Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

The edtech entrepreneurs, educators, investors and other education professionals that share their opinions and practices through storytelling on our site are invaluable to this industry, and we celebrate them. Today, we’d like to call out nine of our contributors in particular, who’ve written the most popular articles of 2016.

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2022

In similar fashion, problematic edtech companies with grand visions and little follow-through don’t just affect the investors pouring funds into the space; they also potentially put learners into compromising situations. Machine learning was not where it is today so it was a significantly more manual process to deal with,” he explains. “It

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2017

In South Africa, the youth unemployment rate topped 50 percent in 2016. He is the founder of Injini , an edtech accelerator based in South Africa, that launched this year to support education startups from across the continent. Secondary schools can only take in 36 percent of students who finish primary school. Yet the U.S.

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techlearning

APRIL 9, 2018

Waggle (wagglepractice.com) today announced its return to the K12 EdTech market with its “flying pig” logo and AI-enabled adaptive learning solution providing personalized, practice-based mastery of math and ELA for grades 2-8.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Editor’s Note: ‘Tis the season of giving, eating and reflecting, a time to look back on 2016 and to make bold predictions about what next year may hold. Oh, The Places Edtech Will Go – loosely adapted from Dr. Seuss by Isabelle Hau, Omidyar Network 2017 should be another big year for edtech Six big trends we expect.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2017

education technology startups ebbed in 2016, dipping roughly 30 percent in deal volume and value from the previous year. 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.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2024

These advancements have given rise to the cloud-based classroom, a dynamic and accessible learning environment that epitomizes educational innovation. Through my journey in the EdTech world, I have seen first hand the transformative power of educational technology and its vast impact on students learning. And guess what?

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

2016 so far has been a very challenging year, yet also very rewarding. One very good thing of 2016 was that the ed tech world never stopped evolving, not even for a second. Without further ado, here are seven e-learning trends that could shape the edtech landscape in 2017: Gamification. Adaptive learning.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

Countless edtech tools widely used today have been built by students who felt the pain—and need—themselves. D2L, provider of a learning management system, was started by a student at the University of Waterloo. Adaptive learning tool Smart Sparrow traces its origins to a graduate student in Australia.

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

In the second eye-raising deal for the higher-ed publishing industry in as many weeks, Wiley, a major textbook publisher, has agreed to acquire the assets of Knewton, a provider of digital courseware and adaptive-learning technologies. Financial terms of the deal, which is expected to close by the end of May, were not shared.

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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 11, 2018

The rise of AI-powered intelligent tutoring systems According to Technavio, the global artificial intelligence market in the education sector 2016-2020 will grow at a CAGR of more than 39% by 2020. One of the primary factors fuelling this market growth is the adoption of intelligent tutoring systems (ITSs) in the learning process.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2017

Did you miss our top S’Cool Tools of 2016 ? DoodleMaths : Neil Jarrett, a year 6 teacher and math coordinator in Bangkok, Thailand, inspired us to include this tool this week after listing it as one of his favorite adaptive learning apps. Check it out—then check back here. DoodleMaths Freemium!

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2016

It represents a category of edtech, called “digital courseware” by foundations and industry analysts, that’s changing the way online students learn and faculty teach. The companies building courseware products are developing increasingly complex algorithms that track students’ progress and recommend next steps in their learning paths.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2017

While the emergence of “edtech” and the growing tide of investment towards this industry has led to a seemingly endless proliferation of new startups claiming to be in service of education, the perception of many educators, including some of my professors at Penn, is often one of skepticism.

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Edsurge

MAY 12, 2017

Throughout the past decade, Knewton ’s adaptive learning technology has been backed by some of the biggest names in the both the publishing and venture capital community. Pearson will no longer use Knewton’s adaptive learning engine for some of its digital offerings. Ferraris require more maintenance.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

A 2016 report funded by the Gates Foundation found that in the U.S. But they can also be creating learning apps, museum exhibits, or the latest educational toy. To be a good instructional designer, you should steep yourself in the research on learning and teaching. alone, there are 13,000 instructional designers.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2016

When edtech companies approach Kara Monroe, they all tout how their product is different from everybody else’s. There’s huge amount of money coming into the edtech market for adaptive learning, personalized learning, competency-based materials, open materials. So much is coming at us,” Monroe says.

