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With Eyes on Asia, Kidaptive Raises $19.1M to Grow Its ‘Invisible’ Adaptive Learning Platform

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Once known for a learning game, the Redwood City, Calif.-based based company now touts itself as a provider of adaptive-learning technologies for educational content providers. The company has refocused its business and research around what it calls its “Adaptive Learning Platform.”

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What Do Academics Really Think of Adaptive Learning?

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In Spring 2016, faculty, support staff and administrators at Oregon State University met to candidly share their experiences with adaptive learning technology. These insights are valuable for faculty and administrators at other institutions and companies that are looking to partner with them. I hope you enjoy the videos.

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Can a For-Profit, Venture-Backed Company Keep OER Free—and Be Financially Sustainable?

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New and traditional publishers are trying to offer alternatives such as open educational resources (OER), or freely downloadable and adaptable learning materials. One company, Top Hat, is trying to shift away from that by opening up its marketplace of mostly OER materials to users for free. Edward Watson.

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Top 10 Education Tech Trends in 2022

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If you are into Edtech and wondering how it will evolve in 2022, you are in the right place. But before we get into the trends, let us briefly look into what exactly Edtech is. . What is Edtech and Why Is It Important? Edtech development and advancement have also benefitted learners with disabilities and cognitive impairments.

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Heard, Overheard and Announced at ISTE 2016

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The ISTE conference isn’t the biggest edtech conference in the world by sheer luck. It brings together K-12 educators, companies, reporters, university professors, and students to talk about product announcements, implementation strategies and edtech trends. Full EdSurge coverage on Google here.) Wondering about Apple?

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Jose Ferreira Steps Down as Knewton CEO, Eyes Next Education Startup

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Yesterday, the New York-based company announced that Ryan Prichard, who has been with the company since July 2012, most recently as Chief Technology Officer, will assume the CEO position. Ferreira, who founded the company in 2008, will remain on the company’s board of directors. But that’s becoming more the norm now.”.

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Can Entrepreneurs Balance Educational and Financial Returns?

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While the emergence of “edtech” and the growing tide of investment towards this industry has led to a seemingly endless proliferation of new startups claiming to be in service of education, the perception of many educators, including some of my professors at Penn, is often one of skepticism. And if profit is part of the motive, is it okay?