Marketplace K-12

JULY 11, 2016

In addition, ed-tech companies outside the United States have been busy making acquisitions recently. Each of the 10 companies selected for the program will receive up to $170,000 in funding. Indian IT Services Company Acquires QuickEdmin: Hyderabad-based IT Services Company Ray Business Technologies Pvt.

Blackboard 40

Blackboard Company Software Mobility 40

Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2020

It was started by one of the co-founders of Blackboard, now a household name in education technology. Avida is the husband of Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller, and one of the first board members of the company that helped put the spotlight on massive online open courses, or MOOCs. But they are not done with higher education yet.

Coursera 106

Coursera Personalized Learning Learning Blackboard 106

Edsurge

JULY 24, 2017

edtech companies last year, the dollars returned with a fury during the first six months of 2017. edtech startups is already at 88 percent of the total in 2016 ( which was $1 billion ). Several private-equity-backed companies have invested heavily in the “platform” approach. After a dip in dealflow and venture capital to U.S.

EdTech 91

EdTech Chegg Kaplan Coursera 91

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 5, 2018

Cambridge Analytica was able to take that quarter million accounts that it had permission to look at from Facebook and mine fifty million accounts to look at trends and how people thought about politics and then potentially use that to move the 2016 election in different ways. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show.

Facebook 166

Facebook Social Media Education Learning 166

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

You don’t need to be an expert in the Blackboard Collaborate platform to help (we give you training and then live help at the time), but it makes a HUGE different to presenters to have a moderator helper in their session rooms, and we try to make sure there is one for every session!

Conference 44

Conference Education Case Study Blackboard 44

Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Perhaps it is because of the myth of the entrepreneur that resounds throughout popular culture: examples like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, who both dropped out of college, and in doing so, seemingly spurned education in order to build major tech companies—and yet now each have education initiatives of their own. Blackboard Inc.,

Education 78

Education LMS Moodle EdTech 78

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Canvas , whiteboards and a company called Blackboard. hulking gathering of higher-ed technology staff, faculty and companies. hulking gathering of higher-ed technology staff, faculty and companies. 1 priority for 2016? BLACKBOARD'S NEW FRONTEER: Blackboard acquired Fronteer , the U.K.

Pearson 60

Pearson Blackboard Survey Learning Analytics 60

Edsurge

MARCH 23, 2018

She says if she was still using Facebook groups, she doesn’t think the recent news about the company would bother her. I was trying to be more aware of what I was allowing into my brain,” says Barclay, who graduated in 2016. She felt like having both would be redudant.

Facebook 74

Facebook Social Media Moodle Edmodo 74

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

The first online class we launched in 1998 was little more than flat text on webpages, and we closely followed the birth of learning management systems, meeting with both Blackboard and WebCT before they achieved their first $1 million in revenue. 2004-2011: Washington Leans In. SchoolNet helped many of these districts—and benefitted as well.

Kaplan 158

Kaplan Technology Education EdTech 158

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

While many schools and districts continue to use existing learning management systems, such as Blackboard, Canvas , Moodle and Schoology , Google’s Classroom platform is increasingly catching teachers’ eyes. Over the last two years, Google has taken its popular applications and outfitted it for the classroom.

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System Google Schoology LMS 60

Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2018

Take Purdue University, which in 2016 launched its “ Back A Boiler ” program, where students can choose to finance their education by paying nothing now and forking over a percentage of their income after graduating for up to 10 years. says Blot, who joined Vemo after working as the chief strategy officer at Blackboard.

Policies 62

Policies Outcomes Blackboard Company 62

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Formed in December 2016 by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (MESE) and the. Moodle, Schoology, Blackboard and Summit round out the top five.) The idea that MAPLE exists to help LearnLaunch-affiliated companies sell products to schools “couldn’t be further from the truth,” says Klau.

Personalized Learning 72

Personalized Learning Learning Moodle Secondary 72

The Principal of Change

APRIL 11, 2017

The basic premise (I suggest you read the whole article ) is that a 17 year old working at BlackBoard (a technology company), is ridiculed for using their phone during a meeting by some older adults, because it looks like he is texting, while he is actually taking notes. The ending (spoiler alert!): I’m a digital native.

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Meeting Blackboard iPhone Social Media 56

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5 Not sure anyone else did.)

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Over the past 10 years, new learning management systems (LMSs) have sprung on the scene to rival the Blackboards and Moodles of old. And with certain established companies like Pearson pulling out of the LMS ranks , where do you start? In 2016, Mary Jo was named to the Forbes "30 Under 30" list in education.

System 93

System LMS Schoology Social Media 93

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 14, 2015

I'm also available for consulting , or (like I did for Ning and Elluminate / Blackboard Collaborate), more intensive collaboration or association--let me bring my reputation for authentically valuable events to your organization. Can't do everything--I wish we could!--so For all ideas I have suitable domain names already.

Conference 28

Conference Blackboard Libraries Digital Citizenship 28

Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2017

Blackboard Learn , the college’s Learning Management System, and digital content is provided through a partnership with Cengage. The RCCC e-Text initiative won the 2016 Digital Learning Innovation Award for advancing undergraduate student success through the adoption of digital courseware. percent to 76.6

Data 60

Data E-rate Course Tablets 60

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

She was named Rappahannock Regional School Library of the Year for 2016. Event Platform: The event software platform is Blackboard Collaborate, and the sessions can be accessed live from any personal computer and most mobile devices. Sarah has been a librarian for many years, and also a long distance runner.

eBook 28

eBook Libraries Strategy Blackboard 28

MindShift

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Dayne Guest graduated from high school in 2016. That’s one reason schools have avoided using the word dyslexia, according to Fran Bowman, a former special education teacher who now runs an educational services company that works with school districts to train teachers. States and local districts pay for the rest.

