Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

Those activities often leave data trails, making it possible to quickly measure how well, say, a section of an online textbook is conveying the knowledge a teacher hopes to impart, or whether the material needs to be revisited and revised. That data, he says, comes from him asking questions like ‘What did you learn this semester?’

Education 216

Education Learning Software Knewton 216

Edsurge

JULY 30, 2017

Benemann: There’s so much more data than ever before. For us at EruditeAI, data is more precious than revenue. With better data, we can better train our algorithms. Kireyev: We’re seeing a data explosion in education content—both data for and from students. Transparent data collection is incredibly valuable.

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MindShift

JUNE 7, 2016

Have you ever seen a school data wall? You’ve probably heard about the positive side of all that data gathering and sharing. Like this story we ran just last week about a district that used data as the catalyst to conquer chronic absences. Here are five arguments against the excesses of data-driven instruction.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

9 million (A) 2016 Fosun Group Kaymbu $2 million (Seed) 2016 Sinovation Ventures Knewton $52 million (F) 2016 TAL Education KnowRe $6.8 edtech startups, including Enuma , Knewton , Minerva Project , Ready4 and Volley. Sinovation also funds companies in other technology sectors including robotics and Big Data.) edtech startups.

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EdTech Knewton Company Robotics 100

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. Platforms are “an extractive apparatus for data.”

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

.” She posits gaming as the new site for “modern learning,” with an emphasis on skills training and data-driven self-improvement. How accurate is her data? (I’d You can find more data about “the business of ed-tech” – from 2017 and from previous years – on funding.hackeducation.com.

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Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Audrey is a writer for the NPR education technology blog MindShift , for the data section of O’Reilly Radar , and for the Edutopia blog. and aims to address some of the obstacles to broadband adoption -- in terms of cost, access, relevance, and digital literacy.

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Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Audrey is a writer for the NPR education technology blog MindShift , for the data section of O’Reilly Radar , and for the Edutopia blog. Members will have access to lab and office space, as well as a slew of lab equipment. Once downloaded, students will be able to access the "packs," even when they''re offline.

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Khan Academy Education STEM Blackboard 44

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

They gave each student access to technology that helps teachers customize their lessons. Some education technology developers, such as Knewton, say machines can figure out what students need to know and how best to deliver it. Eastwood, superintendent, Middletown City School District.

Trends 40

Trends Study Knewton Personalized Learning 40

MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

They gave each student access to technology that helps teachers customize their lessons. Some education technology developers, such as Knewton, say machines can figure out what students need to know and how best to deliver it.

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Personalized Learning Technology Knewton Learning 28

Edsurge

MAY 3, 2017

The conference also welcomes the return of familiar faces in new gigs: former Knewton CEO is now with Bakpax, and Los Angeles Unified’s former superintendent John Deasy will share plans for rebuilding prisons to better serve incarcerated youths. Register here for free access to the interviews and get the latest updates and schedule.

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Coursera Knewton Udemy EdTech 73

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

” For more data on outsourcing online education to third-party providers, see the research section below. “ Telcel customers can now access Khan Academy free of data charges on mobile apps and es.zero.khanacademy.org thanks to partnership with Carlos Slim Foundation and Telcel,” says Khan Academy.

Khan Academy 40

Khan Academy Education LMS Company 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

According to excerpts of speeches published by Wikileaks – stolen data – Clinton called the Common Core a “political failure” in a speech she gave to Knewton. Neither Knewton nor the Clinton campaign have confirmed the veracity of this leaked speech. Data, Privacy, and Surveillance.

Education 40

Education lynda.com Knewton E-rate 40

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2018

Via Campus Technology : “ Knewton Releases $44 Adaptive Digital Textbooks.” ” Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. ” “Preliminary Data on K–12 LMS Market ” from Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill. ” “ Learning Agency, Not Analytics ” by April Hathcock.

Education 46

Education MOOC Robotics Company 46

Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

And more online education news in the “Betteridge’s Law of Headlines” section and in the research and data section below. A new project from the Learning Policy Institute and EducationCounsel : “Reimagining College Access: Performance Assessments From K–12 Through Higher Education.” Here’s why.”

Education 44

Education Elsevier MOOC Knewton 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security.

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Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

senators released a bill Monday that would overturn the ban on a federal student-level data system that would allow for the tracking of employment and graduation rates. The open-access publisher PLOS has a new CEO : Alison Mudditt. ” There’s a lot in this superb article – data, surveillance, testing, costs, branding.

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Edmodo Education Knewton Pearson 45

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

” More on employment data in the “research and data” section below. “ OpenStax , Knewton introduce adaptive learning into OER.” Elsevier has acquired SSRN , an online open access repository. There's some more data on funding, mergers, and acquisition in the "research" section below.

Education 46

Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2016

Facebook, like many digital technology companies, promises that in exchange for collecting your personal data – your name, your age, your gender, your photos, metadata on your photos, your location, your preferences, your browsing and clicking habits, your friends’ names – it will deliver “personalization.”

Technology 73

Technology Pearson Education Facebook 73

Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

” The proposed bill would eliminate the 15-year time limit on accessing education benefits. ” Via Education Dive : “ Coursera ’s Tom Willerer talks personalization, access.” “Mind-reading robo tutor in the sky” company Knewton has a new CEO , Brian Kibby , formerly with Pearson.

Education 45

Education Pearson Report Robotics 45

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

He’s a partner at Founders Fund, which has invested in Knewton, AltSchool, Uversity, ResearchGate, If You Can, Upstart, Declara, and Affirm. This week: “ OpenStax Partners with panOpen to Expand OER Access.” ’ ” Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. Instead, it shames them.”

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Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Via Pacific Standard : “Why Is the FCC Considering Cutting Broadband Access for Students?” Department of Education this week released new federal loan data showing that 4.6 ” Via CJR : “‘This is unprecedented’: Public colleges limiting journalist access.” 30, an increase from the 2.2

Kaplan 50

Kaplan Education Robotics E-rate 50

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2016

” Via The Detroit Free Press : “ Betsy DeVos ’ trouble with data.” Lots of folks in ed-tech seem super excited about Trump too, including Knewton’s Jose Ferreira , Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s Harold O. The BBC reports that “ Cuba signs deal for faster internet access to Google content.”

Education 40

Education Elsevier Report Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Privacy overlaps with “personalization,” and surveillance overlaps with data collection and analytics and algorithmic decision-making. Among the larger National Education Association (NEA), which comprises more than 3 million members, more than one in three who voted did so for the billionaire developer, early data show.”

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Technology Education Facebook Company 40