Remove Article Remove Company Remove iPad Remove Learning Analytics
article thumbnail

Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

.” 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 Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?).

article thumbnail

Mobile learning and personal metrics

Learning with 'e's

There are formal contexts for mobile learning, but it is in the leisure time/travelling/down time that mobile learning still comes to the fore. It can be actuated via a smartphone or iPad, laptop or in-person, but access is constant–which in turn shifts a unique burden to learn on the shoulders of the student."

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Also via Wired : “Companies Are Cashing in on Reality TV for Tots.” ” Via The New York Times : “Apple Unveils New iPad to Catch Google in the Classroom.” The company has raised $4.8

article thumbnail

The Stories We've Been Told (in 2017) about Education Technology

Hack Education

I’ve called this “the Top Ed-Tech Trends,” but this has never been an SEO-optimized list of products that the ed-tech industry wants schools or parents or companies to buy (or that it claims schools and parents and companies are buying). Learning to Code. Education Data and Learning Analytics.

article thumbnail

The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

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. Steve Jobs wouldn’t let his kids have iPads. Um, they do.)

Pearson 145
article thumbnail

Top Ed-Tech Trends: A Review

Hack Education

Each Friday, I gather all the education and education technology and technology-related news into one article. (I I also gather articles that I read about the same topics for a newsletter that I send out each Saturday.) Learning to Code. Education Data and Learning Analytics. The Maker Movement. Text-messaging.

Trends 40
article thumbnail

Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

EDITED TO ADD: Apparently, The Guardian article is not quite right. ” They’re suing the company. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” edX is offering an online master’s degree with Georgia Tech : an OMS (online master’s in science) in Analytics. Defeated" is too strong a word here.

MOOC 40