The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2021

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Fifty-six percent of families said their internet was too slow to properly participate in online learning.

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Broadband Survey Digital Divide Accessibility 117

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Online learning has come a long way since its early champions saw it as a supplement to classroom learning. And while online learning has more than proven itself to be both an alternative to and complementary offering for traditional classroom instruction, some misconceptions still persist.

E-rate 111

E-rate Learning Trends Industry 111

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2015

A coordinated, intentional program of blended learning is changing teaching and learning in the Nation’s capital. note : This year the editors selected ten stories we believe either highlighted an important issue in 2015 and/or signaled the beginning of an escalating trend or issue for 2016 (look for No.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Blended Learning Meeting Learning 40

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. In this case however technology, and the need to adapt to it, is a part of the problem.

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Secondary LMS E-rate Dropout 300

Bryan Alexander

APRIL 18, 2016

Jon McGee’s Breakpoint (2015, Johns Hopkins) offers a very solid, useful, and accessible analysis of current trends in higher education. For example, “There are 1000 more degree-granting colleges and universities today [2015, presumably] than there were in 1996.” million in fall 1994 to 17.6

Analysis 40

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 18, 2016

Jon McGee’s Breakpoint (2015, Johns Hopkins) offers a very solid, useful, and accessible analysis of current trends in higher education. For example, “There are 1000 more degree-granting colleges and universities today [2015, presumably] than there were in 1996.” million in fall 1994 to 17.6

Analysis 40

Analysis Trends Strategy MOOC 40

Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2016

Those tallies dipped from 2015, which saw 198 deals that totalled $1.45 It’s worth noting that even though 2016 marked the end of this trend, the dollar total still surpasses the years before 2015. Pluralsight, an online learning company that was also expected to IPO, is also on hold. billion Series F round.).

EdTech 89

EdTech Udemy Company Coursera 89

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. million program in 2015 that allows local schools to set their own rules or reimburse teachers who buy their own supplies.

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Laptops Tablets Analysis Trends 144

MindShift

MARCH 6, 2018

A 2015 report found that the lack of AP classes may increase the financial burden on college-bound rural students: Students who don’t take AP classes don’t earn college credit that could enable them to graduate more quickly, and such students are “more likely to pay for additional remedial coursework when beginning college.”.

Online Learning 31

Online Learning Learning Course Report 31

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

employers spent nearly $71 billion on training in 2016—a figure that was flat compared to 2015. Pluralsight—an online IT training provider—has scaled to become an edtech “unicorn,” with a valuation over $1 billion. There’s a shift from formal to more informal learning—bite-sized training and the application of experience.

Coursera 155

Coursera lynda.com Training MOOC 155

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 121

EdTech Company Training Survey 121

Edsurge

JANUARY 29, 2019

That’s one question we had for Kevin deLaplante, who did just that when he left Iowa State University in 2015 to focus on running his Argument Ninja Podcast and teaching courses on his online Critical Thinker Academy , both aimed at bringing concepts from his scholarship to a popular audience. The vision was partly to be mobile.

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Video Khan Academy Udemy MOOC 144

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

When the pandemic and the closures started, we saw that go up to 90 million learning minutes per day by the end of that week. And then in 2015 or 2016, my assistant says, “Hey, this company wants to meet. So there’s this temptation to say, “The future is going to be online learning,” or “Online learning was horrible.

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Khan Academy Learning Meeting Company 165

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Mississippi Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes with trends and top stories about education in Mississippi. Some online preschool programs boast “award-winning curriculum” and offer money-back satisfaction guarantees. Subscribe today!

Advocacy 111

Advocacy Data Report Groups 111

Perry Hewitt

JULY 3, 2015

Pew has released a new report on Americans’ internet access 2000-2015. The first one: MOOC students are diverse, but trend toward autodidacts. Google released a real-time trends feature to provide live data on the 100 billion searches conducted each month. Don’t miss this astonishing gallery for a great escape.

MOOC 60

MOOC Trends Facebook Data 60

Edsurge

JULY 25, 2018

It’s a quiet trend that’s sweeping some of the country’s major employers. One company steering the trend is Guild Education , which partners with companies and education providers to offer employees programs ranging from master’s degrees to a high-school diploma. million since it was founded Rachel Carlson and Brittany Stich in 2015.

Education 63

Education Company Trends Secondary 63

Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

Department of Education reported that for the 2015-2016 school year, more than 7 million students —or 16 percent of all students—and 20 percent of high school students are chronically absent. The list of students contacted was based on those who did not participate in online learning activities.

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Strategy Learning Data Dropout 196

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. She reels off the names of four new apps her students have had to learn for their algebra courses. Even students who have done well working virtually don’t love online learning.

