eSchool News

JULY 26, 2016

This year’s Brightspace Excellence Awards , announced at FUSION 2016 by global learning technology provider D2L, recognized the promise of online learning and its ability to connect more and more people to high-quality educational programs. Teachers, students and parents report that they see great advantage to digital learning.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The flexible, individualized and 100% online learning experience is open to learners aged 18 or older who have completed 9th grade. ARLINGTON, Texas/PRNewswire/ — Workforce solutions provider Ancora has developed a new relationship with McGraw Hill to launch Ancora High School.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2019

based online learning platform provider, raised $103 million in a Series E round. Knewton, an adaptive learning engine that became a digital courseware company, was reportedly bought by Wiley for way less than it raised. Some companies count their accelerator funding into their subsequent seed rounds.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

But looking at 2024, here are some current trends in education: Technology Integration: Continued integration of technology into classrooms, with a focus on online learning, educational apps, and interactive tools. This flexibility allows for personalized learning experiences and accommodates varying student needs.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 8, 2018

Photo: Thomas Kimmel for The Hechinger Report. With the onset of online learning, those on active duty have been able to advance their educations, whether stationed in the United States or overseas. The post OPINION: On active-military duty and earning a college degree appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

A 2016 report funded by the Gates Foundation found that in the U.S. As online course platforms proliferate, institutions of all shapes and sizes realize that they’ll need to translate content into digital forms. Don’t try to migrate an in-person experience into an online format. alone, there are 13,000 instructional designers.

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Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2017

went straight to our podcast, which has had a fresh resurgence with the last year of higher education reporting through our newsletter, Next. It’s a topic that consistently drives lively debate, and the conversation between Michigan’s president Mark Schlissel and EdSurge reporter Jeff Young does not disappoint! The interview, “ Why U.

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Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 21, 2016

Pearson today announced that it is responding to rocky conditions and poor performance in international markets by laying off 4,000 workers and putting a greater focus on adaptive courseware and classroom products, as well as blended and online learning. Ramping Up Online Programs.

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Edsurge

JULY 13, 2016

Although 42 design firms have been acquired over the past decade, nearly half of the acquisitions happened in the past year (2015), according to the Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers influential Design In Tech Report 2016. If design is in the ascendency in private enterprise, does it also have relevance for higher education?

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Edsurge

JULY 22, 2016

Online and blended learning continue to trend upward in higher education institutions across the U.S. An evaluation of adaptive learning products by. According to a. SRI Education revealed that different impacts may be found even when the same product is evaluated in different studies.

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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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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 29, 2016

million in a Series C round led by Greenwoods Investment with participation of existing investors of Tencent and Yuanxi Capital, according to a report from TechNode. the operator of the Koolearn.com online education platform. based adaptive online learning technology business, has raised $1.7 Entstudy Raises $18.2

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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? Skepticism about the quality of online learning could migrate to the general population.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2017

We’re creating a new approach to math learning, where students learn through collaboration and discussion to develop math and 21st century skills—we call it the Carnegie Learning Way. It’s a blended learning approach that combines online learning with face-to-face instruction.

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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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MindShift

MARCH 25, 2015

A CompetencyWorks report, “Maximizing Competency Education and Blended Learning: Insights from Experts,” looks at ways that the movement for personalization dovetails with blended learning and competency-based learning to achieve a more student-centered approach to school.

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

In addition, the sector saw several new partnerships spring up, such as Edmentum’s new partnership with WebbAlign and Learning Forward joining forces with Amplify, the former digital education division of News Corp. EdWeek Market Brief Senior Editor Sean Cavanagh contributed to this report.

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2020

Learning in The Flow of Work—Wherever Work May Be Just as COVID-19 has blurred the work and home lives of many, it is further blurring the boundaries between learning and working. It seems certain that more professional learning will happen outside of traditional institutions and campuses – especially if colleges fail to adapt.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

The change is part of a nationwide pilot program Walsh joined this year, one that could indicate just how deeply and how quickly the personalized-learning trend will penetrate the average classroom. Many watched instructional videos or worked with adaptive-learning software that adjusted lessons based on each student’s proficiency.

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Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

“ Conservative High Schoolers Want to ‘Own the Libs’,” The Atlantic’s Adam Harris reports from the Turning Point USA ’s conference. ” Via Cleveland.com : “National e-school figure to test new approach to online learning here in Ohio.” Go, School Sports Team!

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Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

.” “ Colorado Education Commissioner Rich Crandall announced his resignation Thursday just four-and-a-half months into the job, shocking the state’s education community and roiling the state Department of Education as it embarks on a number of critical initiatives,” Chalkbeat Colorado reports.

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

.” In other Department of Education bureaucratic nightmares, “Dozens of Colleges’ Upward Bound Applications Are Denied for Failing to Dot Every I,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. Testing, Testing… “Nation’s Report Card Finds Mixed Grades For U.S. ” Immigration and Education.

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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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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

” I mean… In other Arne news, Chalkbeat also reports that “‘I think that’s blood money’: Arne Duncan pushed charters to reject funds from Trump admin if budget cuts approved.” ” “Republicans try to take cheap phones and broadband away from poor people,” Ars Technica reports.

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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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