Doug Levin

JULY 31, 2017

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EdTech 150

EdTech Company Data Blended Learning 150

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

.” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe. I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. The company has raised some $77.5 Think Facebook. ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Also Facebook ’s DC lobbyist, Joel Kaplan, who was sitting right behind Kavanaugh as he screamed at Senators. “ Is Running a Company Like Leading a Classroom? National) Education Politics. ” Labor and Management.

Education 55

Education Chegg MOOC Robotics 55

Hack Education

DECEMBER 10, 2017

This is part five of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” As in previous years, it would be quite easy to fill a whole article in this series on “ data insecurity ,” on the data breaches and cyberattacks that continue to plague education – both schools and software. million students.

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Data Education Software Social Media 78

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” The race for the California State Superintendent is still undecided – at least as I type up this article, it is. is the new company of Andrew Ng , Coursera’s co-founder.) Education in the Courts. on Coursera.”

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Education Coursera Facebook MOOC 53

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. Um, they do.)

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2017

I have published 8 of these end-of-year articles. Back row from the left: Jawed Karim, the co-founder of YouTube; Jeremy Stoppelman, the CEO of Yelp; Andrew McCormack, co-founder of the venture capital firm Valar Ventures; Premal Shah, President of Kiva, the microfinancing company. What are the stories and why are they being told?

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Knewton Company Kaplan Facebook 65

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

She agrees to use their products in her classroom and give the companies feedback. After reading the article, I asked myself: What larger issues does the story of Kayla Delzer illustrate? And she recommends their wares to thousands of teachers who follow her on social media. “I I will embed it in my brand every day,” Ms.

Social Media 70

Social Media Facebook Instructional Materials Report 70

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via The New York Times : “Early Facebook and Google Employees Form Coalition to Fight What They Built.” ” Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein on his company’s new event series, The Empirical Educator Project.

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Lenovo Education Facebook MOOC 51

The Principal of Change

APRIL 11, 2017

This article from the New York Times, “ I’m Not Texting, I’m Taking Notes “, is pretty interesting. He refers to himself as a “digital native”, and acknowledges this is a norm for him and his friends, while not perhaps the norm for others in the company. The ending (spoiler alert!):

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Meeting Blackboard iPhone Social Media 56

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via the AP : “One of the nation’s largest student loan servicing companies may have driven tens of thousands of borrowers struggling with their debts into higher-cost repayment plans. Tutoring company Knack has raised $1.5

Education 52

Education LMS Robotics E-rate 52

Hack Education

MAY 4, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “ Are Edtech Companies Doing Enough to Protect Student Privacy? Facebook had its big developer conference this week, and honestly I couldn’t bear to pay attention. National) Education Politics. ” asks The Tech Edvocate.

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MOOC Education Robotics Company 42

Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

I wrote “an explainer” of sorts on Thiel and his politics, and I listed the education companies that he’s invested in. Mostly surveillance posing as “ personalization ” startups. So has Facebook. women of groping and sexual assault. He’s a partner there. He’s on the board of directors.

Education 40

Education Company Pearson E-rate 40

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

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. awards debt collection contract to company with ties to DeVos.” ” Via Buzzfeed : “Here’s How A Student Loan Debt Relief Company Preyed On Its Customers.” National) Education Politics.

Education 43

Education Company Blackboard Kaplan 43

techlearning

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

This exciting collaboration combines Discovery Education’s Streaming Plus digital service with STEM Leader Corp , a four-year system for professional development, to create an exciting new systemic approach to STEM education districtwide that personalizes learning and creates an environment promoting students’ desire to learn and succeed.

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STEM System Education Social Media 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2017

” And it sure isn’t “everyone should learn nursing.” ” Everyone Should Learn to Code. As I noted in the previous article in this series , the technology industry has continued this year to advocate for changes to both policy and curriculum to expand computer science education.

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Robotics Company Industry Data 63

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

“ From the article that ”innovative teaching practice" appears to be project-based learning. ” The article is accompanied by a photo of a classroom full of Asian students – as if Asian is not American. Shernaz Daver , Udacity ’s chief marketing officer, is leaving the company.

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Education Facebook Company Report 45

Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via Education Week : “ FCC Chair Moves to Block E-Rate Funds for Companies Deemed ‘Security Risk’ ” (State and Local) Education Politics. million in seed funding from LearnStart (Learn Capital) and Rethink Education.

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Education MOOC E-rate Facebook 45

Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” WeWork, an eight-year-old company that has raised almost $7 billion in funding, has committed to pay some $18 billion in rent. Ah yes, a giant technology company deciding what “good manners” sounds like. ”). .”

