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With Eyes on Asia, Kidaptive Raises $19.1M to Grow Its ‘Invisible’ Adaptive Learning Platform

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Once known for a learning game, the Redwood City, Calif.-based based company now touts itself as a provider of adaptive-learning technologies for educational content providers. The company has refocused its business and research around what it calls its “Adaptive Learning Platform.” Back in the U.S.,

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6 EdTech Resources and Strategies to Gain a Deeper Understanding of Students

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Students learn to set goals, self-assess, monitor their progress over time. Source: (Chappuis, Stiggins, Chappuis, & Arter, 2012) Learn more in BWRSD’s Lens on Teaching and Learning. You Need Data to Personalize Learning. Assessment Strategies and EdTech Resources in Action. Educator Strategies: .

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

It’s a conduit for staying abreast of the latest educational trends, resources, and technologies. Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al. The importance of adaptability for teachers is well documented in the research literature (e.g., 2013; Parsons, 2012; Vaughn, 2015, ). 57, cited in Vaughn, 2015, p. Madda et al.,

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The Winners and Filmstrips of An (Almost) Decade in Education Technology

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So with these guidelines in mind, I’ve chosen six areas where edtech has made an impact this decade: Learning Management Systems. Learning analytics. Adaptive learning systems. The real power of digital technology to increase learning remains untapped. OER and open books. Digital badges. underwhelming.

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Showing #OpenGratitude for: OpenStax

Iterating Toward Openness

Our first openly licensed college textbook was published in 2012, and our library since scaled to more than 20 books for college and AP courses used by hundreds of thousands of students. From their website: OpenStax is a nonprofit based at Rice University, and it’s our mission to improve student access to education.

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Jeff Bezos Wants to Go to the Moon. Then, Public Education.

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Alternatively, your child could spend anywhere between one to six days per week at your local Amazon Learning Center—possibly branded to match the local public school district’s name and colors—where they get to choose from hundreds, no, thousands of courses to build a personalized schedule.

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Thursday - Angie McAllister on How Academic Networking and Learning Analytics Can Help "Learning How to Learn"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Join me Thursday, September 6th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with Angie McAllister, the Director of Data Innovation at Apollo Group, where she specializes in building adaptive learning systems for adult learners. psid=2012-09-06.1728.M.9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr&sid=2008350