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Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2017

In 2016 we added one of our own to the mix: EdSurge Independent. I left my position running university internships abroad and went head first into the edtech world. How can edtech help students be more human? Our aim is to amplify the voices of students from all backgrounds to shape how higher education is evolving.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2018

From 2006 to 2016, the cost of textbooks increased by 88 percent, more than than nearly any other college student expense—including tuition and fees (63 percent) or on-campus housing (51 percent)—according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But some providers of OER still ask for fees in return, and that has advocates concerned.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2016

Around 200 companies applied for the five spots in the 2016 cohort. Here are the five companies in the 2016 cohort: Lrnr : An adaptive-learning platform that uses open educational resources (OER). Educators can customize courses and monitor student progress.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

A decade ago, I was a high school English teacher blissfully naive to what radical changes were coming thanks to edtech. Consider the following developments in artificial intelligence: In 2016, the Associated Press began outsourcing its minor-league baseball dispatches to a company called Automated Insights.

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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. An evaluation of adaptive learning products by.

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eSpark

JULY 1, 2021

By verbally responding to a prompt, students are able to become the teachers and are much more likely to be able to transfer what they have learned (Rittle-Johnson, 2006). Even when compared to written responses, students of all ages are better able to retain what they have learned when they explain it verbally (Hoogerheide et al.,

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

com ) & ( www.bvlp.com ) & ( www.schoolmint.com ) Hero K12 and BV Investment Partners announced SchoolMint will be joining their EdTech Platform. The company has partnered with advocacy organizations to produce white papers at the 2017 and 2016 Digital Citizenship Summits and provides online monitoring software to schools.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2024

Drawing from my experience as an EdTech blogger and educator, I’ve been sharing insights and reflections on this dynamic and evolving field. In contrast, 21st-century learning is characterized by: Personalized and Adaptive Learning: Tailoring education to individual student needs, abilities, and interests.

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Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

“Is Your Edtech Product a Refrigerator or Washing Machine?” “Why Fixing the Pipeline Alone Won’t End Edtech’s Diversity Problem ,” says Edsurge. ” “What Would Happen If Learning in School Became More Like Working at a Startup ? Upgrades and Downgrades. Because “Pornhub cares.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Data and “Research” My latest calculations on ed-tech venture capital : “Ed-Tech Startup Funding Data: August 2016.” ” More on ed-tech funding via Education Week’s Market Brief : “Self-Paced E-Learning Market Evaporating, Report Finds.” school departments employed 8.4

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2016

In 2016 we added one of our own to the mix: EdSurge Independent. We argued about adaptive-learning technologies or interviewed senior advisors in the Department of Education, and wrote essays asking, “ Do virtual environments hinder democratic participation? ” “ Why adaptive learning? ” EdSurge Independent).

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Kudos to the Houston Chronicle for the original reporting on this in 2016. The English-language-learning company has raised $608 million total. Area9, an adaptive learning company, was acquired by McGraw-Hill in 2014, but the press release suggests that Area9 Lyceum is a new company founded by the same people with some of the same IP.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

From the press release : “ Knewton Launches Alta, Fully Integrated Adaptive Learning Courseware for Higher Education, Putting Achievement in Reach for Everyone.” ” Predictions from investor Tom Vander Ark : “Not Much New in EdTech in 2017; 3 Things Could Change That in 2018.”

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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. 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. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

” CSS pic.twitter.com/JYyabJDAS3 — Owen Williams ⚡️ (@ow) June 6, 2016. Heard there was an intruder in my sons school last night.wasn't so angry when I found out who it was @thereaIbanksy pic.twitter.com/pC8WTo7v83 — Rebecca Radford (@RebeccaRadford7) June 6, 2016. ” asks Edsurge.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Among those companies trying to capitalize on the recent school shooting in Florida , the College Board , whose president David Coleman sent out an email praising the student protestors not for the content of their protests but for the skills he said they obviously learned in AP class. More via Inside Higher Ed. million total.

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Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. From Course Report : “the 2016 Coding Bootcamp Market Size Study.” “ 14 projects win 2016 Knight News Challenge on Libraries.” million total.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” Via Politico : “ Stanley Buchesky , formerly a managing partner at the venture capital firm The EdTech Fund , will work [at the Department of Education] on budget and finance issues.” ” Among The EdTech Fund’s investments : Teachboost and Citelighter. The company has raised $8.5 million total.

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