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.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2021

And we’ve only seen the beginning—within the next few years, the company is poised to disrupt the healthcare market, become the market leader in online advertising, establish itself as a competitor to USPS, FedX and UPS, and provide global access to broadband internet through a network of satellites orbiting the planet… to name but a few examples.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

In an educational context, we expect Learning Engineers to pioneer new ways to leverage technology and data to deliver instruction that meets each individual student’s learning needs. They reallocate their time and their students’ tasks based on real-time progress.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2017

During recent interviews with education technology decision-makers at institutions of higher education, I was struck by the sometimes extreme views formed about vendors during the process of procuring tools to support teaching and learning. Company representatives are anathema to some, yet indispensable partners to others. last month.

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eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2021

New Lesson Recommendations feature helps teachers understand where students are in their math learning to support academic growth toward proficiency. BELLEVUE, Wash. Teachers can use this formative data to plan for individual or small group differentiation and customize their instructional strategies at any point during the school year.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2017

Diverse Leaders Just last week, we released a landmark study—titled Unrealized Impact —on the state of diversity, equity and inclusion in the K-12 education sector. Going into this new funding cycle, the study findings bolster our commitment to strengthening the pipeline of more Black and Latino leaders in education.

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techlearning

JULY 2, 2018

Students learn in different ways and have varying needs. That’s why innovative educators across the country are implementing creative programs to better meet those needs. The company provides innovative solutions for pre-K through 12th grade that empower districts to implement successful online and blended learning programs.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2016

When edtech companies approach Kara Monroe, they all tout how their product is different from everybody else’s. There’s huge amount of money coming into the edtech market for adaptive learning, personalized learning, competency-based materials, open materials. So much is coming at us,” Monroe says.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

More instructors are experimenting with adaptive-learning systems in their classrooms. Candace, you're an early pioneer of using AI and adaptive-learning tools with the online learning initiative that you started at Carnegie Mellon University and now lead at Stanford. To just say "Trust us.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2019

For the first time ever, the federal government put forward funds to support initiatives around open educational resources, and recent studies show that faculty attitudes towards using and adapting these openly-licensed learning materials are steadily improving. Open educational resources hit a turning point in 2018.

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Edsurge

JULY 3, 2017

Fulé and her colleague Don Carter, the university’s director of e-learning, launched the. Peak Performance Mathematics Bridge Program —a six-week summer course for students who place below the first math class in their chosen field of study. Wallinga saw his students continually stymied by gateway math requirements.

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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 12, 2016

PowerSchool Purchases Haiku Learning: The K-12 education solutions provider acquired Haiku Learning , provider of a cloud-based learning management and classroom collaboration solution designed to meet the needs of K-12 educators. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan’s Stephen M.

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2016

Plan to develop adaptive learning products and platform for use at home and in schools. As part of a three-year agreement, Sesame Workshop and IBM will collaborate to develop educational platforms and products that will be designed to adapt to the learning preferences and aptitude levels of individual preschoolers.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

This past year presented numerous challenges for educators, leaving many of us scrambling to do our best to meet the rising needs with limited time and resources – which isn’t sustainable. Throughout the year, we’ve seen districts and edtech companies fall victim to these attacks, compelling districts to adopt a defensive stance.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 2, 2019

A lot of media, telecom, eCommerce, software companies use this model, where customers pay for the service or product for a specific time period. So, in order to provide cost-efficient study materials, educational publishers felt an urgent need to start looking for an alternative. Develop Adaptive Learning Platforms.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

This past year presented numerous challenges for educators, leaving many of us scrambling to do our best to meet the rising needs with limited time and resources – which isn’t sustainable. Throughout the year, we’ve seen districts and edtech companies fall victim to these attacks, compelling districts to adopt a defensive stance.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

ADVANCED & MEASURED PROGRESS ( www.advanc-ed.org ) & ( www.measuredprogress.org ) Measured Progress and AdvancED will join forces to form a unique and far-reaching nonprofit educational company focused on data-driven tools for school improvement. has joined the ENA family of companies.

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Brainscape

DECEMBER 30, 2022

We’re Brainscape We’re the brains, minds, and hearts behind the world’s smartest study app. What sets Brainscape apart from any other study app is that its adaptive learning algorithm leverages decades of cognitive science research. Read: How to build strong study habits (or any habits in general!)]

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

of Text-Messaging at School A Big Step for Gesture-Based Learning? The degree requires the traditional 120 credit hours, but features small classes, extra supports, accommodation for different learning styles, and a modified course schedule to meet the students'' needs. Definitely worth a listen.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

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. Star 360 helps educators quickly and accurately determine students’ mastery in reading and math.

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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. In addition, Alma will continue to provide its own set of robust reporting tools to meet many needs and budgets.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

The change is part of a nationwide pilot program Walsh joined this year, one that could indicate just how deeply and how quickly the personalized-learning trend will penetrate the average classroom. Many watched instructional videos or worked with adaptive-learning software that adjusted lessons based on each student’s proficiency.

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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.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

If we go back to the War of 1812 lecture example, we can see the value of adaptive learning if we instead embrace these tech advancements. Educators can meet students where they are in viewing the tool with curiosity and encouraging it as a supplemental effort to their overall learning journey.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

Educators will seek out content that better supports them to successfully bring clean energy content to their students in meaningful ways and, as the job market in clean energy continues to grow, it is important for schools to help meet this demand for an educated workforce by helping students see themselves in clean energy careers.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Chopra worked at the CFPB and, while there, “sued two for-profit-college companies – ITT Educational Services Inc. – over accusations about abusive lending practices,” as The Chronicle of Higher Education notes. ” It’s now unclear, observers say, if the FTC can regulate companies like Google or Verizon.

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Hack Education

MAY 26, 2016

I bet Victor Frankenstein, whose own father had carelessly dismissed his son’s interests in the study of alchemy, would have understood their appeal, and he too would have been curious about what great powers the ads in the back pages of comics guaranteed. Doing so will even raise your credit score. How much of ed-tech is humbug?

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

” Via NPR : “Outcry After Louisiana Teacher Arrested During School Board Meeting.” 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.” This is how well your district does.”

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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. They’re distracting others.

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Via WaPo’s Valerie Strauss : “ Trump ’s rather weird meeting with the 2017 Teachers of the Year.” ” I’m more interested in hearing about segregation and state laws in Mississippi than the adaptive learning software a school is using. ” “How Can VR be Used for Learning?”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2016

Facebook, like many digital technology companies, promises that in exchange for collecting your personal data – your name, your age, your gender, your photos, metadata on your photos, your location, your preferences, your browsing and clicking habits, your friends’ names – it will deliver “personalization.”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via George Veletsianos : “A large-scale study of Twitter Use in MOOCs.” Via Campus Technology : “ Harvard Tailoring the MOOC Experience With Adaptive Learning.” Student loan company SoFi will acquire Zenbanx. " No s**t. million total.

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Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

the Virginia company at the heart of the operation.” Here’s the EdWeek headline: “ Company Exec. for Ed-Tech Company Testifies in Ala. ” Gee, good thing no one else in ed-tech is in the business of selling these sorts of connections between companies and politicians and schools! ” Ugh.

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Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

” Protestors were outside the meeting in force. ” 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. Critiques Their ESSA Plans.”

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