eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

AI in education is used to enhance personalized learning experiences, streamline administrative tasks, and provide valuable insights into student performance. AI-powered adaptive learning platforms analyze individual student strengths and weaknesses, tailoring educational content to meet specific needs.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY — As students return to the classroom for the new school year, Savvas Learning Company is helping educators move learning forward with engaging, easy-to-use K-12 solutions that offer data-informed instruction and adaptive technology to take personalized learning to the next level. “A

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

. — September 15, 2021 — DreamBox Learning, the leading education technology provider that in 2006 pioneered intelligent adaptive learning, today announced new expansions and partnerships with school district customers, including Prince George’s County Public Schools and East Baton Rouge Parish School System.

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Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2017

The United States is expected to lead the charge, followed by countries in Asia and Europe, so it may come as no surprise that people interested in edtech are traveling from all over the world to learn from, sell to and acquire U.S. Limin Chen “They want adaptive learning tools, STEM products and learning management systems,” says Chen. “If

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 25, 2019

industry, eclipsing last year’s tally. Some deals have given birth to new unicorns, the industry parlance for private businesses valued at over $1 billion. Thanks to a $157 million fundraise, the edtech industry has given birth to its third U.S. Investors continue to pour money into the U.S. But there have also been fire sales.

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EdTech Knewton Pearson Coursera 79

Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2018

The company that set the bar for hyping adaptive-learning technology has had to adapt to new leadership and a new business model. The rest comes from company’s existing investors, including Accel, Atomico, Bessemer Venture Partners, FirstMark Capital, First Round Capital, Founders Fund and Sofina.

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Knewton OER Pearson Adaptive Learning 64

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Although AI is not new in other industries, it’s still an emerging trend in education and we are finally allowing ourselves a glimpse of hope, skepticism and wonderment. On the down side, as the technology evolves it will also enable hackers to be more adept at infiltrating systems that store sensitive student data.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 143

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Looking back now, here are my picks for what have emerged as the most influential tools for online learning that have helped bring digital education from an experiment to a mainstream practice. Some of the systems also offer video editing, recording and screen downloading options. million students. The LMS market today is valued at $9.2

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Between the barbeque and baristas, the dive bars and dueling pianos, thousands of educators, along with entrepreneurs, investors, researchers and policymakers across the education industry, will descend on Austin, Texas, during the first week of March for SXSW EDU. Join us for a slice of the action! Tuesday, March 5, 4 p.m. 12:30 p.m.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2017

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. Blackboard Inc.,

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The company provides comprehensive benchmark and formative assessments for states and districts, actionable learning analytics dashboards, personalized pathways powered by machine learning, and blockchain-enabled micro-credentials for student empowerment.

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Linways Technologies

DECEMBER 20, 2018

If that seems too far fetched, just think about the number of jobs that was created in the last few decades, like social media manager, drone operator, mobile app developer, system admin etc. More and more companies are focusing on skills rather than degrees to hire talent. Disconnecting degrees from job requirements.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

He just doesn’t think our current university systems and edtech solutions will get us there. He’s worried that, rather than advancing our human potential, many edtech companies and universities are perpetuating the status quo. Rise of the robots Siemens has both an academic and an industry perspective on digital learning.

Digital Learning 60

Digital Learning Technology MOOC Learning Analytics 60

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

More instructors are experimenting with adaptive-learning systems in their classrooms. College advising systems are trying to use predictive analytics to increase student retention. EdSurge: Civitas develops AI-powered systems for higher education. And you can sign up for the next EdSurge Live here.

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Data Adaptive Learning System Company 76

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.) Other systems: provide multiple types of information.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 28, 2018

When I first joined the Christensen Institute over five years ago we were knee-deep in studying the fast-growing market of tools designed to support blended learning environments. Beyond our education systems, communications technologies have advanced in ways that radically improved our ability to connect across time and space.

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EdTech Adaptive Learning Blended Learning Industry 40

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2017

These statistics offer a somber reminder that the edtech industry does not produce quick, home run hits. But as some disappointed investors have learned last year, the actual market value and performance behind “unicorns” may be as illusory as their nickname. Also missing were blockbuster exits, such as LinkedIn’s $1.5

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Although AI is not new in other industries, it’s still an emerging trend in education and we are finally allowing ourselves a glimpse of hope, skepticism and wonderment. On the down side, as the technology evolves it will also enable hackers to be more adept at infiltrating systems that store sensitive student data.

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

techlearning

APRIL 25, 2018

Herndon, Virginia, April 25, 2018 — Summit™ Math , a curriculum of adaptive online math courses from Fuel Education ®(FuelEd®), and Stride ™, FuelEd’s supplemental learning solution for skills practice for students in PreK–8 grade, were both selected as winners in The ComputED Gazette ’s 24th Annual Best Educational Software Awards (BESSIES).

