Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

And even before the management change, the company had quietly started building a huge library of courses bolted to its adaptive engine. The secret to its swift entry into publishing was OER (open education resources). And officials say that professors at 80 colleges are already trying the textbooks in their courses.

Knewton 115

Knewton Strategy OER Pearson 115

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. Brian Kibby, CEO of Knewton Getting into the courseware business marks a major pivot for the New York City-based company, which originally licensed its adaptive learning technology to publishers.

Knewton 65

Knewton OER Pearson Adaptive Learning 65

Edsurge

JULY 15, 2019

Today, Pearson announced it will adopt a “digital first” approach to updating its higher ed course materials, meaning that any revisions or changes to textbook content will happen first in the digital version. The goal, she says, is to “make our tools more versatile in terms of how we help students learn.”

Pearson 166

Pearson OER Company Knewton 166

Iterating Toward Openness

MARCH 28, 2018

Our first openly licensed college textbook was published in 2012, and our library since scaled to more than 20 books for college and AP courses used by hundreds of thousands of students. It’s difficult to find an OER initiative that doesn’t make use of their materials. They estimate their materials have been used by 3.5

OER 60

OER Adaptive Learning Outcomes Libraries 60

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2016

For over a decade, plenty of time and dollars have been poured into encouraging the use of open educational resources (OER). In 2007 the Hewlett Foundation’s funding helped create OER Commons. From my experience, the answers usually are: OER resources are in silos. Last year, the U.S. Many of the silos are poorly organized.

OER 60

OER Resources Common Core Education 60

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

A new report surveying academic administrators released Wednesday by the Online Learning Consortium and Learning House sheds some insight on innovation challenges at higher education institutions. Now, she says, the use of technology in learning has created more of a need to put money behind innovation. Evangeline J.

Report 78

Report Competency Based Learning OER Survey 78

Edsurge

MAY 12, 2017

Throughout the past decade, Knewton ’s adaptive learning technology has been backed by some of the biggest names in the both the publishing and venture capital community. Pearson will no longer use Knewton’s adaptive learning engine for some of its digital offerings. content providers.

Knewton 79

Knewton Pearson Adaptive Learning Company 79

Bryan Alexander

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

The two dominating factors that drive faculty course material decisions are quality and cost. “[One] tenth (11 percent) were using OER materials and 4 percent were currently using OER in their classes and also making their own course materials available as OER.”

OER 40

OER Study Survey Education 40

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

adaptive technology. These digital tools help students master course learning goals by using data generated from students’ interactions with the adaptive software to predict what students should view or do next online. Manuela Ekowo: What made CPCC begin using adaptive technology?

Learning 60

Learning OER Software Course 60

Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The post 100+ Ways to Use a Chromebook in the Classroom – SULS033 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Here’s how Google describes it : “ The Chromebook App Hub , an online resource to help educators, administrators and developers work together to learn about Chromebook apps and activity ideas for schools. Yes, I did!

Chromebook 78

Chromebook Khan Academy Classroom Google 78

Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2016

David Samuelson, Age of Learning's head of global schools, told EdSurge in an interview that the product (currently geared at Pre-K, kindergarten and first grade) is essentially the ABCMouse consumer product—a collection of multi-subject learning activities—with all the necessary K-12 add-ons, like curriculum and professional development.

Microsoft 112

Microsoft OER Digital Citizenship EdTech 112

Edsurge

JULY 3, 2017

Digital Learning Innovation Awards (DLIAwards) from the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) last November. Fulé and her colleague Don Carter, the university’s director of e-learning, launched the. Nori Barajas-Murphy, Online Learning Consortium Ours is a culture that prizes prizes—Pulitzers and Pritzkers and Nobels of all stripes.

Tools 86

Tools Outcomes Flipped Classroom E-rate 86

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2016

Here are the five companies in the 2016 cohort: Lrnr : An adaptive-learning platform that uses open educational resources (OER). Educators can customize courses and monitor student progress. We’re learning alongside these institutions.”

OER 60

OER Company Outcomes Adaptive Learning 60

Edsurge

MAY 3, 2017

The region boasts an unusual concentration of highly-valued tech startups—Domo, Qualtrics and Inside Sales are among them—along with big education companies, including Instructure, the developer of the Canvas learning management system. godfather” of OER and Chief Academic Officer of Lumen Learning), trace their roots here.

Coursera 72

Coursera Knewton Udemy EdTech 72

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

And of course current Undersecretary of Education, Ted Mitchell, is a former VC.) The company behind the ACT on Wednesday announced plans for a Center for Equity in Learning, which will focus on helping underserved students succeed in college and the work force.” Bonus points if former British PM David Cameron becomes one too.

Coursera 60

Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 2, 2019

But how do they compete with resources like MOOCs and OERs that have made high quality course content from respected university professors available for free? It offers unlimited access to digital textbooks and course materials for $119.99 Develop Adaptive Learning Platforms. What Is a Subscription Model?

OER 16

OER Education MOOC Adaptive Learning 16

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. At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. Um, they do.)

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

A Pearson business motto is “content plus assessment, powered by technology, equalizes effective learning at scale,” Fallon said, and after years of striving for that goal, “we only feel that it’s really now starting to come together.”. “We publish studies that show the value that these programs do add. And it takes time.

Common Core 76

Common Core Pearson Resources Company 76

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

Humphrey testified that he hired Hubbard on a $7,500-per-month consulting contract to connect him to legislative leaders in other states, as Edgenuity tried to sell digital courses.” Here’s The Chronicle headline from then : “Professor Leaves a MOOC in Mid-Course in Dispute Over Teaching.”) Oh VR promises.

Education 48

Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

” DeVos visited my hometown of Casper, Wyoming to give this speech where she spoke at the Woods Learning Center. That’s not the story that DeVos wants to tell, of course.). The accreditor: the Higher Learning Commission. ” Via Getting Smart : “ Virtual and Augmented Reality in Personalized Learning.”

Education 51

Education ProctorU Company Report 51

Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “Just like their parents, Chicago students will soon have to learn cursive.” ” (Juul is an e-cigarette that markets its product to teens and peddles social emotional learning content.). ” Via Cleveland.com : “National e-school figure to test new approach to online learning here in Ohio.”

Education 43

Education MOOC E-rate Coursera 43

Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

” Of course none of this – not Africa is a Country’s excellent reporting nor Peg Tyre’s recent story in the NYT – stops Nicholas Kristof from touting Bridge as a “solution.” Important thoughts here on social emotional learning and structural racism. for-profits?” ” asks Edutopia.

Education 46

Education LMS Robotics E-rate 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. million in venture capital from high profile names like LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and from firms active in ed-tech investing such as Learn Capital. Arguably, one of the best candidates is the learning management system.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

Education Department said this week it will make Pell Grants available to 10,000 high school students who are enrolled in courses at 44 colleges.” Via KNN : “‘ aisectmoocs.com ’ launched as India ’s largest free online open learning platform.” ” Via NPR : “The U.S. From the HR Department.

Education 46

Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

.” The Trump Administration is calling it “ restoring Internet freedom ,” because of f **g course. The NAACP endorses OER. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” ” “How Can VR be Used for Learning?”

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” Via EdSource : “New program aims to create more uniform standards among linked learning academies.” ” The Linked Learning Alliance is a voluntary certification program for California’s high school career academies. Go, School Sports Team! ” From the HR Department. ” asks The Pacific Standard.

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40