Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Few technologists have championed the role of big data, personalized learning and many other education buzzwords as vociferously and for as long as Jose Ferreira. Key to such a tool was the ability to capture data—lots of it—to adjust the feedback and sequence of content that learners would encounter based on their performance. (He

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

When they feel that their voices are welcomed, respected, and valued, students tend to engage in active learning paving the way for developing what John Dewey (1916) called critical consciousness (see also Dewsbury & Brame, 2019). Pearson, P. New York: Continuum. Teachers College Press. Griffo, V. & Raphael, T. Morrow & L.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2016

But they often highlight the promise of so-called “adaptive learning” software, in which complex algorithms react to how a student answers questions, and tailor instruction to each student. It’s probably the largest and most rigorous study of adaptive learning to date. What SRI found was sobering.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2016

They’re looking for answers in rock formations in the Australian Outback; they’re analyzing data from a field of stars to see if conditions can support life. 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. Welcome to.

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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.”

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2017

More specifically, he adds, “we need [solutions] that work when electricity fails, and things that don’t need much data.” Pearson, through its Affordable Learning Fund , has also invested in several Africa-based education companies. Yet the U.S. Its CEO, Sam Paddock, is an advisor at Injini.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Beyond the Hype: Adopting Predictive Analytics : Data analytics can only be as useful as how well they’re implemented. The Future of the K-12 Education Industry : From BigChalk to Pearson, then to Renaissance and now Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Jack Lynch has steered education companies through plenty of change in the digital era.

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Social Media EdTech Industry Pearson 92

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2017

Prior to launching Rethink, Greenfield and co-founder Rick Segal had invested in SchoolNet and Wireless Generation, acquired by Pearson and News Corporation for an estimated combined $620 million. The firm has an eye for smart bets. From a district’s perspective, you don’t want to replace a LMS with 60 different tools,” he adds.

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Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

Few corporate brand names in education are as recognizable, and as polarizing, as Pearson, the giant education provider whose reach extends to virtual schools, testing, language training and an array of other areas. Pearson officials have been talking about shifting away from being identified as simply a publishing company for years now.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

From how to delve into the nuances of student learning and removing the heavy lift of teachers trying to figure out how to individualize instruction, to enabling someone like me to speak in seven languages so that I may express ideas or collaborate with others from around the world, AI holds endless potential.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Audrey is a writer for the NPR education technology blog MindShift , for the data section of O’Reilly Radar , and for the Edutopia blog. Although the bill would have shifted emphasis away from standardized testing, Brown blasted the reform: “SB547 nowhere mentions good character or love of learning.

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Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

DreamBox Learning (adaptive learning): $130 million. DadaABC (English language learning): $100 million. Knewton (adaptive learning): $182.3 Age of Learning (educational apps): $181.5 DreamBox Learning (adaptive learning): $175.6 Zuoyebang (tutoring): $350 million.

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Trends MOOC Company Edmodo 93

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

to streamline workflows for assessment and data analysis. offers updated workflows on the 20 most popular pages, a reports page overhaul, redesigned assessment creation and pre-built data visualizations and dashboards. PEARSON & LITTLEBITS ( www.pearson.com.) & ( littlebits.cc/education Illuminate 10.0

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Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

No mention that Lexia Learning is owned by Rosetta Stone. ” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals. The adaptive learning company has raised $16 million total. The Omidyar Network has invested $850,000 in the “future of tech” research organization Data & Society. Never humanity.

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Education E-rate MOOC Data 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Funding data about “learn to code” startups can be found at funding.hackeducation.com. ” That hasn’t really worked out that well , nor has the mantra “everyone learn to buy and sell real estate” – although that one was a hell of a powerful lure for Trump University, wasn’t it.

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Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

” Via Edsurge : “With a Year of Crisis Text Line Data, California Community Colleges Launch Mental Health Program.” Via Edsurge : “ Pearson ’s Former Product Chief Reflects on the 4 Megatrends Shaping Global Education.” DreamBox Learning has raised $130 million from The Rise Fund.

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Education Pearson Company Blackboard 43

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.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

Testing, Testing… Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “British Officials, Pearson Probe Effort to Leak Test Content.” Hey, we could ask Pearson how much money it made off of those taking the GED last year to find out.). Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. “Is Competency-Based Education Worth the Investment?”

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Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

“ Was It Ethical for Dropbox to Share Customer Data with Scientists? ” Among the updates: “Now, institutions with data location requirements can choose where to store primary data for select G Suite apps.” ” It’s not clear what counts as “primary data” from the marketing copy.

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Education MOOC E-rate Coursera 43

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

“ Pearson gets emergency test scoring contract from Tennessee ,” Chalkbeat reports. Pearson hearts coding bootcamps. ” More on employment data in the “research and data” section below. “ OpenStax , Knewton introduce adaptive learning into OER.” No word on tuition.

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Education Pearson Report Company 46

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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Technology Pearson Education Facebook 73

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Senators Introduce Bill to Keep Government Research Data Publicly Available (Preserving Data in Government Act).” ” I’m more interested in hearing about segregation and state laws in Mississippi than the adaptive learning software a school is using. Via Infodocket : “Two U.S. ” Oh.

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Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

” Contrasting community college takes: a Pearson op-ed in Edsurge versus pretty much anything “ Dean Dad ” writes. Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. Via Mindshift : “What’s At Risk When Schools Focus Too Much on Student Data ?” ” Accreditation and Certification. ” Hackers, man.

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Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

billion it agreed to pay Apple/Pearson for iPads, but what do I know). ” Grit ™ – a blog post about a trademarked grit product by Pearson , of course. Educator’s Assessment Data Management System ( EADMS ) is merging with IO Education. The adaptive learning company has raised $4.57 “Can U.S.

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Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

” A ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union raises interesting questions about the ownership of student data : “Exam scripts and examiner’s corrections are personal data of the exam candidate.” Via the Indianapolis Business Journal : “Legal skirmishes break out over ITT documents, data.”

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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.”

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