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?HigherEd Year in Review: What We’ve Learned (and Loved) in Our First 365 Days

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went straight to our podcast, which has had a fresh resurgence with the last year of higher education reporting through our newsletter, Next. Discovering MOOCs in 2012 lit a fire under me. Jeff Young: As one of the reporters and editors on the HigherEd team, it’s tough to pick a favorite article. The interview, “ Why U.

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The Connections Between Computer Use and Learning Outcomes in Students

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The studies include research on K-12 schools and higher ed, both blended learning and online, and show results ranging from mixed to negative. In April, the research firm SRI published a report at the behest of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (which is a supporter of NPR Ed). NPR Ed has covered adaptive learning before.

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Rethink Education Re-Ups Commitment to Edtech With $107.5 Million Fund

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But as some disappointed investors have learned last year, the actual market value and performance behind “unicorns” may be as illusory as their nickname. Following Edtech Money (in-depth report on U.S. Among them: Achieve3000, a language arts tool, and Frontline Technologies, a provider of administrative software.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow.

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How AI Will Save Education

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AP has expanded its use of Automated Insights into other sport dispatches, quarterly business financial reports , and more.* A decade ago, I was a high school English teacher blissfully naive to what radical changes were coming thanks to edtech. Recently I wrote " What If Your Co-Teacher is a Computer?

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What’s At Risk When Schools Focus Too Much on Student Data?

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Software also collects information on students all by itself. Jose Ferreira, CEO of Knewton , said in a 2012 speech that his “adaptive learning” platform, used by 10 million students globally, collects 5 to 10 million data points per student per day — down to how many seconds it takes you to answer that algebra problem.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

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When I first started working as a tech reporter, I assumed – naively – that venture capitalists were smart people who did thorough research before funding a company. DreamBox Learning (adaptive learning): $130 million. Connexeo (school administration software): $110 million. Networks matter. million.

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