Bryan Alexander

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

“[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.” We’ll discuss this study, and the latest Campus Computing Survey data, with an eye to what they tell us about the future.

OER 40

OER Study Survey Education 40

Bryan Alexander

JUNE 24, 2015

Malcolm Brown begins with three major drivers: personalization, hybrid learning, and big data. It’s a very impressive article, packing a lot of insight into a short space.

Technology 40

Technology LMS OER Learning Analytics 40

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2016

Here are the five companies in the 2016 cohort: Lrnr : An adaptive-learning platform that uses open educational resources (OER). Pragya Systems : A web application that aims to break down data silos in enterprise systems and simplify the flow of information for students, faculty, administrators, alumni and employers.

OER 60

OER Company Outcomes Adaptive Learning 60

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. We also replaced the $150 textbook we were using with open education resources (OER).

Learning 60

Learning OER Software Course 60

Edsurge

JUNE 24, 2016

Now benefits like those cost reductions and higher student success rates are prompting the school to roll out more Z-degrees programs and extend its partnership with Lumen Learning by piloting next-generation adaptive OER courseware. But Tidewater doesn’t have plans for total conversion to OER, despite the benefits.

Adaptive Learning 80

Adaptive Learning OER Learning Course 80

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. ” Those “countless needs and niches” can be met thanks to all the data generation and data collection that happens on them. Platforms are “an extractive apparatus for data.”

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The App Hub is dedicated to bringing transparency to developers’ data and accessibility policies, and to help decision-makers find information about apps to meet the unique learning goals and policies of their school districts.”. They receive instant feedback and a chance to revise their work for ongoing learning.

Chromebook 78

Chromebook Khan Academy Classroom Google 78

eSchool News

MARCH 10, 2016

The companies will provide users of McGraw-Hill Education’s Engrade, a learning management and assessment platform for K-12 education, access to the Knovation Content Collection with more than 360,000 online learning resources, including videos, white papers, games, podcasts and articles using a single integrated search.

Accessibility 40

Accessibility OER Company Adaptive Learning 40

Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

The move toward a world of fewer, better, smarter assessments that provide more actionable data more quickly to teachers and parents is important. Our onscreen testing is very reliable, secure, it works, and we can provide much richer data, and we can provide useful information back to teachers and parents.

Common Core 76

Common Core Pearson Resources Company 76

Edsurge

MAY 3, 2017

godfather” of OER and Chief Academic Officer of Lumen Learning), trace their roots here. 11:00AM: The Promise of Big Data & Adaptive Learning with Dale Johnson (Arizona State University), Andrew Smith Lewis (Cerego), Dr. Colin Fredericks (HarvardX), Eric Frank (Acrobatiq), James Willey (Ellucian), Jose Ferreira (Bakpax).

Coursera 73

Coursera Knewton Udemy EdTech 73

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

danah boyd has announced that she’ll be stepping down from running her research organization Data & Society. ” According to WCET , “Developing Effective Courses Using Adaptive Learning Begins with Proper Alignment.” ” Tom Vander Ark lists “ 15 Dimensions of Personalized Learning.”

Education 51

Education ProctorU Company Report 51

Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

“ Was It Ethical for Dropbox to Share Customer Data with Scientists? “The RISE Package for R: Reducing Time Through the OER Continuous Improvement Cycle” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. ” It’s not clear what counts as “primary data” from the marketing copy. million total.

Education 43

Education MOOC E-rate Coursera 43

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

” More on employment data in the “research and data” section below. “ OpenStax , Knewton introduce adaptive learning into OER.” Private equity firm ZMB has made a majority stake investment in Education Networks of America , which provides data services to schools and libraries.

Education 46

Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

The NAACP endorses OER. Senators Introduce Bill to Keep Government Research Data Publicly Available (Preserving Data in Government Act).” Senators Introduce Bill to Keep Government Research Data Publicly Available (Preserving Data in Government Act).” Via Infodocket : “Two U.S. ” Oh.

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. Via Mindshift : “What’s At Risk When Schools Focus Too Much on Student Data ?” ” Data and “Research” Education Week has released its annual report “ Technology Counts.” ” Hackers, man. public schools.” public schools.”

Education 48

Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The federal government is set to release data reports designed to help measure the performance of accrediting agencies , with metrics such as the graduation rates, debt, earnings and loan repayment rates of students who attended the colleges the accreditors oversee.” Data, Privacy, and Surveillance.

Coursera 60

Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

His wife is the co-founder of OER organization CK–12.). “ Schools collect more data , but how is it used?” From the Ed-Fi Alliance’s blog : “The Ed-Fi Alliance Releases Evolutionary Data Standard v2.1.” Via Wired’s Nitasha Tiku : “ VC Firms Promise to Stamp Out Sexual Harassment.

Education 46

Education LMS Robotics E-rate 46

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

.” I tweeted that the DACA database is one of the most important issues in ed-tech right now, and if you’re an ed-tech entrepreneur who says “nobody in ed-tech tracks immigration data,” you need to GTFO. Via Education Week : “ Mississippi Attorney General Sues Google Over Student-Data Privacy.”

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40