STEM 129

STEM Report Course Study 129

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Subscribe today!

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Analysis Data Pearson Outcomes 95

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

But he struggled to remain engaged in the online program, and his scores sunk even lower. Towards the end of 2015, he dropped out. A study published in 2015 by Stanford University showed a consistent rate of low achievement from online students across 17 states. Fund research for efficient models of online learning.

E-rate 78

E-rate Policies Report Analysis 78

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

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2018

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Tuesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. . Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Weekly Update.

OER 80

OER How To Common Core Instructional Materials 80

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Subscribe today!

Laptops 105

Laptops Survey Chromebook Mobility 105

ViewSonic Education

MARCH 7, 2019

This, in fact, is an ongoing trend. Since 2015, 10% or fewer school districts have reported that all of their students have internet access via non-shared devices at home. Often, commons-type spaces combine an array of technology and furnishings to facilitate several types of learning. What are the ways in which will it be used?

Laptops 179

Laptops Libraries STEM Chromebook 179

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

There are organizations that support different kinds of transformation in schools and after researching and interviewing some of these organizations, we've learned a great deal about what these changes can look like, how schools go about redesigning aspects of their model, and what types of support they need along the way. Stay tuned!

Education Elements 60

Education Elements Personalized Learning Education Learning 60

Edsurge

MAY 14, 2017

As he started to design MEDSKL in 2015, Sharma realized he didn’t feel comfortable lecturing on topics outside his focus area—so he asked colleagues for help. Growing Trend It’s not exactly a movement yet, but MEDSKL is part of a small trend of discipline-focused video libraries.

Khan Academy 67

Khan Academy MOOC Flipped Classroom Trends 67

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2020

Worse, while the state limited cash benefits to the poor to roughly $7 million, or 5 percent , of the funds it received from TANF, it spent more $50 million since 2015 on a nonprofit that’s now under investigation for allegedly embezzling millions of government dollars. These are still our children,” Faulkner added. Subscribe today!

Policies 62

Policies Analysis Trends Industry 62

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 19, 2015

Join the global discussion during the Library 2.015 Worldwide Virtual Conference , a free online conference co-sponsored by the San Jose State University (SJSU) School of Information. The fifth annual conference will take place on October 20, 2015 from 7 a.m. Learn More Get the latest conference news and updates at library20.com/2015.

Libraries 28

Libraries Conference Blackboard Trends 28

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Mississippi Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes with trends and top stories about education in Mississippi. Experts cautioned that online learning programs can lead to overuse of screens, which can impact behavior, sleep, and social-emotional development.

Accessibility 45

Accessibility Dropout Elementary Trends 45

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

He asks : What are the projections for the size of the middle class assuming current economic and demographic trends? Four-year institutions charged , on average, $26,120 in tuition, board and other fees in 2015-16, compared with $5,504 in 1985-86. This question comes from Kieran Hanrahan. How large or small will it be?

Policies 110

Policies Report Trends Mobility 110

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 101

Personalized Learning Khan Academy Education Elementary 101

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

There are organizations that support different kinds of transformation in schools and after researching and interviewing some of these organizations, we've learned a great deal about what these changes can look like, how schools go about redesigning aspects of their model, and what types of support they need along the way. Stay tuned! -

Competency Based Learning 60

Competency Based Learning Company Learning Blended Learning 60

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

What’s different about the trend today is that educational technology companies are eagerly marketing software under the “personalized learning” label. KIPP Morial, a school in New Orleans East, exemplifies how the personalized learning trend rolled out in charters across the Crescent City. DeVonté Trask, 11.

Personalized Learning 100

Personalized Learning Software Data Report 100

Kitaboo on EdTech

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Collective Learning with Social Features. Online learning has ensured that learning is not confined to classrooms. It also ensured that learning is not an isolated experience. And even they are moving towards creating digital learning resources. Analyze the Trends and Focus on Marketing Your eBook.

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eBook STEM Learning Course 61

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2015

April 9th - April 20th, 2015 Two Week Calendar | Learning Revolution Events | Learning Revolution Blog | Partner Spotlight To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at LearningRevolution.com. These interactive sessions on future technology trends will present key issues faced by information professionals and educators.

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Conference Libraries Facebook Twitter 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2015

April 20th - May 4th, 2015 Two Week Calendar | Learning Revolution Events | Learning Revolution Blog | Partner Spotlight To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at LearningRevolution.com. These interactive sessions on future technology trends will present key issues faced by information professionals and educators.

Libraries 28

Libraries Game-Based Learning lynda.com Trends 28

Edsurge

JULY 22, 2016

Online and blended learning continue to trend upward in higher education institutions across the U.S. According to a.

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Software Outcomes Study Blended Learning 60