Edsurge

DECEMBER 25, 2019

When it comes to the business of education, the teenage years of this century are going out with a bang. Here’s a look at the biggest edtech business stories of 2019—the ones that captured the most attention, and the ones that should have your attention. Yes, stay tuned for our 2019 analysis.) Or, rather, the sound of ka’ching!

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eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2022

April 6, 2022 — DreamBox Learning , Inc. Educators can then use this roadmap to talk through students’ thought processes and problem-solving strategies, while watching the playback side-by-side. Nidamarthi, Chief Product Officer at DreamBox Learning. DreamBox Innovation Proven to Accelerate Student Learning. easy to use?and

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 12, 2019

Tue, 03/12/2019 - 13:54. A 2017 Medium post from the Office of Educational Technology laments the lack of clarity about the term “personalized learning”: “The lack of a consistent definition and language for a relatively complex idea has hampered both understanding and effective ­implementation,” the article states.

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eSchool News

MAY 31, 2019

Innovative tools and strategies are transforming education, and the best educators recognize this growing trend and harness it to benefit their students. The awards highlight seven exemplary programs from Fuel Education’s partner school districts.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In February 2019, an IBM AI supercomputer named "Project Debater" was pitted in a competition against a human national debate champion Harish Natarajan. When ChatGPT hit the headlines, I binge read the book, as it seemed eerily prescient to the current hot topic question of AI's impact on education. That was back in October.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2022

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a Boston-based K-12 education content and technology provider, has finished its sale to Veritas Capital, an investing firm which markets itself as seeking to improve education. The deal gave the publishing giant an estimated valuation of $2.8 The publisher has to play catchup, he says.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2021

Instead, we should see it for what it is: the early days of Amazon’s foray into public education. I do not think public education leaders will have much of a choice in whether or not to answer when Amazon comes to knock and deliver. And if your child prefers a fully virtual setting, learning from home is normalized and supported.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Between the barbeque and baristas, the dive bars and dueling pianos, thousands of educators, along with entrepreneurs, investors, researchers and policymakers across the education industry, will descend on Austin, Texas, during the first week of March for SXSW EDU. Who Does Online Education Really Serve? Tuesday, March 5, 4 p.m.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

In its most recent earnings report , which covers the three months ended July 31, 2019, Wiley disclosed that it had “spent $73 million in total on acquisitions in the quarter, including zyBooks and Knewton.” Kibby was previously an executive at McGraw-Hill Education and Pearson.

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ASIDE

JULY 25, 2019

Educational conferences can be like that. Source: Building Learning Communities 2019 That’s why the Building Learning Communities (BLC) conference from November Learning is one of our annual favorites. Source: ASIDE 2019 In his South African school district, they use the notion of a “ social cohesion.”

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2019

Cengage and McGraw-Hill Education plan to join forces in an all-stock merger. Dr. Nana Banerjee, who holds that title for McGraw-Hill Education, is expected to depart after the deal goes through. million in revenue for its fiscal year ending in March 2019. Pearson, with a market cap of $8.5 Last week, Cengage reported $1.5

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

In the second eye-raising deal for the higher-ed publishing industry in as many weeks, Wiley, a major textbook publisher, has agreed to acquire the assets of Knewton, a provider of digital courseware and adaptive-learning technologies. 1, 2019), the company reported a more than 20-percent decline in this division.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 11, 2019

A version of this post was originally published on April 4th, 2019 on Education Technology. Technology has the power to harness real change and bring education to life. This is a really effective way of ensuring that all students in the class are both engaged and active in their learning. Keep an eye on the horizon.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

Welcome back to our insightful series on 21st century education. It’s astounding to reflect on how much has changed in the intervening years in the world of education and teaching. In this latest installment, we turn our focus back to a topic I last discussed in 2011: the characteristics of 21st-century teachers.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2017

But we’re hoping teams of educators and entrepreneurs with bold ideas in education will step away from their vacations to seize a great opportunity from NewSchools Venture Fund. A venture philanthropy, NewSchools raises funds from donors and reinvests them in people who want to reimagine learning.

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Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2020

From cutting-edge computing and cloud services to data-driven instruction and adaptive learning, K-12 edtech solutions are abundant. Implementing new technology—at either the school or district level—will affect many different types of educators, IT leaders and administrators. But it’s best to try before you buy.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Savvas Learning Company , a next-generation learning solutions leader for K-12 education, is proud to announce that its enVision® Mathematics Common Core Grades 6-8 © 2021 received the highest rating from EdReports.org. Teaching with high-quality instructional materials has a direct impact on student learning outcomes.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2018

The company that set the bar for hyping adaptive-learning technology has had to adapt to new leadership and a new business model. Brian Kibby, CEO of Knewton Getting into the courseware business marks a major pivot for the New York City-based company, which originally licensed its adaptive learning technology to publishers.

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Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2019

Come June 30, operations at the Amazon-owned online education program will cease entirely. School and district users had ample warning about the demise of the adaptive K-12 math and writing software—the company issued a notice on its site 15 months ago—and yet many say that the off-boarding process was not a smooth one. districts.

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MIND Research Institute

JUNE 18, 2020

The Journal of Research on Technology in Education (JRTE) recently published a rigorous study that found students who play ST Math have higher mathematics self-beliefs than non-ST Math students. Rutherford et al, Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2019. Can a game change how you feel about math?

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

This talk was delivered at OEB 2019 in Berlin. I have never been able to make it to this event -- it's always coincided with the end-of-the-year series I've traditionally written for Hack Education. They didn't like when I admonished other speakers for using the "Uber for education" catchphrase, or something.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 7, 2019

Graham Glass, CEO of CYPHER LEARNING, participated to a live event for Digital Learning Day 2019. The event was hosted by Phill Bevan, Community Advisor at VETR , a digital learning community for the Australian vocational education and training sector. Video learning and microlearning. Gamification.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 30, 2020

As the world grapples with the global COVID-19 pandemic, education is one of the hardest-hit sectors. According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO, 2020 ) a total of 1.6 It has advised learners and educators to use its online learning platform.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

The program runs from May 2018-June 2019. ADVANCED & MEASURED PROGRESS ( www.advanc-ed.org ) & ( www.measuredprogress.org ) Measured Progress and AdvancED will join forces to form a unique and far-reaching nonprofit educational company focused on data-driven tools for school improvement. Schools can join until September 2018.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

By the way, this resource is excellent for any Google for Education school that uses the Chrome browser, not just Chromebooks! Here’s how Google describes it : “ The Chromebook App Hub , an online resource to help educators, administrators and developers work together to learn about Chromebook apps and activity ideas for schools.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 20, 2019

I am pleased to announce that my book chapter in Multimedia Learning Theory: Preparing for the New Generation of Students is now available! My chapter is titled Multimedia Learning and the Educational Leader. Multimedia learning and the educational leader. Connected Educator Month launches today.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JULY 10, 2022

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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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

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. Good for you. But that’s not my job. And honestly, it’s probably not your job either.).

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