EdTech Magazine

JUNE 27, 2016

By Meg Conlan Online tools give educators the ability to assess students, find and share video content, and collect multimedia presentations from students.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 30, 2020

But they must not forget about how crucial it is to have cybersecurity measures in place before rolling out their e-learning plans. Since 2016, there have been more than 800 cybersecurity-related incidents affecting U.S. Schools are already increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 22, 2020

But they must not forget about how crucial it is to have cybersecurity measures in place before rolling out their e-learning plans. Since 2016, there have been more than 800 cybersecurity-related incidents affecting U.S. Schools are already increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 21, 2020

But they must not forget about how crucial it is to have cybersecurity measures in place before rolling out their e-learning plans. Since 2016, there have been more than 800 cybersecurity-related incidents affecting U.S. Schools are already increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 20, 2020

But they must not forget about how crucial it is to have cybersecurity measures in place before rolling out their e-learning plans. Since 2016, there have been more than 800 cybersecurity-related incidents affecting U.S. Schools are already increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks.

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ProfHacker

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Inside Higher Ed (IHE) recently issued their 2017 Survey of Faculty Attitudes on Technology and we were excited about the big initial finding that more faculty are teaching online and that more are finding that online learning can meet the same outcomes. Autumm was a fellow at a Digital Pedagogy Lab Institute in August of 2016.

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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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GoConqr

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

2016 is now well underway, but few could say how it will end or what major changes we’ll see as the year unfurls. In 2016, I believe we will see more learners creating, making, programming, coding, producing, innovating, inventing, designing, problem solving and publishing. Mobile learning. GoConqr Click To Tweet.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 6, 2017

In 2016, Strava users uploaded 304 million activities , logged 6.8 I became a Strava user in 2013, around the same time I became an online course designer. Why was the fitness app so “sticky” as opposed to the online learning platforms? How could we apply the same practices to learning? What was happening?

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The goal was to get direct-from-the-classroom suggestions and feedback on everything technology and edtech. para user himself since 2016, Calderwood knew switching to H?para An edtech partnership that supports growth for the future. Tabernacle was already using H?para para Highlights for K-12 Chrome browser monitoring.

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Edsurge

MARCH 22, 2019

From K-12 classrooms to professional sales training, many entrepreneurs would say that learning is better together, with peers and instructors. That also applies to “bootcamp” models of online learning, which made up half of the six edtech graduates. Here’s a glance at the newest players in the edtech industry.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Learning loss is everywhere—and so are reports detailing the setbacks. As some schools reopen, edtech product use declines. And “non-traditional” students appear more okay with remote online learning than their “traditional” peers. All in this Edtech Reports Recap. That, in itself, is a learning loss.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2018

If online weren’t in the picture, on-campus enrollments, as reported in the most recent U.S. Department of Education 2016 results, would have fallen by more than 1.5 percent from 2015 to 2016 to reach 6.4 Today, online students represent 31.6 Whatever growth is happening in higher ed is driven by online,” Seaman says.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2017

According to CrowdfundCampus, crowdfunding equity surpassed that of venture capital funding for the first time in 2016. Click here to learn more! Educational platforms, in particular edtech, are seeing ideas come to life as a result of crowdfunding. New Learning Methods. One such niche is education.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2018

Many online learning platforms, such as LinkedIn Learning and MasterClass, are indeed pivoting towards business models that look a lot like subscription-based streaming services Pandora, Spotify or Netflix. Even as we reinvent the platforms and modalities for learning, the teachers at the center of the model are losing out.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 15, 2016

Frank Smith From the Whip and Nae Nae to Wi-Fi on Wheels, this year’s CoSN conference brought fun as well as insightful lessons to the table.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Money has flowed into the edtech sector over the last twelve months. Unlike other edtech startups seemingly on the fast track to big checks, Codecademy has been in the business for over a decade. The company last raised $30 million in a Series C round led by Naspers in 2016, and a $10 million Series B back in 2012.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

For some districts, the best way to attain massive amounts of money to pay for edtech purchases or initiatives is through bonds. Grants to Fund Small Teacher-Led Edtech Initiatives (<$10,000) Sometimes, teachers ask for a little bit of funding to do something tech-related in their classroom. There’s money to be found on that site.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 5, 2016

By Jena Passut Schools find ways to enable students to work on digital assignments at home.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 5, 2016

Frank Smith Lego’s WeDo 2.0 has a knack for making students smile as they take their first steps into the world of programming.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

By Jena Passut A Microsoft Educator makes the case during TCEA session. .

