Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2019

In this analysis, EdSurge counts all venture investments in U.S. Our analysis excludes companies whose primary business is to offer loans and happens to serve students (like Social Finance, which raised $500 million earlier this year). One example is Great Hill Partners, which invested in Examity in April.

EdTech 141

EdTech Coursera Knewton Analysis 141

Kitaboo on EdTech

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The solution for this is learning analytics. . To this end, let’s explore learning analytics and how it can boost student success in this blog. What is Learning Analytics? Learning analytics is the collection, analysis, and reporting of information relevant to students’ learning activities and performance.

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Learning Analytics eBook Learning Analysis 52

EdTech4Beginners

JANUARY 2, 2017

Though digital solutions to collaboration may seem unnecessary in smaller K-12 classrooms, machine learning can facilitate effective collaboration in college lectures that may have upwards of 300 students. For example, in any given large, college lecture, students can use their devices to ask questions on current material.

Classroom 184

Classroom EdTech Data Adaptive Learning 184

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Ongoing professional development, constant review and analysis of successful attempts at the changes in learning opportunities and the increasing use of technology offer momentum." Leading the transition from 20th century to 21st century schools includes attention to the human toll it takes when such large changes are being required.

Personal Learning Network 356

Personal Learning Network Adaptive Learning Analysis Technology 356

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Not everyone thinks that’s possible, of course, and even Cavanagh, vice provost for digital learning at the University of Central Florida, admits that edtech can spark plenty of new ethical challenges along the way. So if you wanna increase quality, you're going to negatively increase cost, for example. How does that work?

Learning Analytics 151

Learning Analytics Education Data Analysis 151

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Instead, learning through play appears to be context specific. A highly-competitive game, for example, can build persistence and even collaboration as anxious players work through solutions in order to win. Perhaps the most successful games in the analysis were ones where students had to actually create something themselves.

Analysis 167

Analysis Game-Based Learning Outcomes Study 167

Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The first step in implementing universal design for learning in the classroom is to carefully assess the current situation. This analysis of the current classroom, school, or even district will determine the goals, pinpoint the priorities and offer a clear idea of where to start and what to look for.

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UDL How To Classroom Learning 226

eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2020

EdReports — the highly regarded, independent nonprofit designed to improve education by providing reviews of K-12 instructional materials — applies evidence-based analysis in evaluating math and ELA programs. Teaching with high-quality instructional materials has a direct impact on student learning outcomes.

Common Core 52

Common Core Instructional Materials Company Adaptive Learning 52

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2016

But they often highlight the promise of so-called “adaptive learning” software, in which complex algorithms react to how a student answers questions, and tailor instruction to each student. It’s probably the largest and most rigorous study of adaptive learning to date. What SRI found was sobering.

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Software Study Adaptive Learning Knewton 75

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

For example, according to a separate report by NCES the median annual earnings for full-time workers ages 25 through 34 who had not completed high school were $26,000, compared to $32,000 a year for those whose highest education level was high school completion.

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Dropout Course Assessment Secondary 103

IAD Learning

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Learning analytics has been a hot topic for a while in the education industry. Not by chance, learning analytics and all its related technologies (measuring learning, artificial intelligence, adaptive learning, personalized learning, etc.) Taking action is the ultimate goal of any learning analytics process.

Learning Analytics 62

Learning Analytics LMS Analysis Learning 62

edWeb.net

JUNE 21, 2022

Goodall walked those watching the edWebinar through how an AI platform can be utilized in the classroom by using the Lexia ® English Language Development program as an example. Using adaptive learning paths, this technology assesses the learner’s English skills using an initial placement test and places students at their comprehension level.

Learning 70

Learning Data Tools Company 70

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2016

There is also the US Department of Education’s Learning Registry, which contains resources created by various parts of the US Government. As one example, there are a tremendous amount of high quality resources produced by various organizations supported by the U.S. How is one supposed to discern which is best?

OER 60

OER Resources Common Core Education 60

Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2017

It’s a blended learning approach that combines online learning with face-to-face instruction. It’s based on decades of proven research and combines consumable textbooks, intelligent 1-to-1 math tutoring software, professional learning and data analysis services. Our textbooks are based on real-world examples.

Software 60

Software Learning Blended Learning Analysis 60

Brainscape

MAY 31, 2022

We hope you enjoy our analysis and tips! What sets Brainscape apart from any other study app is that its adaptive learning algorithm leverages decades of cognitive science research to help anyone learn TWICE as efficiently as traditional study methods. But this is just the first part of teaching kids with dyslexia.

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Study Strategy Examples Tools 52

TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 27, 2015

Several representative examples of these innovations are highlighted below. Learning anywhere : Transforming the action of learning into a 24/7 activity through the widespread adoption of education resources available via smart phones, tablets, adaptive learning tools, virtual reality platforms, and video games.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning ePortfolio Learning Analytics Learning 40

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2016

He described the collective ability to learn without direct guidance as an example of “emergent behavior in a self-organizing system.”. presidential election and the rise of the Arab Spring as examples. THERE ARE FIVE: Blackboard sits on perhaps the biggest trove of data about how professors use learning management systems.

Libraries 60

Libraries LMS Data Blackboard 60

eSpark

JULY 1, 2021

Students need more than just practice to learn a skill, so direct instruction is front-and-center in the curriculum. Each eSpark Quest includes at least two engaging instructional videos which provide direct instruction through songs, cartoons, worked examples, and more. Does practice really make perfect? Gersten, R., Jayanthi, M.,

Learning 52

Learning E-rate Elementary Outcomes 52

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2017

K-12 lessons on text analysis. Let’s use a multiplication problem as an example. Instructional videos about measurement , whole numbers , fractions and decimals. High school lessons about close reading of Macbeth and The Gift of the Magi. Complete curriculum for 4th grade math. We provide features that give them control.

