Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2022

Knewton: All Talk, Little Evidence While AltSchool spent millions of dollars, few experts I talked to described the microschool model as having negative impacts on student learning. But, don’t worry—they had plenty to say about Knewton. The company raised $182 million, but only sold for $17 million.

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Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 25, 2016

Frontline Acquires Teachscape: K-12 software provider Frontline Technologies has acquired Teachscape , a professional growth solutions provider for K-12 and higher education. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. In a recent statement, Malvern, Pa.-based

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2016

For example, a faculty member in our writing department argued that if one of his goals for students was to get them to think in new and different ways, software that accommodates them at every turn works against that instead of in favor of it. Adaptive learning is not right for every situation.

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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. The online study tool StudyBlue has launched a new Facebook app called " Friends with Brainefits."

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Kaplan Will Offer Free Online PSAT Prep.” “The San Francisco-based software company will continue a four-year partnership with San Francisco Unified School District. ” “Two assessment companies – Educational Testing Service and Data Recognition Corp.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Although sometimes talked about as a “movement,” Mozilla’s Open Badges Project was really more of a technical specification, one that was transferred from Mozilla to IMS Global Learning Consortium in 2017. And “free” doesn’t last. Without revenue the company will go away.

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Purdue University is buying Kaplan University for a dollar. Me, I wrote about how far Kaplan Inc ’s reach is in education politics and products. ” I’m more interested in hearing about segregation and state laws in Mississippi than the adaptive learning software a school is using. ” Oh.

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