Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

in this post, I share with you my perspectives, drawn from my experiences as a blogger, educator, and academic with a PhD in educational studies, on what constitutes the quintessential characteristics of 21st century teachers. The importance of adaptability for teachers is well documented in the research literature (e.g., Madda et al.,

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 8, 2019

This study of data has now grown into a dedicated field and Data Science learning is becoming a sought-after career. It is about gaining in-depth information out of large amounts of data, by its analysis. Studying Customer Journeys Better. Studying Customer Journeys Better. For infrastructural changes.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

As part of a long-term study on the school, a team of researchers at NYU, led by Richard Arum, decided to look at other metrics, including a performance-based test called the College and Work Readiness Assessment, which is designed to measure various problem solving and reasoning skills. The studies that showed the most success (i.e.,

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EdTech4Beginners

JANUARY 2, 2017

2) Adaptive learning. Mixing online tutoring with powerful machine learning has the potential to tailor specific learning solutions to individual students to help them learn in the most effective way possible. 3) Chatbots.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Squirrel—so named because, like the furry, nut-gathering rodent, it is fast, agile, plans ahead and “cracks tough nuts,” according to founder and CEO Derek Haoyang Li—uses an AI adaptive learning system and human instructors to give students a personalized education on subjects ranging from Chinese language to physics.

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techlearning

MARCH 27, 2018

announces Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to tailor learning materials for students studying Chinese. AI technology is the foundation of the company’s flagship language learning product: Ponddy Chinese Smart Textbooks. Ponddy Education Inc.

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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.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

In a traditional classroom setting, when a student has a hard time getting the expected learning outcomes they also often take the blame for their poor results. The first step in implementing universal design for learning in the classroom is to carefully assess the current situation.

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Brainscape

MAY 31, 2022

We hope you enjoy our analysis and tips! We’re Brainscape We’re the brains, minds, and hearts behind the world’s smartest study app. It also makes learning and studying in formal environments like school or college mighty difficult (though not impossible).

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techlearning

APRIL 6, 2018

TEMPE, AZ — Arizona State University’s School of Earth and Space Exploration recently released new research on its flagship Smart Course, on Smart Sparrow’s adaptive learning platform—published in the peer-reviewed journal, ASTROBIOLOGY.

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Marketplace K-12

OCTOBER 3, 2016

And check out EdWeek Market Brief , a service that provides companies doing business with schools with news, analysis, and original data on the needs and priorities of K-12 systems. Beijing-based Zuoyebang is a mobile study platform that offers homework assistance for primary and secondary school students.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 12, 2018

tl;dr version: the report finds three benefits for colleges and universities that get online learning right. They save money, expand access, and offer the same or better quality as face-to-face learning. Testbed – the authors picked a very interesting mix of campuses to study.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 27, 2015

Today’s students are studying and learning differently – a change confirmed by the widespread adoption of digital studying. In fact, our same study found that 77% of college students feel the use of adaptive technology helped them improve their grades.

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eSpark

JULY 1, 2021

Our adaptive pathways consistently adjust within the student’s Zone of Proximal Development (Vygotsky, 1978). The Effect of Direct Instruction Strategy on Math Achievement of Primary 4th and 5th Grade Students with Learning Difficulties. International Education Studies, 4(4). 3: Student Engagement Increases Motivation.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2016

At a conference where educators and entrepreneurs seemed enraptured by the possibility of personalized and adaptive learning technology, Mitra offered this warning: “The problem we have in our system is that we think we can tell the learner where to go.” The answer: nobody. Check out our Day 1 recap from Educause here.

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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. An independent study by the U.S.

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Brainscape

DECEMBER 11, 2023

To hike this beast, you’re going to need a full rucksack of study tips and resources so that your approach can be as efficient and effective as possible , but also fun because you chose this direction for a reason: for the love of wine. Plus, we’ve formatted them for optimal learning.

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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. million. .”

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Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

The weight of the activity will be in blended learning, and how you combine the benefits of face-to-face with purely online approaches.”. Recent studies, including one by Stanford’s CREDO project , have shown virtual schools producing poor results. “We publish studies that show the value that these programs do add.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

The courses will be provided through Pathways, a new enhancement to Hoonuit’s online professional development solution, which groups similar modules together to provide a well-rounded study of a topic. A new historical analysis genre and new historical analysis prompts will be available in December 2017 and more will be released in 2018.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

The series provides grade-appropriate literary, science and social studies content and each book contains a text at a higher level with extra support to expedite students’ achievement. to streamline workflows for assessment and data analysis. This two-year course of study includes more video and immediately applicable lessons.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Via The Washington Post : “Meet the parents who won’t let their children study literature.” ” More on ed-tech funding via Education Week’s Market Brief : “Self-Paced E-Learning Market Evaporating, Report Finds.” Via WaPo : “Study: Robot baby dolls don’t curb teen pregnancies.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

I first read an article by Seymour Papert in a Women’s Studies class in the mid 1990s – “ Epistemological Pluralism ,” which he co-wrote with Sherry Turkle. The Awl summarizes a Pew Research study , noting that “The Sharing Economy Is Only For People Who Can Afford To Not Share.”) ” ).

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

” Via Edsurge : “As Bootcamps Look for Novel Ways for Students to Pay For Their Studies, Many Try ‘ Deferred Tuition ’ ” Do note how student financial aid startups are still raising venture capital (and how now, I guess, ed-tech publications cover these stories when before they insisted these weren’t ed-tech).

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

” “No College Kid Needs a Water Park to Study,” says James Koch in a NYT op-ed , criticizing schools spending money on lavish amenities. The English-language-learning company has raised $608 million total. Highlights from our child mortality study published today in @Health_Affairs : 1.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

Via the New Haven Independent : “The school board [in New Haven , Connecticut ] will allow Yale University continue with a study on students struggling to read, but tighter rules will be in place for any future research.” ” The study includes DNA testing. DreamBox Learning has raised $130 million from The Rise Fund.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

Meanwhile on Campus… Sara Goldrick-Rab on food insecurity on college campuses : “It’s Hard to Study if You’re Hungry.” From the press release : “ Knewton Launches Alta, Fully Integrated Adaptive Learning Courseware for Higher Education, Putting Achievement in Reach for Everyone.”

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

” @14prinsp @KateMfD @audreywatters @gsiemens VC-mediated "consent" for academic studies "Incorrect Response!" Via Education Week : “ Charter, Alternative, Virtual Schools Account for Most Low-Grad-Rate Schools, Study Finds.” Because ed-tech is not science. It's religion. Elsewhere: “U.S.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For their part, critics of laptop bans claimed the studies the op-eds frequently cite were flawed, reductive, and out-of-date. In 2013, Intel acquired Kno for $15 million — for “ pennies on the dollar ,” said one analyst — and rebranded the software as the Intel Education Study App. They’re distracting others. And on and on and on.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

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 Which means it’s probably going to be proposed for schools who cannot afford counseling services.

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Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

“ How Not to Study Donald Trump ” – “To make sense of Trumpism, and to put Trump in his historical context, The Chronicle of Higher Education asked a mostly white group of scholars to suggest readings for a syllabus for a mock course in Trump Studies. The adaptive learning company has raised $4.57

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