Edsurge
DECEMBER 11, 2019
They were at a family coding event and had been working together to brainstorm an idea for a story, draw it on paper and try out different ways to recreate it using KIBO , a tangible robotics platform programmed using interlocking wooden blocks. He pressed the green triangle on top of the robot to run the program again.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 30, 2017
Earlier this year Ferreira stepped aside as CEO, replaced by Brian Kibby , a veteran of major textbook companies including Pearson and McGraw-Hill. Early on, Pearson had embraced Knewton’s technology and even invested in the company, but this year that publisher decided to pull back on the use of Knewton’s platform.
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Edsurge
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
Companies include an AI robot, student incubator and a startup called Pie for Providers. Online education was supposed to provide access to quality education for those who can’t attend or afford traditional college. But what does it take to make access to quality science education truly accessible for every student?
Hack Education
DECEMBER 9, 2017
. …This is key to its advantage over traditional business models when it comes to data, since a platform positions itself (1) between users, and (2) as the ground upon which their activities occur, which thus gives it privileged access to record them. Pearson is Not a Platform. Pearson does not have a platform.
Iterating Toward Openness
JANUARY 24, 2017
We think platforms like Pearson’s MyLab and Cengage’s MindTap are the enemy. Yes, leasing students temporary access to OER locked inside a platform, only to shut them out at the end of term, is ridiculous. Much of the OER movement has a bad attitude about platforms. No 5Rs and no open pedagogy. ”
Edsurge
JANUARY 26, 2017
Yes, leasing students temporary access to OER locked inside a platform, only to shut them out at the end of term, is ridiculous. Yes, working actively to erode the student-faculty relationship—or worse, somehow obviate the faculty role—by trying to create “ a robot tutor in the sky that can semi-read your mind ” is entirely wrong-headed.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 29, 2017
Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million. Robotics , with ~ $99 million in funding. Pearson, for one.) “My kids have access to awesome things that, as a district, we could never afford,” teacher Nick Provenzano tells The NYT in justifying his relationship with a 3D printer company. million this year).
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