Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Assessment is subjective. And as many of these technologies do not monitor student performance, learning difficulties are not tracked or identified early; preventing intervention with supplementary and personalised supports. The Need for Autonomous Assessment. Performance is not automatically tracked. What is Tip Tap Tap?

Learning Analytics 40

Learning Analytics Gamification Assessment Industry 40

Marketplace K-12

MARCH 14, 2016

In recent dealmaking news, Barnes & Noble Education acquired LoudCloud Systems and ed-tech startup Volley Labs raised $2.3 Dallas-based LoudCloud’s platforms include a competency-based courseware platform, a learning-analytics platform and services, an eReading product, and a learning management system.

Udemy 40

Udemy Blackboard Company Facebook 40

edWeb.net

JANUARY 22, 2021

Brehm pointed out that at a macro level, the K-12 data ecosystem usually includes information on instructional activities, student characteristics, and academic performance, as well as assessment results across a variety of subject areas. Erin is a former classroom teacher with experience developing curricula for both K-8 students and adults.

Data 53

Data Education Report Professional Learning 53

Iterating Toward Openness

OCTOBER 9, 2018

However, we’re just one company. The potential of the “data revolution” in teaching and learning, just as in other sectors, is to create much more timely feedback loops for tracking the effectiveness of a complex system. Finally, we align each assessment item with the outcome it is designed to assess.

OER 114

OER Outcomes Analysis Assessment 114

edWeb.net

APRIL 6, 2021

During an edLeader Panel , sponsored by CatchOn, An ENA Affiliate , Eric Butash, Director of Education Technology and Data Integration for the district, discussed how they used data analytics to build their personalized student learning pathways. They needed to find a way for their systems to talk to each other.

Personalized Learning 60

Personalized Learning Data Learning Learning Analytics 60

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Canvas , whiteboards and a company called Blackboard. hulking gathering of higher-ed technology staff, faculty and companies. hulking gathering of higher-ed technology staff, faculty and companies. No longer, he says, does it make sense for colleges to divorce technology from teaching and learning.

Pearson 60

Pearson Blackboard Survey Learning Analytics 60

eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2016

The new ClassFlow Marketplace is an open community where teachers may buy and sell original teaching resources such as digital lessons, unit plans, assessments, teaching guides, worksheets, and more. Florida Virtual School will deploy D2L ‘s Brightspace platform as the district’s new learning management system (LMS).

Trends 40

Trends Digital Badges Blended Learning Learning Analytics 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2020

In addition to assessing students’ grades and essays, admissions officers have long looked to the SAT and ACT to help them decide who will make it in their campus settings, and beyond. Companies selling admissions algorithms say they have a fairer, more scientific way to predict student success. Enter the algorithms.

Data 205

Data Learning Analytics Company Assessment 205

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

However, I think the whole system could benefit if there were more town hall events like this, where faculty get together with the students outside of class for formal or informal type meetings, to discuss the curriculum going forward. It's not necessarily that students need to say "This is what I want to learn.

Social Media 82

Social Media Course Examples Learning Analytics 82

Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

” There’s more on legal battles involving student loan companies in the business of financial aid section below. But here are some education-related stories: Via Education Week : “Privacy Experts Assess Potential K–12 Fallout From Facebook ’s Crisis of Trust.” Admissions company INTCAS has raised $2.8

Education 46

Education Robotics OER MOOC 46

EmergingEdTech

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Company is Helping Over 5,000 Schools Improve Outcomes by Making Better use of Five Million Student Records. Here’s How. EmergingEdTech recently spoke with IO Education’s CEO, Michael. Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

Data 40

Data Outcomes Education Company 40

Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

He also talked about how he thinks policy shifts like the implementation of the common-core standards and the adoption of “open” educational resources are likely to affect the K-12 market, and his company’s work. Pearson officials have been talking about shifting away from being identified as simply a publishing company for years now.

Common Core 76

Common Core Pearson Resources Company 76

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2019

Institutions have access to more student data than ever before—but it's hard to really grasp what that means, since many of the digital tools that colleges use are from third parties or companies that keep their algorithms private. So you decided you would start looking into some of the data that the system had collected on you?

Data 141

Data Learning Advocacy System 141

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2019

The learning model is based on an architecture design studio, and is a far cry from the assessment and standards-based paradigm of most education systems around the world. They were mentored by a team of NuVu coaches to explore their creative instincts, while expanding their capacity to think and learn analytically.

