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Pearson Bets on Adaptive Learning (Again) With $25M Acquisition of Smart Sparrow

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Its accounts on Facebook and Twitter are no longer active, as an education industry analyst noticed. Called Aero , the platform has been in the works since 2017. In other words, they can dictate and tweak the rules that defined the adaptive learning experience. Pearson officials did not respond in time for the story.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2017, just a week before Christmas, the New Media Consortium abruptly announced its immediate closure “because of apparent errors and omissions by its former Controller and Chief Financial Officer.” Good for you. But that’s not my job.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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link] pic.twitter.com/XT9iGmcrJs — Jack Clark (@jackclarkSF) September 13, 2017. ” According to WCET , “Developing Effective Courses Using Adaptive Learning Begins with Proper Alignment.” ” Via Getting Smart : “ Virtual and Augmented Reality in Personalized Learning.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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His wife is the co-founder of OER organization CK–12.). Via Education Week : “ Personalized Learning : ‘A Cautionary Tale’ ” eCampus News offers “9 online learning predictions for the upcoming term.” There’s a nifty infographic, which Melinda Gates shared on Twitter. (

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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But Posterous, if you’ll recall, was acquired by Twitter in 2012 and shut down one year later. “They want to overhaul the entire chain of culture production,” former New Republic editor Franklin Foer cautions in his 2017 book World Without Mind:The Existential Threat of Big Tech. They’re amazing.