Training 78

Training Report Groups System 78

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

A few decades later, Molière returned to her hometown after living elsewhere to raise her son and work a range of jobs, from Fortune 500 companies to state agencies. Related: A New Orleans summer teaching fellowship is wooing young black teachers — but is it enough? I’m driven by that. But I also know I can become overwhelmed by it.”.

Classroom 89

Classroom Report Analysis Training 89

Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2018

The pair then started the company in January 2013. A study published by the company suggested that students who worked in groups were 16 times more likely to complete an online course class than their peers who took it individually. The platform also offers collaborative tools so teams of students can work together on projects.

Online Learning 99

Online Learning MOOC Coursera Blackboard 99

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

This week, I also enhanced the K-12 Cyber Incident Map by adding video clips of news reports of select incidents since 2016. If you are an Uber fan, time to get to know how the company really operates and question whether they deserve your business. What then of the students? And here I thought perpetual meant more than 4 years.

EdTech 170

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2020

In an interview with EdSurge, Levin dives into the details of recent attacks, and how the state of K-12 cybersecurity has evolved since he started tracking these incidents in 2016. Levin: Late in 2016, I started seeing reports from local news sources about school cybersecurity incidents—in particular, W-2 form phishing attacks.

Microsoft 119

Microsoft Report Blackboard Data 119

Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2018

Milliron stressed that the early-warning systems have worked at some colleges his company studied. To help guide colleges through the design process, he pointed to a 2016 New America report, “ The Promise and Peril of Predictive Analytics in Higher Education. And she left. And you can understand that.”

Blackboard 104

Blackboard System Course Data 104

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

This week, I also enhanced the K-12 Cyber Incident Map by adding video clips of news reports of select incidents since 2016. If you are an Uber fan, time to get to know how the company really operates and question whether they deserve your business. What then of the students? And here I thought perpetual meant more than 4 years.

EdTech 150

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2016

His 2010 book was called What Technology Wants , as though technology is a living being with desires and drives; the title of his 2016 book, The Inevitable. The Internet did become more privatized, more commercialized around that date – 1991 – and thanks to companies like AOL, a version of it became more accessible to more people.

Technology 40

Technology Learning Data Libraries 40

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2019

Institutions have access to more student data than ever before—but it's hard to really grasp what that means, since many of the digital tools that colleges use are from third parties or companies that keep their algorithms private. That makes it hard for students, professors or even journalists to get a glimpse inside.

Data 141

Data Learning Advocacy System 141

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

This follows the company’s recent integrations with Canvas and Schoology and its OneRoster alignment. BLACKBOARD ALLY ( www.blackboard.com ) Blackboard announced that Blackboard Ally is now available for multiple learning management systems used by K-12 school districts.

Tools 72

Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 72

edWeb.net

AUGUST 27, 2020

This edWeb broadcast was sponsored by Beable, The Life-Ready Literacy Company. He was named 2016 Superintendent of the Year by the Association of California School Administrators Region 18. Saki Dodelson is Founder and CEO of Beable, the Life-Ready Literacy Company, and one of today’s true visionaries in education.

Learning 98

Learning Blended Learning Company Pearson 98

Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2020

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 But even beyond that monstrous company, we have much to unwind within the culture and the practices of schools.

Software 78

Software Data Company Laptops 78

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

The company said that the Department of Education’s decision to bar it from federal financial aid forced it to do so. Employees claim they were not notified that the company would be closing. Reminder: Do not write for free – particularly for venture-backed companies like Edsurge. ITT has closed its doors.

Khan Academy 40

Khan Academy Education LMS Company 40

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

” Via the Data Quality Campaign : “ Student Data Privacy Legislation : A Summary of 2016 State Legislation.” ” Among the not-awesomeness of ed-tech built by teachers, please let’s not forget: Blackboard, TurnItIn. The company, which makes games to teach preschoolers to code, has raised $5.75

Education 40

Education E-rate MOOC Report 40

Hack Education

APRIL 21, 2017

The math tutoring company has previously raised $4.7 Blackboard says it is “Putting data in the hands of students.” Thinkster Math , formerly known as Tabtor Math, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from the Jefferson Education Accelerator. Frontline Education has acquired job search site Teachers-Teachers.

Education 45

Education MOOC Facebook Report 45

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Kudos to the Houston Chronicle for the original reporting on this in 2016. awards debt collection contract to company with ties to DeVos.” ” Via Buzzfeed : “Here’s How A Student Loan Debt Relief Company Preyed On Its Customers.” ” The company: the Student Loan Assistance Center.

Education 43

Education Company Blackboard Kaplan 43

Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

” At least the e-cigarette company (which targets teens) offers a social-emotional learning curriculum, right? in 2016 on a student visa.” “ Is Blackboard dying? I mean, clearly the company has a strong grasp on the politics of information. job training company) has raised $117.2 Should They?

Education 46

Education MOOC Robotics Company 46

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

” Via Politico : “A complex legal battle involving dozens of debt collection companies fighting over contracts with the Education Department has essentially suspended the government’s ability to collect defaulted student loans , the Trump administration disclosed in a court filing on Monday night.”

Kaplan 46

Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Pokémon Go, a free augmented reality game developed by Niantic (a company spun out of Google in 2015), became the most popular mobile game in US history this year. ” “ How Asian test-prep companies swiftly exposed the brand-new SAT.” This is part eight of my annual review of the year in ed-tech.

Data 40

Data Technology Education Software 40