eSchool News

JUNE 2, 2016

“In New Mexico there is an academic gap between rural and urban communities—students in some areas have access to a wider menu of course options, while others leave school ill-equipped for college,” explained Amy Jaramillo, executive director of IDEAL New Mexico, who served on the RFP evaluation committee during the selection process.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

To believe that would require, of course, that we overlook the role that the major technology platforms – Google, Facebook, and Amazon – play in education. Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?). Education’s Proto-Platforms. Big Tech’s Bets.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

AUGUST 29, 2023

Helps Track and Assess Performance Online publishing platforms offer the feature of learning analytics reports, which help curriculum creators and educators track the engagement level of students. This gives insights into parts of the course that are most or least engaging.

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Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

We [made] probably the biggest single investment [in the Pearson System of Courses , which] completely rethinks the way that numeracy and literacy are taught in the classroom. You have to work with the gray—that is the day-to-day reality of the classroom. If it doesn’t, it won’t, and it won’t deserve to.

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Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2018

Via The Guardian : “ Open University plans major cuts to number of staff and courses.” ” Edsurge offers “A Word of Caution Before Hiring a Director of Personalized Learning.” ” Via Education Week : “ Personalized Learning Pilot Program Reports Gains in Literacy Scores.”

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

“Imagine Discovering That Your Teaching Assistant Really Is a Robot ,” says The Wall Street Journal in a story about “Jill Watson” (of course it’s a female name), an automated teaching assistant at Georgia Tech. Via Techcrunch : “ Lilwil ’s personalized learning engine teaches teachers how to teach.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. Rafter, a course material provider that was an early advocate of and provider for this bundling of textbooks and tuition, closed its doors in 2016 , having raised more than $86 million.

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Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

And of course current Undersecretary of Education, Ted Mitchell, is a former VC.) From the Coursera blog : “Coursera pilots a new course format.” ” More via I Programmer on Coursera ’s decision to remove old courses from its platform. .” Presidential Campaign Politics. weeks in 2015.”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

“The Growing Role of Technology in Personalized Learning ,” according to KQED’s Mindshift. Via Campus Technology : “ Unizin Partners with Cengage to Offer Discounted Course Materials.” Adeptemy , an adaptive learning company, has raised $3.48 ” (I admit. million total.

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