Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Image Credit: Microsoft Education Many schools have turned the difficulties of adapting to remote and hybrid learning into opportunities to transform how they use technology and enable greater equity. Las Cruces Public Schools is maximizing technology to increase equity and accessibility for all students.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2022

Every moment I inched closer towards the third school year following 2020, it felt as if I had to do something different. My own school saw many unexpected retirements, a trend happening throughout the state and nationwide. There are so many edtech companies that have been started without an educator in sight.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Edtech is booming, with 40 times more venture capital invested in the sector in 2021 than in 2010. There is no question that edtech has brought new ways to support the learning process and was used extensively by schools to connect remotely to students who could not attend classes in-person during the worst parts of the pandemic.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Online learning efforts may remain even when the pandemic fades away. Teachers’ confidence wavers in using edtech for instruction. All in this Edtech Reports Recap. An appropriately titled RAND Corporation research report, “ Remote Learning Is Here to Stay ,” finds that one in five U.S. Two charts speak volumes.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 3, 2023

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Subscribe today!

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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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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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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

When we posted our 2020 predictions on January 1 last year, we–along with the majority of the world–definitely didn’t anticipate the curveball that was (and continues to be) the global COVID-19 pandemic. 2020 has been called a dumpster fire, the worst year in recent memory, and more. education system.

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EdTech Digital Divide Broadband PresenceLearning 139

Edsurge

JULY 4, 2019

You’ll often find EdSurge reporters, researchers and other staff members at these events, scribbling and typing away to chronicle the latest chatter, insights and news on emerging trends in the future of learning. EdSurge also regularly hosts meetups and workshops on online learning and higher education technology.

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Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2017

In the past, experts have made big projections for the global edtech market, with some groups estimating as much as $252 billion pouring into the market by 2020. Because of limited edtech providers in Mexico, Najera relies on products from the United States and Spain. You know education is not a big business in Mexico.

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2020

Bond was founded by Mary Meeker, a former partner at Kleiner Perkins whose annual “Internet Trends” reports have become a must-read for the technology industry. Byju’s claims its online learning app, which offers instructional videos, live classes and practice questions, is now used by more than 57 million students.

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EdTech Chegg Udemy Industry 124

Edsurge

MAY 12, 2020

While COVID-19 hit at the tail end of the first quarter, some publicly traded education companies already reported an impact on their Q1 2020 earnings. Its Q1 2020 revenue hit $132 million, a 35 percent increase from the same period last year. The bottom line: Overall revenue for K12’s fiscal Q3 2020 , which ended March 31, hit $257.2

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2021

Yet, finding funds for edtech purchases poses a challenge for school districts. Some relief came in 2020 through the CARES Act with an initial $13 billion allotment to K-12 schools. A new funding package from the federal government in December 2020 dedicated an additional $54.3

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Technology Classroom EdTech Software 165

Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2020

Now, with the widespread cancellation of schools and conferences (where investors and entrepreneurs often meet), edtech investors are advising startups to heed Sequoia’s advice. It may be tempting to assume that a wide-scale move to online learning will be a financial boon across the entire education industry.

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Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2021

In the last couple of decades, as online learning was steadily being recognized by millions of students as a convenient way to earn a highly prized academic degree, most senior officers at the nation’s colleges and universities paid little attention, dithered or dabbled. million from 2012 to 2019.

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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 deal with Owl Ventures, one of the largest edtech-focused venture funds , appears to tick all of these boxes.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

But today, edtech is commonly understood to mean digital technology. So with these guidelines in mind, I’ve chosen six areas where edtech has made an impact this decade: Learning Management Systems. Adaptive learning systems. In fact, I think some of the biggest edtech trends have been rather. underwhelming.

