Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2023

Companies like Meta/Oculus, Niantic, Google and Apple are all putting dollars into education enabled by VR and AR and will be eager to highlight a positive impact on learning. The novel also examines the issue of equity, exploring who has access to such a powerful learning platform.

Game-Based Learning 166

Game-Based Learning Broadband Learning Company 166

Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2021

While Google, Microsoft and Apple have been pursuing their ambitions in K-12 and higher education for more than a decade, Amazon has mostly remained at the sidelines. These learning centers look less like classrooms and more like co-working spaces, with lounges, group meeting rooms, individual study spaces, playgrounds and makerspaces.

Education 218

Education Company E-rate Industry 218

ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

21 st century classrooms design trends utilize many new layouts, including: Flexible seating. Evidence-based learning environments. Educators are embracing the need to adapt learning spaces. One, the flexibility to deliver adaptable, active learning spaces. The modular classroom. Starbucking the classroom.

Trends 170

Trends Classroom Software Blackboard 170

Bryan Alexander

JUNE 30, 2017

What will the learning management system ( LMS ) become? Yesterday the Future Trends Forum met with Phil Hill of E-literate and Mindwires to explore this question, based on Phil’s extensive expertise. Student Success – Does the LMS improve learning? perspectives? Gisele Larose). Does Microsoft have an LMS?

LMS 43

LMS Sakai Blackboard Moodle 43

eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The analytics give teachers, parents and students access to dashboards with actionable data insights from diagnostic, formative and summative assessment banks as well as performance trends in world class digital curriculum.

Learning Analytics 65

Learning Analytics LMS Schoology Learning 65

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

It’s a conduit for staying abreast of the latest educational trends, resources, and technologies. Teachers with AI and data literacy can leverage AI-powered tools for personalized learning, use data analytics to track and improve student performance, and even integrate AI topics into the curriculum.

Study 121

Study Outcomes Elementary Data 121

Bryan Alexander

JUNE 30, 2017

What will the learning management system ( LMS ) become? Yesterday the Future Trends Forum met with Phil Hill of E-literate and Mindwires to explore this question, based on Phil’s extensive expertise. Student Success – Does the LMS improve learning? perspectives? Gisele Larose). Does Microsoft have an LMS?

LMS 40

LMS Blackboard Sakai Moodle 40

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Not everyone thinks that’s possible, of course, and even Cavanagh, vice provost for digital learning at the University of Central Florida, admits that edtech can spark plenty of new ethical challenges along the way. You can follow the podcast on the Apple Podcast app , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music or wherever you listen.

Learning Analytics 151

Learning Analytics Education Data Analysis 151

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 D2L (learning management system): $165 million.

Trends 93

Trends MOOC Company Edmodo 93

Edsurge

JULY 22, 2016

Online and blended learning continue to trend upward in higher education institutions across the U.S. At the same time, the number of studies of the effectiveness of learning software is huge. A Google Scholar search using the terms “efficacy of courseware” yields over 7,860 search results in a mere.08 According to a.

Software 60

Software Outcomes Study Blended Learning 60

ProfHacker

DECEMBER 13, 2017

The process starts with panelists being emailed instructions to join a google community. My main concern with the report process is that we vote on what we think will be an upcoming trend in the future of education, but there is no way to know for sure why one of us chose to think and talk about and vote on a particular thing.

Report 61

Report Trends Adaptive Learning Technology 61

Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 25, 2015

Today, Gaggle provides our Safe Classroom Learning Management System and Safety Management products for Google Apps for Education or Office 365 to millions of students who are creating, collaborating and sharing in a safe environment. ” Lesson learned #3: Don’t chase trends. Most ideas are not new.

EdTech 40

EdTech Differentiated Instruction Gamification MOOC 40

Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 25, 2015

Today, Gaggle provides our Safe Classroom Learning Management System and Safety Management products for Google Apps for Education or Office 365 to millions of students who are creating, collaborating and sharing in a safe environment. ” Lesson learned #3: Don’t chase trends. Most ideas are not new.

EdTech 40

EdTech Differentiated Instruction Gamification MOOC 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

The trend is not unique to Hollywood; other American businesses— from appliance makers to luxury resorts —are similarly entangled with Asian money. The technologies built by these companies span a wide gamut of buzzwords (adaptive learning, artificial intelligence, gamification) but will be integrated with TAL’s online offerings.

EdTech 94

EdTech Knewton Company Robotics 94

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

The bevy of tech tips and trends brightening their classrooms—including 360-degree video, thoughtful ways to use Alexa, and the sleeper Google tool for improving note-taking and research. I challenged myself to create my own version in a Google drawing. It's like if Evernote talked to Google Docs," he says.

Trends 150

Trends Smartphone Video Google 150

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

of Text-Messaging at School A Big Step for Gesture-Based Learning? Yes, I know it''s not technology news, but somehow it''s indicative enough of other trends that I''m including it here. Updates and Upgrades Google announced a change to the way it will sell its new Chromebooks. Khan told the attendees at Web 2.0

Khan Academy 44

Khan Academy Education STEM Blackboard 44

Edsurge

MAY 14, 2018

Adaptive learning companies haven’t shied away from the analogy either, as descriptions of themselves as “ a sort of Netflix for learning ” are not unusual. Gooru is a nonprofit that has built the Learning Navigator, a free, online tool that offers personalized pathways to help students reach their learning goals.

