Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2017

He’s never been a fan of digital textbooks or MOOCs.) He also believes the market is also moving towards tools that bundle assessment and content, rather than being offered as separate products. It’s an observation borne, perhaps, out of his experience working with Smarterer, a skills assessment platform that was.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2019

Rounding out the podium for top dollars raised in 2019 with $90 million is Examity , a Boston-based provider of exam proctoring tools used by colleges and universities, assessment groups, professional certification boards and employers. The two companies were also among the 10 companies that raised the most funding in 2017 as well.

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EdTech Coursera Knewton Analysis 141

Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 2, 2019

But how do they compete with resources like MOOCs and OERs that have made high quality course content from respected university professors available for free? When students started migrating towards used textbooks, rentals, MOOCs and OER due to the high prices of printed textbooks, it affected the revenues of traditional book publishers.

OER 16

OER Education MOOC Adaptive Learning 16

Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2020

In a 2018 survey of hiring leaders , we found that online pre-hire assessment was the single most likely “disruptor” of the reliance on degrees in hiring, followed by simulation-based hiring. It seems certain that more professional learning will happen outside of traditional institutions and campuses – especially if colleges fail to adapt.

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Learning Digital Badges E-rate MOOC 181

TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

So self-guided inquiry-based and mobile learning. Adaptive learning apps. Learning simulations. Learning here becomes less about curriculum and more about possibility. Same with a school or curriculum or assessment. I can see that happening with school. So much of that stuff is just up for grabs.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) million in venture capital from high profile names like LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and from firms active in ed-tech investing such as Learn Capital. The company has raised some $77.5

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Wired Campus

APRIL 30, 2015

And then lastly a lot of these Learning Gadgets allow you to bring in third-party content — so almost anything that exists on the web you can bring right into a Versal course, organize it, organize it in lessons, put assessments in between, and so on. Freedman: I love where you started with the criticism of the MOOCs.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

” “Two assessment companies – Educational Testing Service and Data Recognition Corp. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “Humans, the Latest MOOC Feature.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Kaplan Will Offer Free Online PSAT Prep.”

Education 52

Education Coursera Elsevier MOOC 52

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

We must ask: is designing our next-generation learning tools with such a content-driven focus on academic mastery sufficient to help people break into the middle class, when we know our economy is still so connection-driven ? In the first wave of online learning, we focused on democratizing access to content.

Coursera 103

Coursera MOOC Education Khan Academy 103

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

“Hardly Anyone Wants to Take a Liberal Arts MOOC,” Edsurge informed its readers in February. ” MOOC startups like Udacity and Coursera have also rebranded to target this particular post-secondary technical training market. We’ve seen this before in the MOOC world. See: the LMS, the MOOC.

Technology 85

Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ California Should Watch Arkansas Process for Creating New Online Institution,” says Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill. in August has released an assessment on the university’s response and what it could have done better. ” asks Bryan Alexander.

Education 51

Education ProctorU Company Report 51

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

” The Whiteboard Advisors’ latest “Education Insider” report ( PDF ) is on assessment trends, higher education, and the presidential campaigns. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Because up ’til now, MOOCs were the most brilliant data mining app ever.). It's religion.

Education 52

Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the job training section below. . A new project from the Learning Policy Institute and EducationCounsel : “Reimagining College Access: Performance Assessments From K–12 Through Higher Education.”

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Education Elsevier MOOC Knewton 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Despite predictions that badges would be the “ new credential ” and that we were looking at a “ Future Full of Badges ,” it’s not clear that digital badges have provided us with a really meaningful way to assess skills or expertise. MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

The “nation’s report card” is the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” Students In Visual Arts , Music ,” NPR reports. a month.). .”

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Here’s The Chronicle headline from then : “Professor Leaves a MOOC in Mid-Course in Dispute Over Teaching.”) Good thing I never did anything in those MOOCs, otherwise I'd be losing my work. Remember Richard McKenzie? ” Hackers, man. .”

Education 48

Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). The “ invisible ” “adaptive learning” company has raised $38.7 .” Of course. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Ashford U. Faces New Setback in Battle Over GI Bill Funds.” million total.

Education 46

Education Company Data Elsevier 46

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

The company behind the ACT on Wednesday announced plans for a Center for Equity in Learning, which will focus on helping underserved students succeed in college and the work force.” ” “ Northwest Evaluation Association To Enter State Assessment Market,” says Education Week. “Is Estonia the new Finland ?”

Coursera 60

Coursera Education E-rate Company 60