Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

In recent years, the nonprofit has invested in several education technology efforts around learning analytics and adaptive learning. million investment in Smart Sparrow , a company that offers a platform used by many higher-ed faculty members and instructors to develop online, adaptive courses and simulations.

Adaptive Learning 84

Adaptive Learning Khan Academy Company Learning Analytics 84

Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 25, 2016

The program will begin with selected ventures in May 2016. TAL Invests in Knewton: TAL Education Group (NYSE: XRS ), a K-12 after-school tutoring services provider in China, announced a strategic investment in New York-based Knewton , a global provider of adaptive learning products. based school provider.

Knewton 40

Knewton Kaplan Learning Company 40

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 Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

. “ How Not to Study Donald Trump ” – “To make sense of Trumpism, and to put Trump in his historical context, The Chronicle of Higher Education asked a mostly white group of scholars to suggest readings for a syllabus for a mock course in Trump Studies. “ 14 projects win 2016 Knight News Challenge on Libraries.”

Coursera 60

Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

“High school students will be allowed to carry mace in the 2016–2017 school year after the Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education agreed to remove prohibitive language and amend its policy,” the Salisbury Post reports. — Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) May 10, 2016. Don’t do this. million total.

Education 52

Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” The chain in question: Celerity Educational Group. Adeptemy , an adaptive learning company, has raised $3.48 Most certainly food for thought touting the power of “ learning analytics.” Via The New York Times : “ Canada Beckons International Students With a Path to Citizenship.”

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

platforms are digital infrastructures that enable two or more groups to interact. Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?). billion for 2016, the largest loss in its history. Google gives a lot of money to similar sorts of groups, including many, many education-related ones.).

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62