Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2018

The backdrop to the proposal is a growing number of students, in particular at public and private nonprofit institutions, who take online courses. Department of Education shows that 30 percent of undergraduate students enrolled in at least one online education course in 2016, up from 27.1 Recent data from the U.S.

Course 111

Course Trends Study Report 111

MindShift

MARCH 6, 2018

After the three schools consolidated during the 2014-15 school year, the newly formed Holmes County Central High School was able to offer five classes, including AP calculus, English language and English literature. million online courses in 2014-15. Department of Education, students took 317,000 online courses.

Online Learning 31

Online Learning Learning Course Report 31

Marketplace K-12

JULY 5, 2016

In the latest dealmaking news, Workday acquired online learning platform Zaption, while Blackboard teamed with Dreamit to support ed-tech startups. Workday Acquires Zaption: Workday , a provider of enterprise cloud management applications for human resources and finance, has acquired online learning platform Zaption.

Blackboard 53

Blackboard Company Industry EdTech 53

The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2020

School closures in all 50 states have sent educators and parents alike scrambling to find online learning resources to keep kids busy and productive at home. Website traffic to the homepage for IXL, a popular tool that lets students practice skills across five subjects through online quizzes, spiked in March.

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Company Pearson E-rate Software 145

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2019

A billboard for the company ended up playing a key role in its growth when the managing director of Sequoia Capital’s Indian operations, GV Ravishankar, happened to notice it on his way to the airport in 2014. It would report revenue of about $2 million for the 2014-2015 fiscal year, according to TechCircle.

Company 90

Company Video Broadband Report 90

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

According to a recent research report , 43 percent of children age 0-17 had millennial parents in 2014, and this figure is expected to exceed 50 percent in 2016. Beyond being supportive of online learning options, 8-in-10 millennial parents agree that online schools have the potential to personalize education.

Survey 40

Survey Blended Learning Education Online Learning 40

Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

The ambitions for New York City’s Innovation Zone (or iZone) were sweeping: By 2014, city leaders hoped it would be the catalyst for technologically enhanced personalized learning models throughout the district, encompassing 400 schools. Hodas left in 2014.) Today that budget is $3.2

iLearn 63

iLearn Policies Blended Learning Schoology 63

ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

84% said that school tech adds value to their child’s learning. Blended learning combines traditional classroom learning with self-paced online learning. Districts using blended learning are at the forefront of using digital content. Online Video. Parents echoed this view.

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Video Classroom Flipped Classroom Blended Learning 229

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2022

Online credit recovery programs were a big driver of improving high school graduation rates, which soared from under 70 percent in 2007 to over 84 percent in 2016.

Software 95

Software Course Instructional Materials Blended Learning 95

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Enrollment in the Onalaska School District — which includes the town and outlying areas — rose by about 14 percent between May 2014 and May 2018, to 851 students. In contrast, Onalaska’s population rose from 731 residents in 2012 to 772 residents in 2016, according to U.S. Census data. The median age declined from 36.6

Company 111

Company Report Trends Study 111

Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

For example, evidence from the Florida Virtual School program shows students did as well or only nominally better than their peers who did not participate in the virtual learning program (Chingos & Schwerdt, 2014). Some of these results are due to the varied levels of effectiveness that a virtual learning experience might offer.

Learning 33

Learning Personal Learning Network Examples Analysis 33

Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

For example, evidence from the Florida Virtual School program shows students did as well or only nominally better than their peers who did not participate in the virtual learning program (Chingos & Schwerdt, 2014). Some of these results are due to the varied levels of effectiveness that a virtual learning experience might offer.

Learning 33

Learning Personal Learning Network Examples Analysis 33

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Ramm, who was part of the first cohort of Fuse fellows in 2014, was already providing support sessions for teachers and administrators in her district. Related: Rhode Island teachers trying out blended learning — but without high stakes pressure. Up to 300 educators attended the workshops, which ran every day and sometimes on weekends.

Learning 122

Learning Blended Learning Flipped Classroom Training 122

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Since 2012, all of 2Rev’s offerings provide a blended experience, including face-to-face sessions as well as online learning opportunities. In 2015, after working with other tech partners, 2Revolutions decided to build its own social learning platform from scratch.

Competency Based Learning 60

Competency Based Learning Company Learning Blended Learning 60

Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2017

The collaborative identified blended learning as one vehicle to implement competency based education and personalize student learning. With this context in mind, GWAEA launched its blended learning pilot program in 2014, selected for its ability to converge local and state initiatives while providing a pathway to personalized learning.

Blended Learning 115

Blended Learning Learning Training Assessment 115

Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

.” Bryant Stibel has already invested in 15 companies and been involved with over 50 transactions with technology, media companies, among others, including Alibaba , which is China’s largest online merchant, in 2014. K-12 Venture Capital in 2016: Data Analytics, Virtual Reality Could Make Gains.

Common Core 40

Common Core Flipped Classroom Company Learning 40

Marketplace K-12

APRIL 7, 2016

The SIIA group will now represent about 230 member companies that provide educational software applications, digital content, online learning services and related technologies to the K-20 sector, according to Karen Billings, vice president and managing director of the network. Terms of the agreement were not released.

Industry 40

Industry Technology Education Software 40

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2017

In 2014, Kings College in New York became the first university in the U.S. Take LiveEdu , for example, a Y Combinator-backed online learning company that touts itself as being the “next-gen Lynda.com,” referring to a platform that offers online courses and skills training. Everything else is like trading penny stocks.”

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Sony Learning Company lynda.com 100

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2017

Today, online learning and stackable credentials must be part of what we offer, and we have added these into our model by building on our existing strengths. In a recent Hechinger Report article titled “ Is the college degree outdated ?” That’s simply not our experience at Lebanon Valley College. Do we need college? Absolutely.”.

