Education Elements

JUNE 8, 2016

The Jaquelin Hume Foundation’s mission is to accelerate the implementation of high quality blended/personalized learning in America’s schools. However, with the publication of “Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns,” the conversations changed and the idea began to gain traction.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 12, 2021

They scrutinized a large federal dataset of more than 20,000 students across the nation who started high school in 2009 and were surveyed through to their third year of college in 2016. Many small towns started as market towns or as small manufacturing towns in the industrial era and are now economically struggling.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Esports, also known as competitive video game playing, have recently boomed into a billion-dollar industry, and college students are some of the biggest players. They are offering courses in marketing, communications and tournament management, all within the esports industry. This story also appeared in The Washington Post.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

AUGUST 27, 2015

She started working in the language industry in 2009 as one-to-one language tutor in a school of languages in Rome. ebook, Learning to Go , which has digital/mobile activities for any device and editable/printable handouts and rubrics. . Click here to discover all the 2015 goals ! Current 2015 Goals. 30 Goals Cycle 6.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

AUGUST 27, 2015

She started working in the language industry in 2009 as one-to-one language tutor in a school of languages in Rome. ebook, Learning to Go , which has digital/mobile activities for any device and editable/printable handouts and rubrics. . Click here to discover all the 2015 goals ! Current 2015 Goals. 30 Goals Cycle 6.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 20, 2021

Yet despite that esoteric reputation, Montessori methods aspire to similar outcomes as many others in education: to help children develop agency and independence, often through hands-on learning and open-ended, collaborative activities. There’s a counterpart for middle and high schools, called Academy of Thought and Industry.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Across the country, more and more schools are implementing project-based learning and forging partnerships with businesses to help students build real-world skills to succeed in college and the workforce. Since 2009, the school’s graduation and college enrollment rates have steadily increased.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

It bought Edusoft, an English language-learning tool, in 2011 and purchased assessment provider Questar for $127.5 One of these problems that ETS has identified—and invested in—has been popular among the edtech industry and its investors: Knack, based in Tampa, Fla. With more than $1.3 million in 2017.

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eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2017

The figures come from a survey sponsored by The Moody’s Foundation and unveiled by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. score was down 17 points from 2009 and 20 points below the average of others taking the quiz, which saw Singapore come out on top, followed by Japan, Estonia, Finland and Canada.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Leaders looking to shift learning must think more holistically. It’s imperative that classroom design is driven by the desire to create personal and authentic learning experiences for students,” says Tom Murray, director of innovation for Future Ready Schools , a project of the Alliance for Excellent Education. Tue, 02/27/2018 - 15:10.

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2020

Top Hat has been steadily expanding its suite of tools ever since the company was founded in 2009, and in recent years has charted a course to “create the next generation of interactive courseware,” says Silagadze in an interview. For openly-licensed materials, there’s Lumen Learning and OpenStax.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The Magic Bus is a program of the Vail Valley Foundation’s YouthPower365 , and is a Winnebago Industries Specialty Vehicle – the first all-electric mobile preschool in the world. The all-electric vehicle will enable operation in a quiet, emission-free manner,” said Robert Kim, Director of the Winnebago Industries Specialty Vehicle Division.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Back in the driver’s seat is Mick Hewitt, who co-founded the company in 2009 and served as its first CEO. The company has raised nearly $30 million from investors that include NewSchools Venture Fund, Learn Capital, GSV Acceleration, Catamount Ventures, the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation and, most recently, Zuckerberg Education Ventures.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 30, 2022

I'd wager it's the most frequently told story about ed-tech — one told with more gusto and more frequency even than "computers will revolutionize teaching" and "you can learn anything on YouTube." It's a story that seems plausible. It is a technology that organizes the school, controlling both space and time. " (7).

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2020

Across industries, demand for talent was booming. It’s important to recognize that this crisis will likely only accelerate the march of automation and the adoption of various labor-replacing technologies, including machine learning and AI. As 2020 kicked off, the U.S.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

In a strong job market that values both experience and educational credentials, interest is growing in experiential learning models that fuse traditional academic study with real-world projects and work experiences. There’s a need for more coordination between K-12 and higher ed to bring a more holistic approach to experiential learning.

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Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2020

From 2004 to 2009, transfer students on average lost 43 percent of their credits—basically a semester’s worth. In an education world driven more by inputs than learning outcomes, it’s hard to prove the case one way or the other. In this system, learners would own their records and bring independent proof of their learning.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Founded in 2009, Schoolzilla began as an internal project of Aspire Public Schools, a charter management network in Oakland, to help educators draw actionable insights from the gargantuan bytes of data available from different technology providers. It lays claim to pioneering the “edfintech” industry.)

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 28, 2016

Since its release in 2009, Minecraft has sold millions of copies worldwide revolutionizing thus the gaming industry and providing game players with an endless world of possibilities. As a sandbox.read more.

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Industry Education 40

EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Magoosh is fixing a broken test prep industry. Magoosh started in 2009 with four co-founders and a few computers. To learn more about our hiring process, check out this blog post. MCAT Curriculum Manager at Magoosh (View all jobs). . About Magoosh. With Magoosh, they don’t have to.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 30, 2021

The disruptions and changes during the past year have made a return to the industrial education model of the 19th and 20th centuries problematic for school districts committed to preparing diverse students for 21st century careers. By Robert Low. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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EdTechTeam

OCTOBER 2, 2018

When diving into the world of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality it’s very important to understand how they are two distinct mediums for learning. Within these definitions, we can come to the conclusion that these are two different mediums for learning. Learn more at a Summit near you! Micah Shippee, PhD. 2017, [link].

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 8, 2020

He spoke about “techquity” – the intersection of technology and equity – where educational technologies merge with culturally competent learning experience to support the development of students’ essential skills. Remote Learning. Professional Learning for Teachers & Leaders. College Readiness. Funding Equity.

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techlearning

MAY 17, 2018

At the competition, teams tested the energy output of their hand-crafted wind turbines in the KidWind Wind Tunnels, presented their designs to wind industry experts who served as judges for the competition, and performed several “Instant Challenges” – problem-solving engineering tasks unknown to each team prior to the event.

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