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A Major Textbook Publisher Has Gone Private. What Does That Mean For Its Transition To Digital?

Edsurge

billion based on a price of $21 per share, according to publicly available documents. One question is whether HMH will figure out how to use adaptive-learning tools so that its products are more than just a textbook, Wiley says. The deal gave the publishing giant an estimated valuation of $2.8

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al. 2011) contend, engage in “an orchestration…a curricular dance (more like a ballet) [adaptive teachers] responsive[ly]teach…and with the slightest change in the instructional ecology of the classroom, change their position in order to support student learning” (p. Madda et al.,

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Jeff Bezos Wants to Go to the Moon. Then, Public Education.

Edsurge

Alternatively, your child could spend anywhere between one to six days per week at your local Amazon Learning Center—possibly branded to match the local public school district’s name and colors—where they get to choose from hundreds, no, thousands of courses to build a personalized schedule.

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New book chapter in Multimedia Learning Theory!

Dangerously Irrelevant

Other tools to facilitate effective learning and teaching will include system-provided technologies such as open access content repositories, streaming multimedia servers, online adaptive learning systems, and robust, social media-driven collaboration channels for students, classroom teachers, and administrators. Happy reading!

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What’s New: New Tools for Schools

techlearning

The program runs from May 2018-June 2019. Amplify Fractions covers math standards in grades 3–6 and uses adaptive learning, interactive storytelling, and a personalized digital tutor to help students conquer fractions. The program includes in-classroom professional development sessions. Schools can join until September 2018.

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Learning Experience Platform: KITABOO brings in the next-generation features of Content Engineering

Kitaboo on EdTech

For long organizations have been using Learning Management Systems (LMSs) but as training requirements started changing, there was a strong realization of the need for a more diverse and robust learning environment. The environments together with the unique types of experiences create a Learning Experience Platform (LXP).

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. It was also one of the earliest education endeavors of serial entrepreneur Chris Whittle.

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