Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2019

School and district users had ample warning about the demise of the adaptive K-12 math and writing software—the company issued a notice on its site 15 months ago—and yet many say that the off-boarding process was not a smooth one. Throughout the 2018-19 school year, he held out hope the software would be acquired.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2016

But without proof, Monroe, vice president of academic innovation and support at Ivy Tech Community College, and her colleagues are searching in the dark to find the right tools that faculty can use to improve learning outcomes for the more than 200,000 students in the Indiana community college system. Does it mean adaptive software?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2019

But OER advocates like Allen say the definitions should be simple. Allen: It's one of those cases where definitions really matter. So could there be a future where publishers essentially become adaptive learning software companies? Lang: I really think so, yeah. So what's next?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

More instructors are experimenting with adaptive-learning systems in their classrooms. Milliron: Higher education right now is definitely in the beginning stages of any kind of use of AI. I work in a slightly different level than the work that Civitas works on, though, with the Open Learning Initiative.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2017

There’s a lot of creativity around targeted vocational programs that deliver a definite salary uplift and expand people’s life options,” he says. Particularly disappointing to Greenfield are “adaptive learning” tools that aim to deliver customized content to learners based on data collected from their performance.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Thomas Cavanagh, vice provost for digital learning at the University of Central Florida You're talking about enhancing human conversations with software robots. Like using adaptive learning, for example, to personalize the experience for students at scale. But we've got 68,000 students here.". How does that work?

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Reading By Example

OCTOBER 20, 2016

I prefer this definition over the typically more technical description frequently offered by #edtech evangelists. As a structure is established and the purpose is clear as to why personalized learning is necessary, educators should be evaluating the impact of the technology on the instructional goals and student learning.

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MindShift

JUNE 29, 2015

Many school leaders believe that by using technology and adaptive software to allow students to move at different paces, they are offering “personalized learning.” If this more radical and child-centered definition of “personalized” is to be achieved, the role teachers play also need reimagining.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 30, 2023

It might work for some, but definitely not all. Learning is a process, not an event. By providing a variety of learning activities, teachers can ensure that all students have the opportunity to learn at their own pace. Another way to implement pacing in personalized learning is to use technology.

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Reading By Example

OCTOBER 20, 2016

I prefer this definition over the typically more technical description frequently offered by #edtech evangelists. As a structure is established and the purpose is clear as to why personalized learning is necessary, educators should be evaluating the impact of the technology on the instructional goals and student learning.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

But first, a definition (or two) might be helpful. If you look for a definition of “platform” online, you’re likely to get something along the lines of Wikipedia’s – fairly straightforward, although quite technical: A computing platform is the environment in which a piece of software is executed.

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Saving Socrates

MARCH 19, 2014

Now I have confess, I made a major mistake (ok this is nothing new and definitely not my first nor last) by not taking the full Columbia Readers and Writers Workshop while at TC. In fact, I''ve seen reading scores on major standardize exams that definitely do not match up with a student''s ability to communicate verbally in a classroom.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 24, 2017

The applications of AI in education are incredibly various, and will definitely transform how teachers teach and how students learn today. By using technology — maybe an LMS , maybe some other sort of software — teachers will be able to input all the base materials they have on their subject matter. Delivering adaptive learning.

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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 presentation software SlideRocket announced SlideRocket EDU this week, making its tools available to students and teachers via the Google Apps Marketplace. Definitely worth a listen. Google is holding its second annual Google Code-in competition.

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Linways Technologies

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Blended Learning Blended learning, by definition, is a pedagogical strategy where the students learn with a combination of face-to-face interactions and digital communication. Adaptive Learning Adaptive learning or adaptive teaching is essentially a pedagogy mechanism.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2017

After pointing out that many of the folks who are investigating “personalized learning”—including both MindWires and EdSurge—have received grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the article goes on to quote grantee after grantee saying variations of the same thing: “Meh. Personalized learning, adaptive learning, potato, potahto.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Software & Online ACCELERATE LEARNING STEMSCOPES SCIENCE ( www.stemscopes.com ) Accelerate Learning announced a new platform using the best of CNN’s digital content to create a new science education product. Illuminate 10.0 v6.3), at the annual Bett Show in London. The curriculum will launch at Laureate this August.

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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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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Using digital technology to merely replace analog technology (substitution level, as is the case in using a word editor instead of pen paper), does not result in any transformative change and definitely does not create any pedagogically innovative practices. With innovations come the important skill of adaptability.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

“The San Francisco-based software company will continue a four-year partnership with San Francisco Unified School District. There were definitely times during my college career where I was only able to pull through because of this sort of generosity from others.) .” “ Salesforce on Thursday announced a donation of $8.5

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Clickers” are definitely not new — indeed, in my research for Teaching Machines , I found examples of classroom response systems dating back to the 1950s. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That). And “free” doesn’t last.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2016

And “personalization” is the underlying promise of the new education software Facebook is itself building. Basecamp is essentially a learning management system (with the adjective “personalized” appended to it). “A truly terrible deal,” says Cathy O’Neil , author of Weapons of Math Destruction.

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