Google 93

Google Education Data Exercises 93

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

One of the first curricular tools I built to share—on the first day of school—was a public, student-friendly gradebook on Google Sheets. Yes, this was before Google Classroom existed!) Procuring the LMS was purely an administrative decision, fueled by a desire to monitor school-wide trends to make resource allocation decisions.

System 119

System Khan Academy EdTech LMS 119

Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

By the way, this resource is excellent for any Google for Education school that uses the Chrome browser, not just Chromebooks! While I can’t actually fit 100 ideas into this blog post and podcast episode, I can offer you a FREE Google Chromebook resource that is loaded with ideas, lessons, apps, and more! Click To Tweet.

Chromebook 78

Chromebook Khan Academy Classroom Google 78

Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

7 E-learning trends for educational institutions in 2017. Trends come and go, but being aware of them is alway important if we want to remain relevant in what we do. Augmented Reality has many benefits, like making students more motivated to learn, transforming classrooms with interactivity, or supporting students learn faster.

Gamification 170

Gamification Game-Based Learning LMS Trends 170

TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

But as successive refinements improve them to the point that they start to steal customers, they may end up reshaping entire industries: classified ads (Craigslist), long distance calls (Skype), record stores (iTunes), research libraries (Google), local stores (eBay), taxis (Uber) and newspapers (Twitter).” Ease of publishing (e.g.,

Examples 40

Examples Classroom Maker Movement Social Media 40

Hack Education

JUNE 15, 2017

I’m not sure those in education technology always want to talk about this consumer framework – we like to pretend we use technology because it will “improve teaching and learning,” not because we’ve been heavily marketed certain products and certain stories about the necessity of our technology consumption.

Robotics 67

Robotics Company Technology System 67

Kitaboo on EdTech

JULY 10, 2022

For long organizations have been using Learning Management Systems (LMSs) but as training requirements started changing, there was a strong realization of the need for a more diverse and robust learning environment. The environments together with the unique types of experiences create a Learning Experience Platform (LXP).

eBook 52

eBook Outcomes Learning EdTech 52

Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2018

Strayer is “bucking the trend,” says Inside Higher Ed. From the Google blog : “ Chromebook tablets for versatile learning.” Speaking of Google , Wired reports that “Children’s YouTube is still churning out blood, suicide and cannibalism.” Upgrades and Downgrades.

Education 45

Education Robotics iPad Company 45

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

A single mom in middle America could learn to code from Google instructor. Different industries have contributed to the trend. Increasingly, you can classify online learning initiatives as falling into one of two major camps: Content-Driven experiences emphasize what you’ll learn.

Coursera 103

Coursera MOOC Education Khan Academy 103

Hack Education

MAY 26, 2016

Sea Monkeys, x-ray googles, and invisibility helmets, much like all education technology products, base a lot of of their marketing on assurances and performances of scientific amazement and technological progress. How much of ed-tech is humbug? .” I’m not even in the business of making predictions.

Conference 63

Conference Course MOOC Technology 63

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

The work is also supported by companies including Apple, Google and Expedia, as well as education organizations including the CollegeBoard, Teach For America and STEMx.” ” Industry, not the child’s imagination as Seymour would have it, largely dictates the shape and direction of the CS trend. and Facebook Inc.

Technology 85

Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Via The New York Times : “Early Facebook and Google Employees Form Coalition to Fight What They Built.” Doesn’t seem like any journalists caught this, tho: A couple of things about that group of former FB and Google employees who have founded the Center for Humane Tech: 1. .” ” $3000 for three headsets.

Lenovo 51

Lenovo Education Facebook MOOC 51

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

” Oooh, I am sensing a trend here. DreamBox Learning has raised $130 million from The Rise Fund. The adaptive learning company has raised $175.6 I hope all your neurobollocks warning bells go off when you read this interview Edsurge conducted with former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich on “ student brains.”

Education 43

Education Pearson Company Blackboard 43

Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

Via Techcrunch : “ Google and Coursera launch program to train more IT support specialists.” “ Google is jeopardizing A frican-American literature sites ,” says The Outline. Via The Chicago Tribune : “ Google’s art selfies aren’t available in Illinois. The Business of Job Training.

Education 44

Education Elsevier MOOC Knewton 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. Google Reader. Google shut down Reader in 2013 , citing declining use of RSS. You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

” The Whiteboard Advisors’ latest “Education Insider” report ( PDF ) is on assessment trends, higher education, and the presidential campaigns. Speaking of loans, Google will ban ads for payday loans. Among the people these “insiders” see as possible Secretary of Education choices: Ted Nugent.

Education 52

Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2016

AltSchool, a private school startup, was founded in 2014 by Max Ventilla, a former Google executive. There were several attempts this year to link the history of “personalized learning” to recent education reforms (but not surprisingly, not to Skinner). Personalized Surveillance at AltSchool.

Technology 73

Technology Pearson Education Facebook 73

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

Via The New York Times : “ Google , in Post-Obama Era, Aggressively Woos Republicans ” – so enjoy that Google Certification, educators. Via Education Week : “ Mississippi Attorney General Sues Google Over Student-Data Privacy.” ” That’d be Hugo Barra , a former Google exec.

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40