Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5 They’re amazing.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2017

All of those adaptations, all of that expertise was in her head. Blog: blog.learnzillion.com Twitter: @LearnZillion Facebook: facebook.com/LearnZillion. That prompted my partner and me to create LearnZillion and become the first curriculum-as-a-service company. Eric Westendorf, LearnZillion CEO. How does it work?

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

(From left to right) Sixth graders Mia DeMore, Maria DeAndrade, and Stephen Boulas make a number line in their math class at Walsh Middle School in Framingham, Massachusetts, one of 132 “Basecamp” schools piloting the Personalized Learning Platform created by the Summit charter school network. Photo: Chris Berdik. FRAMINGHAM, Mass.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

As an increasing number of companies offer “free trials” of their products to educators during COVID-19 closures, educators must understand that these “free” versions can come at a cost to students’ privacy and safety. While there are many additional features to explore for accessibility (e.g.,

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Linways Technologies

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

This is an important aspect for the companies that rely on the skilled workforce of emerging countries. The student begins from the most basic level; remembering what has been taught, onto the higher levels as learning progresses. Close contact with society and the real-life application of the subject , Learning itself is not enough.

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Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2018

.” Edsurge offers “A Word of Caution Before Hiring a Director of Personalized Learning.” From the Google blog : “ Chromebook tablets for versatile learning.” ” Also via Wired : “Companies Are Cashing in on Reality TV for Tots.” The company has raised $4.8

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

awards debt collection contract to company with ties to DeVos.” ” Via Buzzfeed : “Here’s How A Student Loan Debt Relief Company Preyed On Its Customers.” ” The company: the Student Loan Assistance Center. Blackboard’s Chief Financial Officer, Lisa Mayr, is also leaving the company.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Via the Law Librarian Blog : “ LexisNexis ’s Role in ICE Surveillance and Librarian Ethics.” ” Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein on his company’s new event series, The Empirical Educator Project. ” Well, this will be useful to “personalize learning,” won’t it.

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Lenovo Education Facebook MOOC 51

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

SoFi : a student loan company and one of the most well-funded ed-tech companies out there sure seems swell. ” “ Delta Career Education Corporation , a privately held for-profit college company, is phasing out seven of its campuses,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Unified settles lawsuits with teacher Rafe Esquith.”

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Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

” That is, the daycare company Bright Horizons will pay for its employees to get their degrees at four institutions – three of which are for-profits (including Ashford University and Walden University, which have been targets of lawsuits claiming they misled students). .” to For-Profit Company Tackling School Schedules.”

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Education MOOC E-rate Coursera 43

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

From the World Bank’s ed-tech blog : “How students in Uruguayan schools are being taught English over the Internet by teachers in Argentina – and in the UK & the Philippines.” ” “ Zynga ’s Headquarters Is Worth More Than The Actual Company.” Accreditation and Certification.

Education 52

Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Sometimes they strike a deal.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

“ Apollo Education Group , the parent company of the University of Phoenix and Western International University , announced Thursday that it would eliminate the use of mandatory arbitration clauses in students’ enrollment agreements,” Inside Higher Ed reports. “ OpenStax , Knewton introduce adaptive learning into OER.”

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

.” Gotta love a quote like this, from a story in Edsurge profiling McComb, Mississippi ’s Summit Elementary School: “We are learning how to mitigate between policy and trying to be as innovative as possible without breaking state laws.” Jeff Fernandez, the co-founder of the online learning company Grovo , has resigned.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

” Oh sure sure, this isn’t exactly education technology news, except for the part where Khosla invests in education technology companies and his wife founded the open education organization CK–12. Udacity has updated its blog post , removing the photo of the 12 men and replacing it with a picture of a server rack.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

. “This Machine Learning-Powered Software Teaches Kids To Be Better Writers,” Fast Company claims. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ IBM and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced Thursday that the company will spend $240 million on a joint lab with MIT focused on artificial intelligence.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

.” Testing, Testing… Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “These days, everyone’s talking about ‘equity,’ and now a testing company has affixed the word to a new effort. From the Coursera blog : “Coursera pilots a new course format.” “Is Estonia the new Finland ? .

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

.” A ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union raises interesting questions about the ownership of student data : “Exam scripts and examiner’s corrections are personal data of the exam candidate.” ” From the Pearson blog : “The future of language learning: Augmented reality vs virtual reality.”

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Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

” The Kenyan Ministry of Education says that the Bridge International Academies are not complying with the country’s laws, and the company, which runs chains of schools across the developing world, has not received approval for its curriculum. for-profits? ” Education in the Courts. “What if the US had an OU?”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

Via Education Week : “ DeVos-Backed Company Makes Questionable Claims on Autism , ADHD.” ” “Betsy DeVos Won’t Shed Stake in Biofeedback Company , Filings Show,” The New York Times reports. ” Via the Coursera blog : “Announcing Coursera for Governments & Nonprofits.”

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