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Adaptive Learning Instructional Materials Course Blended Learning 40

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 2, 2014

In this first installment, software engineer Ben Slivka — inspired by science fiction — dreamed of creating truly adaptive learning software. But what if digital creations could leapfrog that system? CHAPTER 9: Sci-Fi-Inspired Software. February 2005: Bellevue, Washington.

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Software Microsoft Education Blended Learning 67

Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2019

Allen: Ten years ago the messaging from the traditional publishing industry was very much along the lines of “there's no free lunch,” and “how could free materials possibly be high quality?” So could there be a future where publishers essentially become adaptive learning software companies?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Several software companies have their own repositories, such as Microsoft’s Docs.com, Schoology’s public resources, Canvas Commons, and more. There is also the US Department of Education’s Learning Registry, which contains resources created by various parts of the US Government. Many of the silos are poorly organized.

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OER Resources Common Core Education 60

Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 25, 2015

Almost all of those companies went out of business. Today, Gaggle provides our Safe Classroom Learning Management System and Safety Management products for Google Apps for Education or Office 365 to millions of students who are creating, collaborating and sharing in a safe environment. We recycle all terminology and ideas.

EdTech 40

EdTech Differentiated Instruction Gamification MOOC 40

Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 25, 2015

Almost all of those companies went out of business. Today, Gaggle provides our Safe Classroom Learning Management System and Safety Management products for Google Apps for Education or Office 365 to millions of students who are creating, collaborating and sharing in a safe environment. We recycle all terminology and ideas.

EdTech 40

EdTech Differentiated Instruction Gamification MOOC 40

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

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2016

Technologists who have built successful systems in other domains—and who frequently view education as just another market in which to apply their expertise—often doom their project to fail at the start, by adopting a narrow and outdated educational model. Serendipity and curiosity are such important elements in learning,” she asks.

Adaptive Learning 76

Adaptive Learning How To Learning EdTech 76

TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 7, 2015

.” “Companies pursue these “sustaining innovations” at the higher tiers of their markets because this is what has historically helped them succeed: by charging the highest prices to their most demanding and sophisticated customers at the top of the market, companies will achieve the greatest profitability.

Learning 40

Learning Industry Company Examples 40

MindShift

JUNE 7, 2016

” The education technology industry, meanwhile, keeps making it easier for teachers to record and share information on students. “We literally have more data about our students than any company has about anybody else about anything,” Ferreira said. “And it’s not even close.”

Data 28

Data Knewton Report Software 28

Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

When I first started working as a tech reporter, I assumed – naively – that venture capitalists were smart people who did thorough research before funding a company. I assumed that they looked to see if the company could do what it promised – financially, technologically. One should be conscientious, as such.

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Trends MOOC Company Edmodo 93

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Politics and Policies FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced Connect to Compete , a new non-profit initiative that brings private industry and the non-profit sector together to help expand broadband adoption and promote digital literacy. Valve , the company behind the video game hit Portal, is working on an educational game.

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Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

eSchool News

JULY 20, 2021

July 19, 2021 — DreamBox Learning, the leading education technology provider that in 2006 pioneered intelligent adaptive learning, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Reading Plus, an evidence-based online reading program for grades 3-12 designed to help students boost their literacy skills and reading confidence.

Blended Learning 52

Blended Learning Adaptive Learning Industry Learning 52

Linways Technologies

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Decision makers are more concerned about the quality of the syllabi, and the system, that they are constantly revising older, static workflows and norms to newer adaptive ones. We need such progressive ideals to define the system for our students and teachers to be proud of what we have. Quality centered.

Trends 71

Trends Adaptive Learning Education Outcomes 71

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

ASSIST has expanded the system with content for every grade level, K-12 through Higher Education. BENCHMARK EDUCATION COMPANY ADVANCEALL ( benchmarkeducation.com ) Benchmark Education Company (BEC) released Advance ALL, a new series motivating students to read with literary and informational reading text sets. Illuminate 10.0

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Epson Blackboard Pearson STEM 53

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system. Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 72

TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

This leads to the “innovator’s dilemma,” described recently in The Economist as “the difficult choice an established company faces when it has to choose between holding onto an existing market by doing the same thing a bit better, or capturing new markets by embracing new technologies and adopting new business models.”

Examples 40

Examples Classroom Maker Movement Social Media 40

Wired Campus

APRIL 30, 2015

In the TV series Shark Tank, entrepreneurs with budding companies pitch their ideas to a panel of investors who ask probing questions and then decide whether to back the proposals. Freund: When I sold my previous company, I had some time at my hands for the first time really in my life. Each spoke from a different perspective — Ms.

E-rate 28

E-rate Company Course MOOC 28

eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

Moving beyond the tradition of looking for employees at university graduation days may provide a glimpse into how we can simplify job transfers between private industry and public education and provide more opportunities for non-traditional paths into education careers. Speak to those who have spent a lifetime in and out of education.

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EdTech Industry Assessment Data 136