Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

Founded in 2011, Smart Sparrow had raised about $23.5 In its statement, the publisher said Smart Sparrow’s technology will support its capabilities in adaptive learning and add more interactive and immersive features for its digital books. One such provider, Acrobatiq, was acquired in 2018. million in venture capital.

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Pearson Adaptive Learning Knewton OER 101

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

In this latest installment, we turn our focus back to a topic I last discussed in 2011: the characteristics of 21st-century teachers. It’s a conduit for staying abreast of the latest educational trends, resources, and technologies. Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al. Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al. Madda et al.,

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

As sophisticated digital skills—capabilities ironically found more commonly among students—became decisive, two new trends emerged. Online learning is not just another edtech product, but an innovative teaching practice." They knew it was an inventive departure, but they were taken aback when an astonishing 160,000 signed up.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The 2011 Global Education Conference is also fast approaching: November 14 - 18. of Text-Messaging at School A Big Step for Gesture-Based Learning? Yes, I know it''s not technology news, but somehow it''s indicative enough of other trends that I''m including it here.

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Khan Academy Education STEM Blackboard 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2011, Ning was acquired by “lifestyle” site Glam Media for around $150 million.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2016

There were several attempts this year to link the history of “personalized learning” to recent education reforms (but not surprisingly, not to Skinner). “The hottest trend in education actually started in special-ed classrooms 40 years ago,” as Business Insider contended in October. Watson famously won Jeopardy!

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