Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Tom Webster, the VP of strategy at the market research firm Edison Research, argued that the report should be viewed as “an extremely effective piece of content marketing,” pointing to the number of slides that cite data about or by a portfolio company of Meeker’s employer, the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Smith Caulfield.

Trends 56

Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2019

Should such features emerge, that would make the platform a free competitor to systems like Knewton, the for-profit company that was an early player in adaptive learning and now focuses on selling low-cost textbooks built around open content. It’s a little hard to tell how Knewton works because it is so proprietary,” says Lue.

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MOOC Knewton Education Adaptive Learning 151

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

And various technology companies — from no-name startups to behemoths like Pearson — boast of new programs meant to facilitate this style of education. Some education technology developers, such as Knewton, say machines can figure out what students need to know and how best to deliver it. based education reform advocacy group.

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Trends Study Knewton Personalized Learning 40

MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

And various technology companies — from no-name startups to behemoths like Pearson — boast of new programs meant to facilitate this style of education. Some education technology developers, such as Knewton, say machines can figure out what students need to know and how best to deliver it. based education reform advocacy group.

Personalized Learning 28

Personalized Learning Technology Knewton Learning 28

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Sometimes they strike a deal.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

“ Facebook Is Not a Technology Company ,” media studies professor Ian Bogost also wrote in August. If that’s what “technology” means, then every company is in the technology business – a useless distinction. …There are companies that are firmly planted in the computing sector.

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