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Hoping to Spur 'Learning Engineering,' Carnegie Mellon Will Open-Source Its Digital-Learning Software

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In an unusual move intended to shake up how college teaching is done around the world, Carnegie Mellon University today announced that it will give away dozens of the digital-learning software tools it has built over more than a decade—and make their underlying code available for anyone to see and modify. But Kenneth R.

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State-of-the-art education software often doesn’t help students learn more, study finds

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Even proponents of educational technology admit that a lot of software sold to schools isn’t very good. But they often highlight the promise of so-called “adaptive learningsoftware, in which complex algorithms react to how a student answers questions, and tailor instruction to each student.

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Who is the Theranos of Education?

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Throughout the years of coverage, journalists, bloggers and commentators alike have each taken to their respective channels and platforms to identify their own Theranos stories in different sectors, while investors reported that likely half of other startups prove eerily similar to the rise-and-fall storyline.

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US Edtech Funding Already Nears $1 Billion in First Half of 2019

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Rounding out the podium for top dollars raised in 2019 with $90 million is Examity , a Boston-based provider of exam proctoring tools used by colleges and universities, assessment groups, professional certification boards and employers. The high tally for venture funding this year is not unique to the edtech industry. million and 2.5

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Inside an Adaptive-Courseware Experiment, Glitches and All

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His course expects a “new workflow,” he explains, since it uses adaptive courseware software, as well as a flipped classroom model where lectures are replaced with the interactive material. Ithaka S+R , and a group called Transforming Post-Secondary Education in Mathematics , or TPSE Math. The mission?

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Carnegie Learning Gets a Makeover After Private Equity Investment

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In addition to math products, Carnegie Learning will now also encompass existing products under New Mountain Learning’s portfolio. We’re trying to take what we do well in cognitive science and adaptive learning, and bring that to the content that New Mountain has.” We’re not trying to smash a bunch of things together.

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Pearson Signals Major Shift From Print by Making All Textbook Updates ‘Digital First’

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Public Interest Research Group, each new edition of a textbook cost 12 percent more than the previous one. A report by investment bank Macquarie estimated that print titles made up 45 percent of U.S. The company reported that 55 percent of its $1.3 According to a study by U.S. higher education courseware sales in 2015.

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