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Edsurge

JULY 24, 2019

The award, worth nearly $250,000, will support the development of an online destination where teachers in First Book’s community can find, test, use and provide feedback on educational games. Games and Learning traces its origin to the Joan Ganz Cooney Center, the research arm of the Sesame Workshop.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Now the San Francisco-based edtech investment group is doubling down with two additional funds totalling $585 million. Since 2015, Owl has invested in 39 edtech companies. edtech companies raised $803 million in the first half of 2020. Owl Ventures’ portfolio includes some recognizable names in the K-12 edtech market.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2023

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Subscribe today! During the pandemic, schools saw an increase in cyber threats and data breaches.

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Training Report Company Data 126

Kitaboo on EdTech

MAY 13, 2020

While this past month was the ‘minimum viable product’ implementation of remote learning /teaching, schools will be expected to have a far more sophisticated approach the next time around. Online learning must ultimately minimize loss of teaching and learning efficiency and effectiveness. Things to think about.

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Education Trends Online Learning Guidelines 78

Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2021

All in this Edtech Reports Recap. Market data and services firm MDR has updated a wide-ranging survey it last fielded in 2018 about teachers and tech, and the resulting report, “How 2020 Shifted Perceptions of Technology in the Classroom,” illustrates how COVID-19’s disruptions have upended some edtech trends and accelerated others.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2021

“Virtual” learning may be on the upswing—corporate VR learning, that is. Teachers are paying out of pocket for edtech tools while using more of them. All in this Edtech Reports Recap. The survey asked what kinds of approaches the respondents would invest more money in if they could double their learning budget.

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Survey EdTech Tools Training 138

Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2021

And kids double down on digital reading—all in this Edtech Reports Recap. Libraries Close, Internet Access Ends There have been several studies about how the lack of fast home broadband has hurt kids’ access to online learning during school closures. RAND surveyed 958 former public school teachers in December 2020.

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Lightspeed Systems

AUGUST 14, 2023

To strengthen their digital learning ecosystem, VBCPS leaders implemented four key data strategies: 1. Creating detailed usage trend reports for senior staff and administrators Accountability is critical, particularly for a publicly funded school district.

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Student Data Privacy Case Study Policies Data 98

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Related: ‘Don’t rush to spend on edtech’ The federal government is starting to step in.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Hatcher’s commitment to providing equitable opportunities for all students, including those with diverse needs, led him to offer services that cater to both traditional and online learning environments, recognizing that some students require different support structures for academic success.

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Edmentum Education Libraries Advocacy 97

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The same forces that transformed classrooms have accelerated the adoption of more digital learning in workplace training—advancing a trend that was already underway. These dynamics are at the center of what my colleagues and I have been studying in our recent research with employers exploring this new landscape for workplace learning.

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Learning Training Digital Badges Coursera 172

Kitaboo on EdTech

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The shift to digital content was accelerated by the arrival of the pandemic of 2020 when students were forced to attend online classes overnight. . They also did not have a unified platform that helped them deliver high-quality online learning to students. . Post-COVID Trends in Educational Publishing.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on innovative ways to engage students, digital resources, and online and hybrid learning strategies related to post-pandemic teaching. This year’s 6th most-read story focuses on the predictions educators and industry experts made for learning in 2022.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

As we wrapped up 2020, we thought for sure that 2021 might bring us a reprieve from pandemic learning. Virtual and hybrid learning continued into the spring, but then classrooms welcomed back students for full-time in-person learning in the fall. And now, we head into our third year of learning during a global pandemic.

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EdTech Learning Data Classroom 145

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

I wrote about social-emotional learning (algorithms) as a “trend to watch.” Speaking of Blackboard , here’s a press release about Blackboard Classroom: “New Solution from Blackboard Helps K–12 School Districts Make Learning More Engaging, Personalized and Accessible.” So Why Not in College?”

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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

“ Cory Reid , who previously ran two edtech companies – Instructure and MasteryConnect – as their chief executive, has landed a new gig at Tyton Partners,” says Edsurge , failing to disclose that it shares investors with MasteryConnect. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Facebook , an Online Learning Platform?”

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Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

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. Ferreira’s new startup was just featured in a glowing New York Times article promising, once again, that machine learning and AI are going to revolutionize education. Coding Bootcamps.

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