eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Essential Physics is a full-color, comprehensive physics textbook, paired with an e-book offering over 100 interactive tools to increase student engagement and understanding. CMS is implementing Essential Physics in all 19 high schools that offer physics or honors physics courses.

CMS 80

CMS SchoolDude E-rate Differentiated Instruction 80

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

Marketplace K-12

MARCH 14, 2016

In addition, investment company Weld North Holdings acquired Performance Matters , a student assessment and data-analytics company that it will merge with K-12 ed-tech business Truenorthlogic, which provides data on teachers’ performance and tracks their professional development. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Udemy 40

Udemy Blackboard Company Facebook 40

Iterating Toward Openness

OCTOBER 9, 2018

That’s why we collaborate with faculty throughout the course improvement process, openly license the improvements we make to content, publish our continuous improvement frameworks in open access journals, and open source many of the tools we create to support our continuous improvement efforts. However, we’re just one company.

OER 114

OER Outcomes Analysis Assessment 114

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

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. Tip Tap Tap Learning Analytics.

Learning Analytics 40

Learning Analytics Gamification Assessment Industry 40

Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2016

DIG works with faculty, staff, and student user communities to grow tools to maturity, and establish pathways to scale through collaboration across and beyond the U-M community. In its first year of operation, DIG tools were used by more than 22,000 U-M students and will soon be used by more than a dozen institutions. Be impractical.

Advocacy 60

Advocacy Software MOOC Learning Analytics 60

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2016

It represents a category of edtech, called “digital courseware” by foundations and industry analysts, that’s changing the way online students learn and faculty teach. These neatly packaged courses also raise questions about the role of faculty, and who decides what students need to learn. Can I trust what’s happening with it?

Adaptive Learning 60

Adaptive Learning Software EdTech Course 60

eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2016

Remaining a tech-savvy educator means keeping on top of the myriad changes and trends in education, how technology can support those trends, and how teaching and learning can best benefit from near-constant change. In addition to portfolios, MyMantl will offer digital badging tools, competency-based education program designers and job tools.

Trends 40

Trends Digital Badges Blended Learning Learning Analytics 40

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 214

Data Learning Analytics Company Assessment 214

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

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 75

Common Core Pearson Resources Company 75

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. Learn more here. But what are some of the new risks that you see? So, no we haven’t done it.”

Data 154

Data Learning Advocacy System 154

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 109

Groups Learning Analytics Assessment Robotics 109

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 10, 2016

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. But the end product of working with a company who already had the expertise, experience, and knew the relevant technology inside out was far beyond what I could have done myself.

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. Tracking data is complex and time-consuming.

Mobile Learning 82

Mobile Learning EdTech Company Data 82

eSchool News

AUGUST 17, 2016

Renaissance Learning , provider K-12 cloud-based assessment and learning analytics, announced a major new alliance with ClassLink , provider of single sign-on and rostering solutions for schools. Spring Forward helps students build essential literacy skills through explicit strategy-based instruction. Read more.

Trends 40

Trends PresenceLearning Learning Analytics Strategy 40

edWeb.net

JUNE 23, 2021

But analytics tools, like CatchOn and Gaggle, helped schools and districts during the pandemic to aggregate data to monitor how learners fared digitally. In some instances, risky or unsafe tools or applications students logged into. Virtually, it’s all a bit harder to wrangle. In Dr. Neufeld’s district, data took on new meaning.

Khan Academy 53

Khan Academy Data Industry Learning Analytics 53

Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2020

Colleges insist that scholars be incredibly careful with data and research subjects in the research part of their jobs, but not with the tools they use for teaching. Just three weeks ago the company hired a privacy attorney, Daisy Bennett, to assist in that work. Should we have guardrails? Absolutely.”

Course 155

Course Learning Analytics Tools LMS 155

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

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 122

EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 122

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Here’s what caught my eye the week of March 6, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Ever wonder how stories promoted by ‘thought leaders’ on social media get selected? Filter bubbles are bad, including in educational technology.

EdTech 170

EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

” The Whiteboard Advisors’ latest “Education Insider” report ( PDF ) is on assessment trends, higher education, and the presidential campaigns. ” The university recently decided not to partner with the for-profit ITT, and I do wonder if that decision counted as a positive or negative in Moody’s assessment.

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 Industry 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. ” Trends to watch: investors’ interest in English language learning (software). e.g. “ Supporting English Language Learners with Next-Gen Tools.” “Investors Put $2.3M

Education 52

Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52