Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2019

based developer of software that uses artificial intelligence to scan students’ writing and code assignments to check for plagiarism, will be acquired by Advance Publications, a media conglomerate that also owns Condé Nast. based software company that offers AI-assisted grading tools. billion purchase of Lynda in 2015.

Company 166

Company Industry Software EdTech 166

Neo LMS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Blended and online learning is increasingly in demand by students. Yet a 2015 report by Universities Canada found that less than half of Canadian universities have a strategy to adopt digital technologies. It seems that technical training is less relevant here than e-learning course design. Closing thoughts.

Secondary 300

Secondary LMS E-rate Dropout 300

ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

In 2015, more than 90% of district administrators said instructional tech is important to achieving their core mission of educating students. 84% said that school tech adds value to their child’s learning. 84% said that school tech adds value to their child’s learning. Online Video. Software fine tuning.

Video 229

Video Classroom Flipped Classroom Blended Learning 229

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Starting with a $100 million fund in 2015, Owl has since raised two subsequent funds— $185 million in 2017, and $315 million in 2019. Since 2015, Owl has invested in 39 edtech companies. But already it has a bird’s eye view of the global education technology market, with investments across China, Europe, India and the U.S.

EdTech 112

EdTech Company Training Survey 112

Edsurge

MAY 3, 2019

Artificial intelligence is well on its way to becoming a ubiquitous element in virtually all software systems. But as the term is popularly applied today, it refers to computer programming that allows machines to learn from experience, adjust to new data inputs and perform human-like tasks. since she started the program 13 years ago.

Software 138

Software Company Study Flipped Classroom 138

Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Tagged on: July 21, 2017 Technology is transforming what happens when a child goes to school | The Economist → Reformers are using new software to “personalise” learning: How well the model will work when it spreads is unclear. The software would have registered students' locations when writing essays on the app.)

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The internet, online learning environments, and edtech software are not replacements for highly qualified, certified school librarians. Michelle Luhtala, Library Department Chair at New Canaan High School in Connecticut, was one of five school librarians named as a “Mover and Shaker” by Library Journal in 2015.

Libraries 97

Libraries Social Media eBook Professional Learning 97

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

“Before, our only options were to send people to a training, sit in a course, and learn the material–whether from a university or a week-long certification,” says Shelly Holt, vice president of global learning for SAP, a leading enterprise-software company. According to the Association for Talent Development, U.S.

Coursera 149

Coursera lynda.com Training MOOC 149

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Five-year-old Mykell Robinson practices his reading on the Lexia software while a small group of classmates work with a teacher. NEW ORLEANS — A few years ago, with little fanfare or announcement, the New Orleans education system began a massive experiment that’s reshaping how kids learn across the city.

Personalized Learning 97

Personalized Learning Software Data Report 97

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2017

And if they were sad, or having a bad day with classmates or the teacher, well, then they might not learn so much. So a recent study suggesting just the opposite caught my attention, especially since it has potential applications for online learning. Half saw a tear-jerker scene from the 1979 remake of “The Champ.”

Software 87

Software Study Analysis Groups 87

Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2020

These were the days before TurnItIn and other plagiarism checking software were widely adopted by schools. These were the early days of the learning management system software, however, and the UO was an early adopter of Blackboard — that's a different albeit related story.) During the 2015-2016 school year, some 1.6

Software 78

Software Data Company Laptops 78

eSchool News

DECEMBER 30, 2015

note : We’re counting down the top stories of 2015 based on popularity (i.e. Venerable columnist and blended learning expert Peter West hit a home run with his intro to the app Snip , which is making video creation easier for students and teachers. How flipped educators can create video tutorials a la Khan in no time flat.

Khan Academy 40

Khan Academy Video Blended Learning Tablets 40

The Principal of Change

APRIL 1, 2020

In 2015, Bill Ferriter and I put this image together to encourage thoughtful use of technology: Right now, what you are seeing is that the “Better Answers” column is becoming the norm, rather than the exception. But I was also reminded that this is not merely schools moving “online.”

Software 78

Software Professional Learning Online Learning Learning 78

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. The startup was later sold to Valore Education in 2015 , which was in turn acquired by Follett in 2016 , which in turn shut down the Boundless site in 2017.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Marketplace K-12

APRIL 7, 2016

The Education Industry Association, which struggled to keep membership after a downturn in federal funding for tutoring, is joining a division of the Software & Information Industry Association, or ETIN, effective immediately, under an agreement announced today. Terms of the agreement were not released.

Industry 40

Industry Technology Education Software 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

Only half of students who take college algebra score C or higher in the course, a 2015 report by the Mathematical Association of America noted. So teachers have been learning new software platforms on the go. She reels off the names of four new apps her students have had to learn for their algebra courses.

STEM 126

STEM Report Course Study 126

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Since 2015, more than 10,000 people, mostly working adults, have graduated from programs created by Trilogy and offered in partnership with universities such as Georgia Tech, Northwestern, Rutgers and the University of Pennsylvania. And that, Chou is convinced, is a big part of why more than 90 percent of students graduate.

Analysis 91

Analysis Data Pearson Outcomes 91

Edsurge

JULY 22, 2016

Babson Survey , the proportion of academic leaders who report that online learning is critical for long-term institutional growth has grown from 49 percent in 2002 to 71 percent in 2015, and institutions are investing in edtech products to support digital learning.

