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

JUNE 28, 2018

Recruited for the rebellion, students are trained in the powerful ways authors convey meaning and affect their audience. Amplify Fractions covers math standards in grades 3–6 and offers a new approach to learning fractions through a blend of adaptive learning and interactive storytelling.

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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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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Ancora High School’s Personal Financial Literacy course will teach students to apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills to analyze decisions involving earning and spending, saving and investing credit and borrowing, insuring and protecting, and college and post-secondary education and training.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2016

OpenEd ranks videos based on an analysis of how students do on assessments after watching them. Fishtree believes in giving students “voice and choice” to select the resource that matches their learning style. Other adaptive learning vendors claim they can choose the right resources automatically.

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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. Instead, they’ve re-branded as job training sites. Pearson promises “personalization” through its “adaptive learning” products, for example. (It It’s now an LMS too.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

DreamBox Learning (adaptive learning): $130 million. DadaABC (English language learning): $100 million. EverFi (“critical skills” training): $251 million. Knewton (adaptive learning): $182.3 Age of Learning (educational apps): $181.5 DreamBox Learning (adaptive learning): $175.6

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 20, 2019

Here’s an excerpt from the Systemic Improvement section of the chapter: One important role of principals and superintendents is ensuring that employee position announcements, job descriptions, hiring processes, mentoring systems, training, and evaluation criteria all enforce school organizations’ need for robust multimedia learning and teaching.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Adaptive learning technology is the new go-to for personalized learning. Diagnostic products and software systems that target specific areas of learning for improvement can help students find success, freeing educators to help every learner reach their personal best within one classroom. Microsoft Office 365 ?

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Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

Few corporate brand names in education are as recognizable, and as polarizing, as Pearson, the giant education provider whose reach extends to virtual schools, testing, language training and an array of other areas. Fallon described the scope of the company’s reach in different areas of K-12, higher education, and professional training.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

to streamline workflows for assessment and data analysis. Impero will also discuss its recent update to Impero iSafeguard, its online safeguarding training solution for school staff. Each package delivers full curriculum support, training and resources from an ever-growing online community of educators. Illuminate 10.0

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Collaboration is not confined by physical barriers–global learning communities connect and share insights in real-time. Adaptive learning technologies cater to individual needs, optimizing educational paths for diverse learners. Personalized learning: Technology enables a more personalized approach to education.

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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. The Omidyar Network’s Education Portfolio.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Just a few weeks after Daphne Koller ’s announcement she was leaving the MOOC startup she co-founded, Coursera unveiled “ Coursera for Business ” this week, marking its pivot from “democratizing higher ed” to “ training corporate employees.” ” Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Nor, I’d argue, will a fixation on simply “learning to code.” Although job training is something that companies have been unwilling to pay for – or at least that they pay for quite unevenly.) ” Train and retrain. Education Technology and the Business of Job Training. billion.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

” According to WCET , “Developing Effective Courses Using Adaptive Learning Begins with Proper Alignment.” ” Via Getting Smart : “ Virtual and Augmented Reality in Personalized Learning.” ” Tom Vander Ark lists “ 15 Dimensions of Personalized Learning.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

billion over 10 years, according to an Education Department cost analysis, Politico reported this week.” The Business of Job Training. DreamBox Learning has raised $130 million from The Rise Fund. The adaptive learning company has raised $175.6 ” The official: Steven G. The company: RIB Software SE.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

There’s more MOOC news in the job training section below. The Business of Job Training. Via Techcrunch : “ Google and Coursera launch program to train more IT support specialists.” . “ Indiana Virtual School has the lowest graduation rate of any public school in the state,” says Chalkbeat.

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

” Via Education Week : “ Teach For America Ends Pre-Training Pilot Focused on Cultural Competency.” Speaking of which, Edsurge and Pearson have published a report on adaptive learning , with an introduction by the Clayton Christensen Institute’s Michael Horn. ” ( PDF ). .” It's religion.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Perhaps the district didn’t know what New York City learned when it audited its old data portal : it found that less than 3% of parents had ever logged in. There are a variety of reasons for this: language barriers, lack of Internet access, incompatible devices, lack of training. Brain Training. You're sexist. Unbundling".

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

There is some exciting Udacity news in the job training section below too. The Business of Job Training. 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

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Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

Department of State and massive open online course provider Coursera are partnering to launch Coursera for Refugees , a program to offer career training to displaced people around the world. According to Edsurge, the company makes “adaptive workplace software that helps individualize corporate training.”

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