Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Last March, Zoom, the ubiquitous online conferencing platform, became a staple of daily life for many students and educators as learning shifted online. Millions downloaded it—and first learned of it—back in early 2020, when lockdowns forced billions of students online, and at least 100,000 schools onto Zoom.

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Online Learning Gamification Blackboard Company 218

The Hechinger Report

JULY 22, 2021

And the disparity is even greater for students of color, according to a study by McKinsey & Company published in December 2020. There is a sign on the wall with the daily routine and a blackboard with the numbers from 1 to 10. The pandemic has been a bigger challenge for many parents of children with disabilities.

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Laptops Blackboard Study Report 116

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Not ed-tech per se (unless you recognize that “personalized learning” is greyballing), but according to The New York Times , “ Uber Faces Federal Inquiry Over Use of Greyball Tool to Evade Authorities.” Happy 20th anniversary to Blackboard. billion by 2020, according to Futuresource Consulting, Ltd.”

Kaplan 46

Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

People were relieved that there was a new alternative to Blackboard. The company IPO’d in 2015 and finally surpassed Blackboard’s US market share in 2018. They contend that their schools expand on Montessori’s vision by adding new digital technologies to “personalize learning,” as well as to surveil students.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145