Assessment 60

Assessment LMS Analysis Facebook 60

Hack Education

AUGUST 23, 2016

But Woolf is not simply talking about having a piece of paper – a title, for example – that decrees she owns the room. “Give her a room of her own and five hundred a year, let her speak her mind and leave out half that she now puts in, and she will write a better book one of these days,” Woolf wrote in 1929. .

Software 40

Software Data Company Libraries 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. Think the private school startup Bridge International Academies that operates in Africa, for example, which Peg Tyre documented so devastatingly in The New York Times Magazine this summer.).

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

30 Examples Of Disruptions In The Classroom. This post is actually intended to supplement the “Cycle of Learning Innovation” model that will be publishing tomorrow (7.7.2015), which means this is less about analysis and context and more about the examples. 30 Examples Of Disruptions In The Classroom .

Examples 40

Examples Classroom Maker Movement Social Media 40

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 20, 2019

Student information systems, online gradebooks, electronic formative assessment tools, and data warehouses are all examples of technologies that help educators input, manage, analyze, and present student learning data (Wayman, Stringfield, & Yakimowski, 2004).

Social Media 176

Social Media Learning System Adaptive Learning 176

Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

DreamBox Learning (adaptive learning): $130 million. DadaABC (English language learning): $100 million. Knewton (adaptive learning): $182.3 Age of Learning (educational apps): $181.5 DreamBox Learning (adaptive learning): $175.6 Zuoyebang (tutoring): $350 million.

Trends 93

Trends MOOC Company Edmodo 93

Brainscape

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Plus, we’ve formatted them for optimal learning. Then, combined with our adaptive learning algorithm, which leverages decades of cognitive science research , you’ll be able to learn the facts 2-5 times FASTER. Remember, the WSET Diploma requires skills of analysis and logical thinking.

How To 52

How To Study E-rate Resources 52

Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

Fallon official pointed a response by the company that argued that the EdReports analysis was flawed, and he said Pearson’s overall record in aligning its materials to the common core is “very good,” overall. We’re very confident that our products are aligned to the common core. If it doesn’t, it won’t, and it won’t deserve to.

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Common Core Pearson Resources Company 76

Hack Education

JUNE 15, 2017

Mattel has cancelled its integration with Amazon Alexa, for example, which was supposed to power the speaker and facilitate the parts of “parent mode” that involved shopping for baby supplies. For example, you can program Aristotle™ to respond to your baby’s cries with a personalized soothing light and sound combination.

Robotics 67

Robotics Company Technology System 67

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

” I have taken issue with the NMC’s refusal to revisit previous years’ predictions, for example, which is why I started a project where you can see at a glance how the predictions have and have not changed over the decade-plus of the Horizon Report’s existence. Adaptive Learning Technologies.

Learning Analytics 68

Learning Analytics LMS Robotics Trends 68

Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2019

Programming languages come and go—and you will adapt. Learning the fairly small number of keywords and simple syntax of a specific programming language is easy—a lot easier than learning an actual, spoken human language! Python makes writing complex data analysis and even machine-learning projects possible.

Industry 167

Industry Conference Chromebook Groups 167

Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

And much like Edsurge (as well as another portfolio company, Glenn Greenwald’s The Intercept), the Omidyar Network’s investment in Data & Society certainly raises questions about that organization’s ability to be “independent” in its research and analysis. Hypothes.is (annotation software) – $1.9

Khan Academy 69

Khan Academy Education Company Data 69

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Here’s a different example of ownership (and the surrender of ownership) of students’ stories via the Star Tribune : “Retired Minn. ” More on ed-tech funding via Education Week’s Market Brief : “Self-Paced E-Learning Market Evaporating, Report Finds.” ” Education in the Courts.

Education 52

Education Coursera Elsevier MOOC 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

” Note the significant difference in language in this headline from The Verge , for example – “ Harvard’s Root robot teaches kids how to code ” – and the way in which Seymour would describe the LOGO Turtle – that students would using programming to teach the robot.

Technology 85

Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

It’s another great example of why people who call for “ Uber for Education ” are probably pretty shady. The English-language-learning company has raised $608 million total. EdWeek’s Market Brief on a report by Allovue : “ K–12 District Spending Analysis Raises Red Flag About ESSA School Comparisons.”

Education 43

Education Company Blackboard Kaplan 43

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

billion over 10 years, according to an Education Department cost analysis, Politico reported this week.” DreamBox Learning has raised $130 million from The Rise Fund. The adaptive learning company has raised $175.6 ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Strayer and Capella Merger Finalized.” million total.

Education 43

Education Pearson Company Blackboard 43

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). Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

” The story above is just one recent example of technology entrepreneurs making claims that do not “add up.” Speaking of which, Edsurge and Pearson have published a report on adaptive learning , with an introduction by the Clayton Christensen Institute’s Michael Horn. But not all her claims add up.”

Education 52

Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

On video games , for example – yes, that old canard. Speaking of feedback, Inside Higher Ed also profiles a sentiment analysis surveillance tool , developed at the University of St. The “ invisible ” “adaptive learning” company has raised $38.7 Because god forbid you actually ask them.

Education 46

Education Company Data Elsevier 46