Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 28, 2015

The one question I’m asking at ISTE 2013. Adaptive learning. Related Posts. Connected Educator Month launches today. Van Meter High and North High: Two Iowa schools that are rockin’ it. What 64 schools can tell us about teaching 21st century skills [VIDEO].

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2019

In an unusual move intended to shake up how college teaching is done around the world, Carnegie Mellon University today announced that it will give away dozens of the digital-learning software tools it has built over more than a decade—and make their underlying code available for anyone to see and modify.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2024

Among those strategic milestones was first joining with language learning system creator Rosetta Stone Inc. in 2013, and then becoming part of education technology and services provider Cambium Learning Group in 2020, and integrating with reading intervention provider Voyager Sopris Learning.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2016

But they often highlight the promise of so-called “adaptive learning” software, in which complex algorithms react to how a student answers questions, and tailor instruction to each student. Almost 20,000 college students and 300 instructors participated in the experiment over the course of three terms between 2013 and 2015.

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Edsurge

JULY 26, 2016

Colorado Technical University (CTU) began the adoption of adaptive-learning courses in late 2012. We have just over 100 courses using our proprietary adaptive technology (called intellipath ), 400 faculty trained to use the technology, and approximately 55,000 students who have used it in CTU courses. How did we do it?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

The four focus areas include career credentialing, digital and adaptive learning platforms, STEM and computer science instructional tools and data analytic services for schools. CB Insights projects 2016 funding totals to fall back to 2013 level , after three consecutive years of increase.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Hoping to Spur ‘Learning Engineering,’ Carnegie Mellon Will Open-Source Its Digital-Learning Software by Jeffrey R. Young Carnegie Mellon University made its adaptive learning platform and dozens of related software tools available under a free and open-source license.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Online learning is not just another edtech product, but an innovative teaching practice." Designed to adjust in real-time to each student's prior knowledge and skill attainment, adaptive systems respond to variations in ability and diverse student backgrounds, sensitive to the the unique needs of each learner.

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Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2016

MAKING THE PRIVACY CUT: A 2013 Fordham study found that less than 7 percent of the district-vendor contracts restricted the sale of student information by vendors. @GuidoNearpod @josh_nearpod #ISTE2016 is going bananas for a chance at the @Nearpod VR kit. pic.twitter.com/4ZIax3aDBA. Matty Fox (@what2foxsay) June 28, 2016. A bit scary, right?

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eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2016

A research study from the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University demonstrates a link between an adaptive learning program and improvement in mathematics achievement for students in grades 3-5.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

In 2013, nine people left the institute to start OAT. The nonprofit’s bets across a range of digital technologies, from adaptive learning to formative assessments, means that it is also closely watching other markets and companies including Knewton and Renaissance Learning.

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Marketplace K-12

OCTOBER 3, 2016

McGraw-Hill Education Acquires Redbird Advanced Learning: McGraw-Hill Education has acquired Redbird Advanced Learning, LLC , a digital personalized learning company that offers courses in K-12 math, language arts and writing and virtual professional development programs for educators, according to a statement.

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

based adaptive learning company Knewton recently announced it was forming a partnership with 17zuoye , which describes itself as the largest online education platform in that country. From 2013 to 2015, ed-tech funding to China-based companies has soared from $253 million to $1.078 billion a year, CB Insights estimates.

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Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2019

Officials at Amazon, which purchased the rights to TenMarks in 2013, declined to comment for this story. More than a year later, the company has observed a notable uptick in new users for the 2019-20 school year, a sales executive at Freckle confirms.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 27, 2015

Our recent study found that 81% of college students use mobile devices (such as smartphones and tablets) to study, the second most popular device category behind laptops and up 40 percent in usage since 2013. In fact, our same study found that 77% of college students feel the use of adaptive technology helped them improve their grades.

