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Pearson Bets on Adaptive Learning (Again) With $25M Acquisition of Smart Sparrow

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Founded in 2011, Smart Sparrow had raised about $23.5 Already, the Sydney, Australia-based company has pulled back on its social media presence. On its website , the company claims it has more than 700 institutional customers across the K-12, higher education and corporate learning space. million in venture capital.

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PROOF POINTS: Free, no frills programs lead the class in new federal study of remote learning

The Hechinger Report

Almost a year later, in February 2021, the results are in: a mere three online learning technologies have clear evidence for improving student achievement. The Department of Education insisted upon high research standards for this report, “ A What Works Clearinghouse Rapid Evidence Review of Distance Learning Programs.”

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Online Learning's 'Greatest Hits'

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From the very start of digital education, the big question has always been: ”How can students learn effectively, if they’re not face-to-face with their instructors?” Most authoring software also integrates assessment tools, testing learning outcomes.

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Pearson, an Investor in Knewton, Is ‘Phasing Out’ Partnership on Adaptive Products

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Throughout the past decade, Knewton ’s adaptive learning technology has been backed by some of the biggest names in the both the publishing and venture capital community. Pearson will no longer use Knewton’s adaptive learning engine for some of its digital offerings.

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Learning Analytics 2018 – An updated perspective

IAD Learning

Learning analytics has been a hot topic for a while in the education industry. Not by chance, learning analytics and all its related technologies (measuring learning, artificial intelligence, adaptive learning, personalized learning, etc.) Taking action is the ultimate goal of any learning analytics process.

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Global Ed-Tech Funding, Propelled by Big Deals, Reaches New Record

Marketplace K-12

Overall, funding for global deals in the digital space jumped by 58 percent from 2014 to 2015, according to research from CB Insights , a New York-based market research company. Another China-based company, 17zuoye , raised $100 million. The company’s name loosely translates into “homework together.”.

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K-12 Dealmaking: Knewton Raises $52M; Imagine K12 Merges with Y Combinator

Marketplace K-12

Venture capital deals in the ed-tech market dominated the news over the past week, with companies such as Knewton, SchoolMint, and NuuEd announcing the completion of funding rounds as well as ed-tech accelerator Imagine K12 merging with the Y Combinator fund. million PreK-12 students.

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