EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how teachers are using the latest tech to improve one-to-one initiatives! Adaptive” in edtech is, at its core, a way for schools to provide the right learning experience for each individual student at exactly the right time. The Issue of One-to-one Learning in Large Classes. Thank you, adaptive software. .

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Personalized Learning Software Classroom Learning 317

Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2017

That’s the first thing Jamila Amarshi did when she saw a job post at Clever in December 2012. “I He Can Write a Press Release, But Can He Report? SOMA resident Michael Winters hit “send” today, finalizing the submission of his application to an open position at edTech [sic] journalism site EdSurge. Read Michael’s letter.

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EdTech Company Report Exercises 85

Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2020

So says the new Educause Horizon report , which identifies technologies and trends that are changing higher education. The report identifies Canada, Western Europe, and parts of South America and the Middle East as leading the international effort to create and disseminate OER. That’s where incubators come in. In the U.S.,

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OER Resources Education Report 188

Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2019

How Crowdinvesting Works Crowdinvesting—which also goes by equity crowdfunding and investment crowdfunding—became legal on paper with the Jobs Act signed by President Barack Obama in 2012. The more it raises, the more strenuous the financial reporting requirements it must follow. A company can raise a maximum of $1.07

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EdTech Company Report Guidelines 118

edWeb.net

MARCH 20, 2019

Teachers have many edtech resources in their toolbox now. Director of Digital Learning and Innovation at Milford Public Schools, MA, talked about why they wrangled their technology and how having a defined edtech toolbox improved teaching and learning overall. More important, are the tools of equal quality? Joseph, Ed.D.,

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Zoom is actually a decade old, and the first conferences launched in 2012, limited to a mere 15 participants. While post-pandemic growth has slowed as schools resume in-person learning, the company is still flush with cash, reporting over $1 billion in revenue in the second quarter of 2021.

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Online Learning Gamification Blackboard Company 218

Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2021

education conferences—all in this Edtech Reports Recap. households with school-aged children reporting they homeschooled jumped from 5.4 So it added a clarification in the second of its two surveys “to make sure households were reporting true homeschooling rather than virtual learning through a public or private school.”

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E-rate STEM Survey Conference 161

Teacher Reboot Camp

MARCH 10, 2015

The National Association of Women in Technology reported 26% of the computing workforce in 2013 were women (5% Asian women, 3% African American women, and 2% Hispanic women) and there was a 64% decline in the number of first-year undergraduate women interested in majoring in Computer Science between 2000 and 2012. Upcoming Events.

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STEM Adobe EdTech eBook 150

Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2022

Western Governors and Southern New Hampshire—report more than 100,000 mostly online enrollments each. As the graph below, prepared by the insightful edtech consultant Phil Hill, shows, enrollments—when counting fully online college students in the mix—fell 1.5 million from fall 2012 to fall 2020. million.

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MOOC Industry Microsoft Data 161

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2017

These statistics offer a somber reminder that the edtech industry does not produce quick, home run hits. Other EdSurge stories about edtech venture capital. 2016 US Edtech Funding Totals $1 Billion. Following Edtech Money (in-depth report on U.S. funding) Can Investors Make Money and Do Good in Education?

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MARCH 10, 2015

The National Association of Women in Technology reported 26% of the computing workforce in 2013 were women (5% Asian women, 3% African American women, and 2% Hispanic women) and there was a 64% decline in the number of first-year undergraduate women interested in majoring in Computer Science between 2000 and 2012. Upcoming Events.

STEM 150

STEM Adobe EdTech eBook 150

ViewSonic Education

MAY 7, 2019

Quick Take: Interactive displays are a big investment in edtech. Large-format touchscreen LED displays, introduced in 2012, offered a new alternative with expanded benefits, reduced maintenance requirements and better overall total cost of ownership (TCO). Some occasionally report up to 7 or 8 years of useful life from their IWBs.

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Classroom Software iPad Tablets 238

Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2018

If online weren’t in the picture, on-campus enrollments, as reported in the most recent U.S. million between 2012 and 2016, says Jeff Seaman, co-director of the Babson Survey Research Group, who has been tracking the country’s virtual education lifeline for 15 years. Distance ed is saving higher ed.” They rose 5.6

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Survey Comparison Outcomes LMS 239

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Common Sense today published a new research report, Social Media, Social Life: Teens Reveal Their Experiences. Seventy percent of teens use social media multiple times a day (up from 34 percent in 2012) with 16 percent saying they use it "almost constantly" and a total of 38 percent saying they use it multiple times an hour.

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Social Media Report EdTech Tools 69

Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

Kolibri is the next iteration of KA Lite , an offline version of Khan Academy that Learning Equality Executive Director Jamie Alexandre debuted in 2012 while interning at the organization. Kolibri also offers teachers the ability to better understand student progress with access to performance data via “coach reports.”

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Khan Academy Google EdTech Learning 107

Doug Levin

APRIL 30, 2016

Employed measures of academic achievement that were standardized assessments or norm-referenced district- or school-wide tests; Reported the duration of the study; and, Otherwise provided sufficient statistical data to calculate effect sizes.

Laptops 279

Laptops Study Analysis Learning 279

The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Here’s why: “The report suggested that “we have not yet become good enough at the kind of pedagogues that make the most of technology; that adding 21st century technologies to 20th century teaching practices will just dilute the effectiveness of teaching.”. I’ll never forget my discovery about edtech. And that is unfair.

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Technology Classroom Education Differentiated Instruction 150

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

This case study was featured in Chapter 4 of EdSurge's "State of Edtech" report. Additionally, when they saw how the devices helped students learn, principals of individual schools began to use their budgets to buy more laptops and create computer labs, reports Stiffler. To the other 13 school/district case studies, click here.