Software 60

Software Outcomes Study Blended Learning 60

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

Rogers Elementary became one of five schools in the Dallas Independent School District to pilot personalized learning in 2015-16, principal Lisa Lovato said she and her team grappled with decisions on granular issues, such as “How long should it take a kindergartner to log into a computer?” What can that look like? When Dan D.

Personalized Learning 98

Personalized Learning Khan Academy Education Elementary 98

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2017

In 2015, after the state passed a law requiring each local board of education to have a virtual option for students in grades 9-12, the Athens City School District created Renaissance. We sit down with students and create a personalized learning plan for each of them.

Personalized Learning 91

Personalized Learning Learning Blended Learning Dropout 91

The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2019

The median annual wage for a software publisher, for example, is $140,220, roughly $100,000 more than the median wage for a black woman in Mississippi. Since 2015, 150 teachers have participated in Bulldog Bytes, Lee said. Related: Mississippi lags in computer science, teachers — but it has a plan to fix that.

How To 92

How To Robotics Elementary Report 92

Edsurge

JULY 3, 2017

So Fulé and her colleagues devised a program—free, voluntary, and entirely online—that has helped hundreds of students roll through remediation coursework and ace their math placement tests while measurably boosting their confidence about success in both math and college. Not insignificantly, the award came with a cash prize of $100,000.

Tools 83

Tools Outcomes Flipped Classroom E-rate 83

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2020

While credit recovery is one of the fastest-growing fields in online education, many programs are little more than diploma mills hastening students through the curriculum with insufficient support. Critics complain that the schools lack rigor and often use software programs vulnerable to cheating , such as Edgenuity.

Dropout 98

Dropout Blended Learning Course Report 98

Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2017

The pilot was designed to create and then evaluate the most effective, scalable, and sustainable method of incorporating blended learning. Blended learning is an instructional methodology that combines face to face and online learning to personalize the learning experience to meet the specific needs of each student.

Blended Learning 115

Blended Learning Learning Training Assessment 115

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Tagged on: March 19, 2017 Textbooks could be history as schools switch to free online learning | Philly.com → Garnet Valley is a district in the vanguard of a nationwide movement to ditch traditional textbooks for open-source educational resources on the web.

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

Incidentally, this power imbalance is one of the reasons mass adoption of online learning in higher education continues to fail. Universities will continue to get it wrong in transitioning to widespread use of online learning but they’ll continue to do very interesting things at the edges. Oh dear, where to start.

MOOC 89

MOOC Technology Education Online Learning 89

Marketplace K-12

JUNE 6, 2016

In addition, PeopleAdmin, a talent-management software provider for the education sector, acquired TeacherMatch. Udemy Raises $60 Million: Udemy , a San Francisco-based online provider of courses, received a $60 million strategic investment from Internet and entertainment group Naspers through its Naspers Ventures division.

Udemy 40

Udemy Company Software Google 40

eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2016

Attendees registered for more than 12,000 seats at InfoComm University sessions throughout the week, more than double the number engaged in training and education in 2015. The software and hardware-agnostic touchscreen. The show overall welcomed more than 38,833 visitors, 4.8 Elmo’s not-on-market Huddle Space.

Technology 40

Technology Epson Education Microsoft 40

MindShift

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Responding in part to this research, the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, signed into law in 2015, raised the stakes on attendance. One tricky matter that schools have to decide in this era is how exactly they’re going to credit “attendance” when online learning doesn’t always mean showing up on a video conference.

Policies 37

Policies Online Learning Laptops System 37

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

high school students have the opportunity not just to take an online class for credit but a significant proportion of their course load online. New data analyses by NCES offer an updated assessment of the adoption of online learning by high schools: More than 4 in 10 U.S. percent offered ‘all classes online.’

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

high school students have the opportunity not just to take an online class for credit but a significant proportion of their course load online. New data analyses by NCES offer an updated assessment of the adoption of online learning by high schools: More than 4 in 10 U.S. percent offered ‘all classes online.’

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2017

In 2016, for instance, an audit of some 1,200 Web-based education software products by the nonprofit Common Sense Education found that nearly half the offerings didn’t automatically encrypt student data. Get Schooled” created by Data Quality Campaign in 2015. But the data protections of these vendors can’t be taken for granted.

Training 40

Training Data Student Data Privacy Policies 40

Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 25, 2016

Frontline Acquires Teachscape: K-12 software provider Frontline Technologies has acquired Teachscape , a professional growth solutions provider for K-12 and higher education. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. In a recent statement, Malvern, Pa.-based

Knewton 40

Knewton Kaplan Learning Company 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2020

Even schools that manage to give all children access to devices and the internet cannot escape the fact that much of the educational software they’re using is not specific to the needs of ELL students, Sugarman said. as refugees in 2015, is desperate for his youngest son to retain his English skills.

Digital Divide 145

Digital Divide Policies Resources Study 145

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. She started her career as a software engineer at NASA supporting Space Shuttle and Station Operations. Frankie Jackson.

Learning 79

Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 79

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Learning Coaching and Mentoring ? Learning Cultures ? Mindful Teaching and Learning ? Lifelong Learning ? Online Learning ? Remote Teaching and Learning ? and MAIT : Beyond the Buzzwords: How to infuse SEL, flipped learning, & more into everyday activities Kate Baker, M.Ed Managing Stress ?

Conference 34

Conference Learning OER Blended Learning 34

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

As we think about our work in the past 2019-20 school year, we should reflect on the online learning that had occurred for those of us fortunate enough to have the necessary technology—both at our schools and in our students’ homes. How might we bring these important elements to the online learning experience in the next school year?

Blended Learning 192

Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192