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Education Facebook Company MOOC 44

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via Marketwatch : “One company will now handle close to half of all student-loan payments.” “ Facebook Funded Most of the Experts Who Vetted Messenger Kids ,” Wired’s Nitasha Tiku reports. ” Testing.

Education 49

Education Robotics Company OER 49

techlearning

MAY 21, 2018

Students can access a variety of digital assets including images, primary source documents, podcasts, oral interviews, articles, videos, interactives, and more, and are empowered to become content creators with a suite of content creation tools that help teachers and students safely and easily collaborate in real-time on virtual projects.

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Digital Learning Social Media Education Professional Learning 40

techlearning

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

By incorporating Discovery Education’s award-winning digital content into teaching and learning, educators in Archdiocesan schools now have flexible digital resources that not only help them more deeply engage students and personalize learning, but also help create authentic learning experiences combining faith and reason.

Digital Learning 40

Digital Learning Social Media Education Learning 40

Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

Every year since 2010, I’ve undertaken a fairly massive project in which I’ve reviewed the previous twelve months’ education and technology news in order to write ten articles covering “the top ed-tech trends.” “Everyone should learn to code,” as they like to tell us. “Disrupt.”

Trends 64

Trends Company MOOC Edmodo 64

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. News from the most well-funded ed-tech company, student loan provider SoFi : SoFi settles w/ FTC over allegations it misrepresented how much borrowers save by refinancing. Really looking forward to this new testing company though!

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Education Company Report IXL Learning 53

Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

” The charter school, which is closing it doors, is the Merit Preparatory Charter School , run by “personalized learning” charter chain Matchbook Learning. Here’s a sponsored article , paid for by the Gates Foundation and published by Edsurge promoting the school and its technology.).

Education 53

Education Kaplan Pearson Elsevier 53

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Apologies that this week this article is a day late. ” (Related: “Theranos investor Tim Draper blames the company’s downfall on an investigative journalist,” Business Insider reports.). ” Testing. .”

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Education MOOC Coursera Company 46

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Although the shooting is a local story, I am putting many of the articles here in the national section because, over a week later, it is still very much in the national headlines. National) Education Politics. “Open.”

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Education Company Data Elsevier 46

Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

Worth noting: the website promotes private student loan companies SkillsFund and Climb to students looking for tuition assistance.). Related: “‘ Harvard Crimson ’ Site Is Hacked to Take Jabs at Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg ,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. ” The Business of Job Training.

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Education Data Report Software 46

Hack Education

JUNE 29, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Department of Education officials sent a letter to DeVry University ’s parent company, Adtalem Global Education Inc. ” From the Facebook blog : “ Messenger Kids Introduces New Features and Expands to Canada and Peru.”

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Education Facebook Khan Academy MOOC 50

Hack Education

OCTOBER 18, 2018

“Personalized learning,” for example, is arguably thousands of years old, and we can date the idea of individualizing education by using machines back to the 1920s. I delete all my tweets after 30 days; I regularly delete everything I’ve posted to Facebook; I delete old emails. Skinner at Harvard University.

Data 97

Data Facebook Social Media Training 97

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

No doubt, Udacity, Coursera, and edX have been moving away from “free” and “open” online education for a while now , charging fees for courses and certificates and acting much more like online program management companies – third party vendors for Internet-based courses and degree programs.

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MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 55

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

” Via Politico : “Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has increased her financial stake in a ‘neurofeedback’ company that says its technology treats attention deficit disorder and the symptoms of autism. Via The Daily Times : “Blount County Schools building new options to personalize learning.”

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” From the ASU website : “Panelists discuss future of personalized learning.” Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “ ISTE Unveils Plans to Match Ed-Tech Companies With Educators for Feedback on Apps.”

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Education Pearson Edmentum lynda.com 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2017

“Without Net Neutrality , How Would Internet Companies Treat K–12 Districts?” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Adtalem Global Education , the company that owns DeVry University , announced Monday that ownership of the for-profit institution would transfer to Cogswell Education LLC.” “Huh? Techcrunch.

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Education Robotics Company Report 48

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 6, 2015

According to the MDR 2014 State of the K–12 Market Report, there’s a growing demand for solutions that improve teaching and personalized learning and educators are willing to consider new instructional models. The exciting thing about social media is that it can be adapted into a fun and unique learning tool as well.

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Strategy Technology Social Media Facebook 40

Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” At least the e-cigarette company (which targets teens) offers a social-emotional learning curriculum, right? I mean, clearly the company has a strong grasp on the politics of information. job training company) Hack Reactor.

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