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Elementary EdTech Case Study iPad 79

Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2016

How do you know whether an edtech product is effective in delivering its intended outcomes? As the number of edtech products has ballooned in the past five years, educators—and parents—seek information to help them make the best decision. Is your edtech efficacy study up to par?

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Study EdTech Tools How To 60

Edsurge

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Like our long-standing partner, Simmons University, which has offered online graduate degree programs since 2012, and just recently launched CompleteDegree@Simmons to provide women the opportunity to earn an affordable, career-enhancing, and academically rigorous undergraduate degree online. That’s only going to grow.

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Education Outcomes Strategy Meeting 190

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2019

But, we still don’t know enough about the benefits that education beyond high school brings,” said Desmond-Hellmann, during a conference call with reporters. “We What did Gates suggest should go into such a metric back in 2012? We want to help answer this question, ‘Is college worth it?’”

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Data Conference EdTech Policies 134

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

That tool is data, and it marks the focus of Microsoft’s first edtech acquisition of 2019: DataSense , a data management platform developed by Brightbytes. It also offers a rostering solution that expedites how student and educator accounts for third-party edtech applications are created and managed.

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Microsoft lynda.com Data EdTech 91

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Founded in 2012, ThinkCERCA offers a set of digital tools and lesson plans to help educators teach critical thinking skills across a variety of subjects, including English language arts (ELA), math, social studies and science. With this latest infusion, ThinkCERCA has now raised $14 million in venture funding.

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Instructional Materials Academic Standards Company Industry 240

Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

Note that the last category is the most subjective and one might reasonably argue some reports (including those conducted under contract with the U.S. Federal Program Evaluations and Program-Related Reports: The First-Year Implementation of the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund in Five States (American Institutes for Research, 2000).

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Policies Technology Program Evaluation Education 150

Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2019

All the world’s a stage when you’re a startup, and life becomes a pitch in front of investors, advisers, reporters, partners and potential acquirers. The annual tradition dates back to 2012, and features early-stage companies showing off the latest efforts to solve intractable problems across the education landscape.

Education 99

Education Company EdTech Robotics 99

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

Founded in 2008, Knewton blazed its way into the edtech industry with bold proclamations about its adaptive-learning technology, which it then licensed to digital curriculum providers. 1, 2019), the company reported a more than 20-percent decline in this division. Young contributed to this report. 1, 2018 to Jan.

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Knewton OER Industry Adaptive Learning 143

Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2020

Those academies have served more than 13,000 students nationwide, representing 11 percent of enrollment across all of K12’s businesses, according to a report from investment bank Barrington Research. Still, the deal is less than the estimated $168 million that Galvanize has raised since it started in 2012, according to Crunchbase.

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Company Software Report Training 90

Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

That’s why we’ve also highlighted a few here that we don’t want you to miss, from complicated community college turnarounds to where IKEA and edtech overlap. In 2016, the company reported its largest loss in its history, down $3.3 What Do Edtech and IKEA Have in Common? And edtech is no stranger to it. Persuasive Design.

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MOOC Coursera Chegg Pearson 121

Edsurge

MAY 13, 2021

It was 2012, and online learning was suddenly booming. Course Report published year-end data from edX and Coursera. It [can] create this cycle that naturally leads to the winner-takes-all,” says Phil Hill, a longtime edtech consultant. Downsides of Openness?

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Coursera MOOC Company Course 181

Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2017

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. I left my position running university internships abroad and went head first into the edtech world. The interview, “ Why U.

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MOOC Trends Learning EdTech 71

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

We’ve tried to make this event much more broader just another ‘edtech conference’ and to encompass learning and talent development,” says Li Jiang, Vice President of GSV Asset Management. Still, more than 52 percent chose Google for Education; “the reason is clear: Google products are perceived as easy to use,” according to the report.

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Pearson Microsoft Company EdTech 82

Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Texarkana College adopted new enterprise software and other edtech tools like an early-alert system, but technology was only one aspect of the school’s effort. Within his first year as college president, he reached out to the school’s celebrity alum for a hail mary: On Valentine's Day 2012, Russell asked the billionaire for $5 million. “On

Software 77

Software System Technology Data 77

Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Launched in 2012 with a three-year, $10.2 The games also offered teachers reports on how their students were faring on learning objectives, based on their gameplay actions. “We For an annual subscription, a class can get access to any games on the platform, along with GlassLab’s reporting tools.

Assessment 144

Assessment Learning Industry Game-Based Learning 144

ViewSonic Education

MAY 31, 2019

Teachers often report that increased attentiveness and engagement are the top benefits of teaching with interactive display technology. EdTech provides abundant ways to create effective feedback. Some teachers love edtech. IT teams often report that after brief training most teachers are comfortable with the displays.

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Education Tablets Software Groups 165

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Yesterday, the New York-based company announced that Ryan Prichard, who has been with the company since July 2012, most recently as Chief Technology Officer, will assume the CEO position. Learn more about its different definitions and applications in our special report on adaptive learning.

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Knewton Adaptive Learning Company Education 60

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2020

ABC News report on ridesharing for kids Food Deliveries and Virtual Tutors In response to significant reduction in the volume of rides, rideshare for children companies have tested and implemented new ways to deploy their drivers. It gives me something to look forward to,” she says.

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Company Comparison Laptops Groups 145

Edsurge

JULY 12, 2017

The company was founded in 2012, and had bootstrapped its growth until its. Course Report , an aggregator of such programs. acquisition by Kaplan in 2014. That decision was driven by money. The company says it will continue to provide career services and support for “at least six months” following the last graduation.

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Kaplan Industry Company Twitter 102