eSchool News

AUGUST 30, 2015

‘Friendly robot-tutor in the sky’ delivers on-demand, hyper-personalized learning. Adaptive learning provider Knewton has launched a free, open personalized learning platform. Any individual can create or use state-of-the-art supplemental lessons to provide students with unique learning paths in real-time.

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ProfHacker

DECEMBER 13, 2017

This post is co-authored with Sheila MacNeill ( @sheilmcn ) is a Senior Lecturer in Digital Learning at Glasgow Caledonian University. She is also the current Chair of ALT (Association of Learning Technology). The process does have a logical structure – desk research, review, voting, final report.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2015

Material from a press release was used in this report. Children expect technology that’s more like their parents’ – sleeker and faster, whereas parents want technology that has been designed with kids in mind and safely delivers educational and development benefits, not just another TV screen,” said John Barbour, LeapFrog CEO.

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Tablets Adaptive Learning Android Learning 40

Neo LMS

DECEMBER 3, 2019

If e-learning came to life as a method to augment face-to-face learning, it is now an approach to education that is bigger than the traditional method it was meant to support. With that come better academic performance, improved attitude towards learning and teachers and deeper commitment towards classroom activities and school.

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Trends E-rate Gamification Game-Based Learning 368

Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Hoping to Spur ‘Learning Engineering,’ Carnegie Mellon Will Open-Source Its Digital-Learning Software by Jeffrey R. Young Carnegie Mellon University made its adaptive learning platform and dozens of related software tools available under a free and open-source license.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

To this end, let’s explore learning analytics and how it can boost student success in this blog. What is Learning Analytics? Learning analytics is the collection, analysis, and reporting of information relevant to students’ learning activities and performance.

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Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2017

First the numbers: In the past year, we have published more than 300 articles about the shifting trends in higher ed, education technology and digital learning. went straight to our podcast, which has had a fresh resurgence with the last year of higher education reporting through our newsletter, Next. So, what have we gleaned?

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MOOC Trends Learning EdTech 68

Marketplace K-12

OCTOBER 3, 2016

. “The Redbird acquisition allows us to expand our portfolio of adaptive learning products as we continue our transformation from a textbook publisher to a learning science company.”. Raises $10 Million: Game-based learning platform Kahoot! Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Investors and Entrepreneurs—From the 'Innovate' Newsletter This year was a busy one for the edtech industry from the standpoint of our AT&T State of Edtech report, which delved into funding deals and product development. Educators and Administrators—From the 'Instruct' Newsletter Adaptive learning. Personalized learning.

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Chromebook Industry EdTech MOOC 60

Bryan Alexander

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

There’s also some interest in “analytics and reports on class performance” (44%). Yet many faculty, especially in community colleges, also report that their students don’t own the tech platforms required access digital content. ” Think about that.

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OER Study Survey Education 40

Edsurge

JULY 22, 2016

Babson Survey , the proportion of academic leaders who report that online learning is critical for long-term institutional growth has grown from 49 percent in 2002 to 71 percent in 2015, and institutions are investing in edtech products to support digital learning. An evaluation of adaptive learning products by.

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Software Outcomes Study Blended Learning 60

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 9, 2014

Over the next week or so, The Hechinger Report will be publishing excerpts from Richard Whitmire’s book On the Rocketship: How Top Charter Schools are Pushing the Envelope. What made more sense to them was duplicating their textbooks on CDs or placing them online, thus making them digital cash cows. Computers Technology'

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Pearson promises “personalization” through its “adaptive learning” products, for example. (It “Facebook Giving Virtual-Reality Kits to Every Arkansas High School,” Education Week reported in August. “‘Schoolifying’ Minecraft Without Ruining It,” NPR reported in June.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

eSchool News

JULY 26, 2016

Teachers, students and parents report that they see great advantage to digital learning. eLearning Magazine recently rated D2L as #1 in Adaptive Learning, and Brightspace was recently named the #1 LMS in Higher Ed by Ovum Research. Brightspace Excellence Integrations and Extensibility Award Winner.

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Online Learning Learning Blended Learning Assessment 40

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

National data show that almost 70 percent of eighth graders are not considered proficient in reading based on 2022 test scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as The Nation’s Report Card. More online: Firstly, education will undoubtedly become more entrenched in the online sphere.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 144

Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 29, 2015

I’m building on previous posts about trends in technology and educational contexts , plus my FTTE report, naturally. Online learning, or the teaching formerly knows as “distance learning” Will this keep growing? The forthcoming Horizon Report thinks BYOD is one of the two major tech trends for 2016.

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Trends Technology MOOC Education 40

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Gates Bryant: It’s easy for people leading the charge on courseware in digital learning to get lost in the different features of products and solutions. Adaptive learning is not right for every situation. But, on the other hand, if you are talking about students failing algebra, then adaptive learning can be very useful.

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Adaptive Learning Kaplan Course Software 118

Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2017

Schools and districts needed a way to standardize data about their students’ backgrounds and achievement levels to meet state and federal reporting requirements. As today’s education technology tools are used more frequently to drive instruction, expectations have grown for how data can support teaching and learning. “To

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Report Khan Academy Data LMS 67

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

National data show that almost 70 percent of eighth graders are not considered proficient in reading based on 2022 test scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as The Nation’s Report Card. More online: Firstly, education will undoubtedly become more entrenched in the online sphere.

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system. In addition, Alma will continue to provide its own set of robust reporting tools to meet many needs and budgets.

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 72

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

If we go back to the War of 1812 lecture example, we can see the value of adaptive learning if we instead embrace these tech advancements. Many online sources report that it ended in 1872 rather than 1877. That prompted a discussion around historical accuracy, historiography, and how we choose to report and sequence events.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

Education and student well-being are stretched thin, and lingering learning gaps, exacerbated by the pandemic, present hurdles for all students–especially underrepresented students groups who were already at a disadvantage. It is all about the balance. –Michele Dick, Education Specialist, Wacom.

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EdTech Industry Assessment Data 135

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Education and student well-being are stretched thin, and lingering learning gaps, exacerbated by the pandemic, present hurdles for all students–especially underrepresented students groups who were already at a disadvantage. It is all about the balance. This emphasizes the need for tools and programs to support their well-being.

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EdTech Learning Industry Data 73

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

.” “Three months after the former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner was sentenced to six months in jail for sexual assault, he was released on Friday,” NPR reports. ” “Investigation Finds Phillips Andover Faculty Engaged in Sexual Misconduct With Students,” The New York Times reports.

Education 52

Education Coursera Elsevier MOOC 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

But as Education Week reports , “States Bristle as DeVos Ed. ” Inside Higher Ed reports that “The Republican budget resolution envisions more than $236 billion in cuts to mandatory spending for education programs over 10 years.” And their parents can end up in jail,” AlterNet reports. for-profits?”

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Education LMS Robotics E-rate 46