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Mistakengoal.com

DECEMBER 29, 2013

higher education e.g., What Faculty Should Know About Adaptive Learning , State of the Anglosphere’s Higher Education LMS Market: 2013 Edition. Some of their posts are a little bit hyperbolic and occasionally shrill (presumably to attract more readers), particularly this post.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

million (Seed) 2015 Sinovation Ventures Ready4 $8 million (A) 2016 TAL Education, Yongjin Group, ZhenFund Securly $3 million (Seed) 2013 Sinovation Ventures, ZhenFund Swing Education $7.8 $9 million (A) 2016 Fosun Group Kaymbu $2 million (Seed) 2016 Sinovation Ventures Knewton $52 million (F) 2016 TAL Education KnowRe $6.8

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Edsurge

JUNE 24, 2016

Now benefits like those cost reductions and higher student success rates are prompting the school to roll out more Z-degrees programs and extend its partnership with Lumen Learning by piloting next-generation adaptive OER courseware.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2017

She has been recognized with several awards for her teaching, and students regularly sing her praises (she was named “Best Professor at Texas State University” in 2013 by readers of Study Break magazine.). There are adaptive-learning components, all sorts of things that are available from the publishers.

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

In addition, the sector saw several new partnerships spring up, such as Edmentum’s new partnership with WebbAlign and Learning Forward joining forces with Amplify, the former digital education division of News Corp. million PreK-12 students.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 20, 2019

Other tools to facilitate effective learning and teaching will include system-provided technologies such as open access content repositories, streaming multimedia servers, online adaptive learning systems, and robust, social media-driven collaboration channels for students, classroom teachers, and administrators.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Pearson promises “personalization” through its “adaptive learning” products, for example. (It That’s Rohit Agarwal who headed the K–12 education division after his math company TenMarks was acquired by Amazon in 2013. ” (Amazon Inspire is the company’s OER platform.)

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Hack Education

JUNE 15, 2017

This is the story we hear and we tell about computers, about algorithmic systems like adaptive learning, predictive analytics, personalization. ” This argument should be quite familiar to those of us in ed-tech. Enhance, not replace. It’s the story B. Skinner told some sixty years ago about teaching machines too.

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Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

Ellevation (English-language learning software in the US) – $6.4 EnglishHelper (English-language learning services in India) – investment amount unknown. Geekie (adaptive learning platform in Brazil) – investment amount unknown. FunDza (literacy program in South Africa) – $300,000.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Imagine if generative AI tutors could provide 24/7 individualized support, along with AI-powered virtual reality tools that would widen access to experiential learning opportunities. What about having adaptive learning tools enabling students to learn at a pace that best suits their level of preparation?

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Hack Education

MAY 26, 2016

But it did offer courses in real estate, entrepreneurship, and wealth management via, yes, technology-enhanced learning – that is, via Web-based courses. And in 2013, the New York State attorney general filed suit against the business, which had shut its doors two years earlier, accusing it of engaging in illegal, deceptive practices.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A Pennsylvania judge has banned fraternity Pi Delta Psi from the state for a decade, a punishment for a hazing death in 2013, and an unprecedented step likely to rock the national Greek system.” The English-language-learning company has raised $608 million total.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2013, 3D printer manufacturer MakerBot launched its MakerBot Academy with a goal “to put a MakerBot Desktop 3D Printer in every school in America.” You can learn anything online, Siegler argued. Altius Education.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 18, 2015

In 2013, most elementary schools are simply diminutive high schools, with a balance of reading, writing, mathematics, geography, and other “core” skills, while character training supplements academic work. Mobile Learning & self-directed learning could form the core of formal education models . ” (1).

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Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

Randall filed the suit in 2013, eight months after the university fired basketball coach Mike Rice’s for mistreating his players.” “ OpenStax , Knewton introduce adaptive learning into OER.” “For online lenders , it’s suddenly touch-and-go,” says Techcrunch.

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Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

He was an instructor in one of several high-profile Coursera failures back in 2013. ” Stanford University’s Larry Cuban on “ Proof Points: Selling and Marketing ‘ Blended Learning ’ to Educators and Parents.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

” Trump’s ideas seem to be a reprise of a proposal the NRA put forward back in 2013. The “ invisible ” “adaptive learning” company has raised $38.7 Via NPR : “Trump Backs Arming Teachers During Emotional White House Listening Session.” Venture Capital and the Business of Education.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

” “ Adaptive learning spending balloons to $41M since 2013,” Education Dive claims. .” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Many college students are stressed about finances – but none more so than American students, according to the results of a new report by Sodexo.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Second Former Vanderbilt Athlete Is Found Guilty in 2013 Campus Rape.” The adaptive learning company has raised $4.57 “Examining ethical and privacy issues surrounding learning analytics ” by Tony Bates. .” ” From the HR Department.

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