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

That’s why we’ve also highlighted a few here that we don’t want you to miss, from complicated community college turnarounds to where IKEA and edtech overlap. Massive open online course providers gained momentum and attention by claiming to offer a free alternative to traditional degrees. What Do Edtech and IKEA Have in Common?

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2016

Frank Smith Discover what this year's FETC will bring to the table for educators.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2018

A new $5 million investment fund launched this month to support startups building tools to scale online learning. In 2016, ASU created an accelerator that provides product development and testing assistance (but not investment capital) to education technology entrepreneurs.

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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. You shouldn’t be.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

A 2016 report funded by the Gates Foundation found that in the U.S. As online course platforms proliferate, institutions of all shapes and sizes realize that they’ll need to translate content into digital forms. But they can also be creating learning apps, museum exhibits, or the latest educational toy.

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eSchool News

JULY 4, 2018

With many schools now practicing blended learning, it can be helpful for educators interested in blended-learning programs to know which edtech tools are being used. For over five years, we at the Christensen Institute have been collecting data on blended-learning schools from around the world. Khan Academy.

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Marketplace K-12

JULY 5, 2016

In the latest dealmaking news, Workday acquired online learning platform Zaption, while Blackboard teamed with Dreamit to support ed-tech startups. Workday Acquires Zaption: Workday , a provider of enterprise cloud management applications for human resources and finance, has acquired online learning platform Zaption.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

employers spent nearly $71 billion on training in 2016—a figure that was flat compared to 2015. Well-funded MOOC providers Coursera, Udacity and EdX have evolved their business models to focus squarely on corporate learning and serving professionals seeking credentials. According to the Association for Talent Development, U.S.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

MARCH 29, 2023

Thanks to online learning platforms , they can now earn a degree from recognized institutions and enhance their skill sets while learning from the comfort of their homes. Summing Up The Structure of eLearning Courses eLearning classes are delivered through online learning platforms.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2021

online degrees in China. Joint International Programs As dean of online learning at Stevens more than a decade ago, I ran three hybrid master's degrees at two top Chinese institutions: Beijing Institute of Technology and Central University of Finance and Economics. colleges and universities to deliver U.S.

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Kevin Corbett

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

What’s on the five-year horizon for K-12 Educational Technology & which trends and technologies will drive educational change? This publication charts the five-year horizon for the impact of emerging technologies in school communities across the globe.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2017

A handful of other universities (and even preschools ) now accept Bitcoin for tuition, but that’s hardly the extent of how blockchains and tokens are weaving their way into education: Educators and edtech entrepreneurs are now testing out everything from issuing degrees on blockchains to paying people in cryptocurrency for their teaching.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

And then in 2015 or 2016, my assistant says, “Hey, this company wants to meet. One app that adapts to the users where they are, which is kind of a core principle of Khan Academy—that notion of personalization and mastery learning—and then be standards-aligned, which is also different than what most edtech on the App Store does.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2020

Neil Heffernan, a professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, came up with the idea in 2016 after a Maine middle school math teacher, Chris LeSiege, uploaded hundreds of hints he had written for solving textbook problems to Heffernan’s free online homework help website, ASSISTments.

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Ditch That Textbook

DECEMBER 12, 2016

It’s a free online conference from Dec. 16-31, 2016. (Wait, that’s probably not true. I’ll probably be even more excited on Thursday.) So … what is the Ditch That Textbook Digital Summit? Did [.].

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Edsurge

JULY 6, 2016

As such, the following are three key points to consider as we are challenged to meet the needs of Generation Z—just in time for the 2016-2017 school year. Asynchronous technology makes learning a constant activity. Teachers—not just students—are craving more student-directed learning. So, let’s embrace it!

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