Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2019

In an unusual move intended to shake up how college teaching is done around the world, Carnegie Mellon University today announced that it will give away dozens of the digital-learning software tools it has built over more than a decade—and make their underlying code available for anyone to see and modify. But Kenneth R.

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Edsurge

JULY 22, 2020

With school plans for the fall focused less on reopening and more on resuming remote learning, the mixed experience with online instruction from the spring offers many lessons for how district leaders can better prepare for this next go around. What accounts for the low reported usage of other edtech software? “My

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2016

It represents a category of edtech, called “digital courseware” by foundations and industry analysts, that’s changing the way online students learn and faculty teach. These neatly packaged courses also raise questions about the role of faculty, and who decides what students need to learn. A Word of Caution.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

He’s worried that, rather than advancing our human potential, many edtech companies and universities are perpetuating the status quo. The LINK Lab is a hub international scholars exploring the digitization of knowledge and learning and how this process impacts education. Our technology is our ideology,” Siemens says.

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Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 25, 2016

Frontline Acquires Teachscape: K-12 software provider Frontline Technologies has acquired Teachscape , a professional growth solutions provider for K-12 and higher education. The program is part of AT&T’s $350 million “commitment to empower students to reach their full potential,” the company said in a statement.

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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

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Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2018

Billion Federal Block Grant Makes Ed-Tech Training Higher Priority Than Software, Devices.” ” Also via Wired : “Companies Are Cashing in on Reality TV for Tots.” Job training company BetterUp has raised $26 million from Lightspeed Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Freestyle Capital, and DFJ Growth.

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