Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

education industry has not become so dependent (yet). million (Seed) 2014 WI Harper Group GotIt! $9 9 million (A) 2016 Fosun Group Kaymbu $2 million (Seed) 2016 Sinovation Ventures Knewton $52 million (F) 2016 TAL Education KnowRe $6.8 2014 TAL Education, Yongjin Group, ZhenFund One Month $1.9 film and production studios.

EdTech 107

EdTech Knewton Company Robotics 107

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

Together students and teachers construct, mostly without being conscious of doing it, an environment of meanings enacted in individual and group behaviors, of conflict and accommodation, rejection and acceptance, alienation and withdrawal” (p. xii cited in Gay, p.

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Study Outcomes Elementary Data 121

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

More instructors are experimenting with adaptive-learning systems in their classrooms. Candace, you're an early pioneer of using AI and adaptive-learning tools with the online learning initiative that you started at Carnegie Mellon University and now lead at Stanford. To just say "Trust us.

Data 83

Data Adaptive Learning System Company 83

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Although AI is not new in other industries, it’s still an emerging trend in education and we are finally allowing ourselves a glimpse of hope, skepticism and wonderment. The growing space industry requires a diverse workforce beyond the conventional role of engineering.

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The post Google Accessibility Tools to Reach ALL Learners – SULS049 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Accessibility is and should be a huge topic of discussion across multiple industries but especially in learning. How can accessibility tools help you reach the learners in your classroom?

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Accessibility Google Tools Chromebook 100

MindShift

JUNE 29, 2015

Educators have long known learning is a social process — when teachers and students create meaning together, often the results are much more effective. Authentic Learning: As with any changing industry, there are many problems standing in the way of effective technology implementation.

Technology 28

Technology Maker Movement Trends Khan Academy 28

Neo LMS

MARCH 7, 2019

Without further ado, here are the general directions in which the industry of educational technologies is growing: Adaptive learning and learner-centric education. Phill: The first question is about adaptive personalized learning. As far as adaptive learning goes, it is an approach to provide personalized learning.

Trends 317

Trends Digital Learning EdTech Gamification 317

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Politics and Policies FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced Connect to Compete , a new non-profit initiative that brings private industry and the non-profit sector together to help expand broadband adoption and promote digital literacy. A study by the NPD Group released this week finds that 91% of kids ages 2 to 17 play games.

Knewton 43

Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Each education package comes with core-curricular lesson plans, design challenges, implementation guides, video training tutorials, “how-to” coding lessons, professional development webinars, support from the Kano staff, access to an educator community and more. The guide is available for free on the Makerbot website.

Epson 51

Epson Blackboard Pearson STEM 51

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

CENTRALREACH PK-12 ( www.centralreach.com/industry/pk-12-education ) CentralReach launches CentralReach PK-12, a collaborative and data-driven software for special education. HOONUIT’S NEW COURSES ( www.hoonuit.com ) Hoonuit announces the launch of accredited professional learning courses.

Tools 71

Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 71

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. — Carlos Bortoni , Principal, Industry Advisor, K-12 Education, Qualtrics.

EdTech 134

EdTech Industry Assessment Data 134

Wired Campus

APRIL 30, 2015

The other part of learning to be an 18-year-old — learning how to do your dishes, do the laundry, get groceries — is really hard, and that’s what we do. Honestly, the biggest challenges we have are around who does the dishes and how they pile up in the sink. So they’ll still be in groups and teams.

E-rate 28

E-rate Company Course MOOC 28

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. That piece is critical, and we need research-backed methods for teaching kids how to read and decode.

EdTech 70

EdTech Learning Industry Data 70

Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2019

What is important is not the language, but how to teach students how to solve a problem with code. Understanding how to create an algorithm (step-by-step instructions) to tackle an assignment, and coming up with the best way to write this in code, is probably the hardest part. Does it have a strong community of educators?

Industry 167

Industry Conference Chromebook Groups 167

Hack Education

MAY 26, 2016

.” And as I’ve stewed about how to offer you some provocations in return – that is the job, I believe, of the keynote speaker: not to comfort but to provoke – I’ve used this phrase as the starting point for my own thinking. “To reconstitute” is to re-form an organization or a group in a new way.

Conference 63

Conference Course MOOC Technology 63

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

“ How George Mason Became Koch ’s Academic Darling.” Is Teaching Second-Graders How to Ride Bikes. Lots of goings-on this week in the loan industry. Via Techcrunch : “ Lilwil ’s personalized learning engine teaches teachers how to teach.” ” “D.C. ” asks Slate.

Education 52

Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Edsurge’s Jeff Young and Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill both asked industry analyst Trace Urdan for his take. ” Via NBC News : “How to Thrive: Arianna Huffington Launches E-Learning Series.” ” Via The New York Times : “Family by Family, How School Segregation Still Happens.”

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

The “ invisible ” “adaptive learning” company has raised $38.7 At least, that’s according to data from the National Association of Colleges and Employers, which surveyed graduating college seniors and employers and found a significant difference in the groups’ perceptions.”

Education 46

Education Company Data Elsevier 46

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

Pretty sure this is the best MOOC story of the week: “ Russian Underground Launches Online Courses in Card Fraud ,” Infosecurity Group reports. Via Business Insider : “Online learning may be the future of education – we compared 4 platforms that are leading the way.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

Khan Academy 46

Khan Academy Elsevier Education MOOC 46