Groups 94

Groups Learning Analytics Assessment Robotics 94

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 10, 2016

Should I use a system with microinverters on each panel, or one large inverter? Does a battery system make sense in my circumstances? Of course, I could have stopped everything else in my life for a few months and learned most of what I needed to know to answer these questions myself. How and where will I mount them?

OER 60

OER Company Learning Analytics Outcomes 60

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 26, 2021

School renovation, safety upgrades to infrastructure, establishing healthier in-person learning environments, expanded tech capabilities, special education, assessment and accountability systems, parent and family engagement—all fundable but must be evidence based.

Mobile Learning 81

Mobile Learning EdTech Company Data 81

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

Personalized learning dates back to a Chicago lab school at the turn of the 20th century, but the concept is having a renaissance because of today’s more sophisticated technology — and the excitement and investment the technology has inspired. And they suspect that education technology companies may be promising more than they can deliver.

Trends 40

Trends Study Knewton Personalized Learning 40

edWeb.net

JUNE 23, 2021

Looking at variables such as student connectivity (and when that happened), virtual engagement, time spent on learning events and access to collaboration and productivity tools like Google Suite, Zoom and Khan Academy informed approaches to instruction and support systems. In Dr. Neufeld’s district, data took on new meaning.

Khan Academy 53

Khan Academy Data Industry Learning Analytics 53

MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

Personalized learning dates back to a Chicago lab school at the turn of the 20th century, but the concept is having a renaissance because of today’s more sophisticated technology — and the excitement and investment the technology has inspired. And they suspect that education technology companies may be promising more than they can deliver.

Personalized Learning 28

Personalized Learning Technology Knewton Learning 28

Bryan Alexander

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

In fact, the frequency of treating alone accounts for most of the variation in learning outcomes…” Plug this into the digital world, and. Just using a clicker for formative assessment makes a big difference (2023) (paging Derek Bruff !). ” (2247). ” (1990) Even mentoring gets the treatment.

Education 40

Education MOOC Learning Analytics Data 40

Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2020

Awareness of the dangers of algorithmic bias in AI systems is growing. Earlier this year, a 42-year-old Detroit resident was wrongly arrested after a face-recognition system falsely matched his photo with that of an image from security camera footage.

Course 134

Course Learning Analytics Tools LMS 134

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

Companies like Kaltura, Panopto and Warpwire battled through the year for market share. Stephen Downes works in the Learning and Performance Support Systems program at the National Research Council, a multi-year effort to develop personal learning technology and learning analytics. And it has.

Trends 111

Trends EdTech MOOC Smartphone 111

Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

Or “personalized learning” is the latest and greatest – some new endeavor that will be achieved, not through human attention or agency or through paperwork or policy but through computing technologies. “Personalized learning,” depending on how you define it, dates back to Rousseau. ” Self-management.

Personalized Learning 83

Personalized Learning Learning Course Handbook 83

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

I believe the alignment of esports to the development of higher order thinking skills and social emotional learning with a path toward college scholarships combined with the high interest of adolescents for gaming activities ensures that esports will continue to grow for some time into the future. –Remco Bergsma, CEO, MiEN Company.

EdTech 108

EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 108

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

This means that despite all the rhetoric about “disruption” and “innovation,” what we find in technology is a layering onto older ideas and practices and models and systems. “Technology is a system. You can’t opt out of the learning management system. Railroads followed the canals.

Data 40

Data Software Company System 40

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Tech devices won't fix our education system | Lockport Union Sun & Journal → Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan recently issued a plea for greater student access to high-tech tools. "This " Hopefully, not shades of future conversations about learning analytics. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

EdTech 170

EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

Via The Atlantic : “Two radically different bills aim to overhaul [ Detroit ’s] beleaguered school system. ” The Whiteboard Advisors’ latest “Education Insider” report ( PDF ) is on assessment trends, higher education, and the presidential campaigns. Why Don’t All School Systems Do This?”

Education 52

Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

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. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

On Thursday, the judge gave Google the victory , ruling that the company’s use of the Java API fell under fair use provisions. Its Crunchbase description is great : “TX-based edtech company.” “ Key Tensions in the Field of Learning Analytics ” by Bodong Chen. “Investors Put $2.3M

Education 52

Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

.” Testing, Testing… Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “These days, everyone’s talking about ‘equity,’ and now a testing company has affixed the word to a new effort. ” “ Northwest Evaluation Association To Enter State Assessment Market,” says Education Week. “Can U.S.

Coursera 60

Coursera Education E-rate Company 60