Report 52

Report Study Trends Course 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

“Personalized learning is not something you buy,” emphasized Chris Liang-Vergara, a consultant from the Chicago organization LEAP Innovations who helped charter Firstline Schools pilot its personalized learning programs between 2011 and 2014. “It’s How personalized learning came to New Orleans. Teira Rucker, 11.

Personalized Learning 100

Personalized Learning Software Data Report 100

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2017

Yet Colorado appears to be the only state whose law, adopted in 2016, requires that districts train all teachers and school administrators in the basics of privacy and information security. (A A few states require such training for people who accesses specific, statewide student databases.).

Training 40

Training Data Student Data Privacy Policies 40

Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Boston-based private equity firm Devonshire Investors has acquired NovoEd , a San Francisco-based provider of an online learning platform. NovoEd traces its roots to Stanford University, where engineering professor Amin Saberi and Farnaz Ronaghi, then a PhD student, launched their first online course in 2012. NovoEd raised $4.8

Online Learning 99

Online Learning MOOC Coursera Blackboard 99

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2018

Freddrick Murray, who has been serving as Jackson Public Schools’ interim superintendent since November 2016, said he issued the call for retired teachers because the school district has had difficulty attracting adequate numbers of certified instructors. Related: Can online learning level the AP playing field for rural kids?

Education 74

Education Report Groups Classroom 74

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 24, 2019

Evolving ‘Open Pedagogy’ (2014) extends the definition discussion by briefly meditating on the ubiquitous, smothering role of copyright in our lives. Notes on Open Pedagogy (2016), a response to some writing by Mary Burgess and Amanda Coolidge. But there are two points I want to make in response to this paragraph.

OER 113

OER Technology Exercises Online Learning 113

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 22, 2018

Since the fall of 2016, the communications department at Dominguez Hills has banned smartphones, laptops and other personal technology in every classroom — with grade deductions for violations — except for teacher-guided use and “tech breaks” during longer classes such as Eames’s. My guess is it will go to 5 hours plus.

Smartphone 176

Smartphone Laptops Social Media Facebook 176

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

The program he’s referring to is an online learning platform, Edgenuity. During the 2016-17 school year, 71 schools in the state used online learning platforms, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. Clarksdale had 38 non-certified teachers last year, more than four times as many as in 2014-15.

Edmentum 111

Edmentum Education Course Online Learning 111

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

He quickly began supplementing his education with online courses from Stanford and Carnegie Mellon. Between 2014 and 2016 Usman earned 21. I found Usman when I was combing through a list of +Acumen “power users” one day in 2014, looking to better understand the stories of people who not only enroll in, but.

MOOC 97

MOOC Course Coursera Online Learning 97

edWeb.net

MAY 7, 2021

In an edLeader Panel , sponsored by CatchOn, An ENA Affiliate and Battelle for Kids , school administrators emphasized pandemic-triggered changes are lessons learned that can frame effective educational practices moving forward. At the start of the pandemic in March 2020, schools defaulted to online learning.

Learning 95

Learning Data Outcomes Survey 95

edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

Wright’s district created a parent university that provided opportunities for parents to understand what their children would be experiencing and how they could support learning at home. Known for his ability to inspire and build leaders, he spearheaded Redefining Ready!,

Learning 77

Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 77

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

But Logan’s feelings about online learning are common. Surveys and interviews routinely find that many students prefer learning directly from teachers and get tired of looking at screens. I just don’t like doing work on an online platform. million in grant support for the Summit Learning Program.

Learning 123

Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 123

The PL2C Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2016

While it seems ridiculous that such design decisions would be made in the physical space, we have all experienced an online learning website or course that left us with the same kind of feeling this Bed & Breakfast. Online instructional design is much like interior design. 2014, [link]. ” [link]. Accessed 9 Dec.

Course 40

Course Resources Student Engagement Accessibility 40

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Tagged on: March 19, 2017 In Smart School money, districts find different approaches to tech | The Daily Gazette → Every school district in the state gets a cut of the $2 billion NY state bonds approved by voters in 2014 to enhance technology in schools. But school district leaders are not of one mind of how to best spend the money.

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

— Digital Promise (@DigitalPromise) February 9, 2016. Though the rate of low-income students in the district has steadily increased in the last decade, so have graduation rates, to 83 percent in 2014. As more teachers opted in to blended learning classrooms, they reported being able to learn more about each student.

Blended Learning 132

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 132

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Stories From Previous Years: Here are some of the stories that got us to where we are today: The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2016. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2014. School and “Skills” MOOCS, Outsourcing, and Online Education. Online Learning. Mobile Learning. Social Learning, Social Networks.

Technology 58

Technology MOOC Trends Khan Academy 58

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

The Georgia program caught the attention of the Department of Justice, which launched an investigation that lasted several years, and resulted in a 21-page letter of findings in July, 2015, and a lawsuit in August, 2016. The report sought to gauge how the online lessons reached “struggling learners.”

Education 81

Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 81

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

She holds three honorary doctorates and is the author of Moonshots in Education (2014) and best selling How to Raise Successful People (May, 2019). Chris is a 2016 member of Scholastic’s National Advisory Council. Chris is the 2014 winner of the McGraw Prize in Education. He has published a number of books and articles.

Learning 48

Learning Conference Social Media Secondary 48

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2017

In March, MissionU, a new 12-month college alternative combining in-person and online learning, opened applications for its first major, Data Analytics + Business Intelligence. Like a real-life game of Pokémon, people are collecting and stacking them — mixing, sequencing or combining — to show off their powers.

Training 99

Training Company Policies Industry 99