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.

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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

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Omega Notes

JUNE 9, 2020

No one solution can address these challenges, and there are dozens of technology companies that promise results for an institution’s bottom-line. Take a page from Apple’s book; making an interface that is intuitive, responsive, and creates value leads to user satisfaction. Do not put the user experience second.

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Omega Notes

JUNE 9, 2020

No one solution can address these challenges, and there are dozens of technology companies that promise results for an institution’s bottom-line. Take a page from Apple’s book; making an interface that is intuitive, responsive, and creates value leads to user satisfaction. Do not put the user experience second.

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

” There’s more on legal battles involving student loan companies in the business of financial aid section below. “ Does tech designed to personalize learning actually benefit students? “ Can a New Approach to Information Literacy Reduce Digital Polarization? The student loan company has raised $803.6

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2020

Of course, test scores are just one piece of data colleges turn to when predicting which students are likely to excel in rigorous courses, enrich campus life with a unique perspective, graduate in four years, or even help balance the books with a large tuition check. Enter the algorithms. Student success' is a slippery concept.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2020

That’s basic research ethics—inform the students about the way their data is being used,” she notes. While that particular red flag feature is no longer used by Canvas, Mariachi says she worries that colleges and companies are experimenting with learning analytics in ways that are not transparent and could be prone to algorithmic bias. “The

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Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2018

Amazing what reading a book will do for you. ” Also via Wired : “Companies Are Cashing in on Reality TV for Tots.” Via George Veletsianos: “ Bots, AI, & Education ” – updates 2 and 3 on his book project. The company has raised $4.8 The company has raised about $1.4

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Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

How much of “personalized learning” as imagined and built and sold by tech companies is precisely this: metrics, marketing, conversion rates, customer satisfaction? They just use different words, of course: “outcomes-based learning,” “learning analytics.”). He argued that.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

The word “intelligence” is also used, of course, to describe the gathering and assessment of tactical information – information, often confidential information, with political or military value. You can’t opt out of the learning management system. The risk isn’t only hacking.

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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.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

" Tagged on: March 10, 2017 Drop it like it's bot: Brands have cooled on chatbots | Digiday → Many companies have begun dropping their bots, saying that they don't do what they were supposed to: “I would call it overpromising." " Hopefully, not shades of future conversations about learning analytics.

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Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

Via Politico : “The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said on Wednesday that the Education Department is stonewalling its attempts to gather information about Navient as part of the CFPB’s lawsuit against the student loan giant.” The university gave false information to U.S. Upgrades and Downgrades.

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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.

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

The learn-to-code company Treehouse has launched “Techdegrees,” “a guided-learning experience designed to prepare students for entry-level developer jobs at companies across the country.” ” “ Zynga ’s Headquarters Is Worth More Than The Actual Company.” Credit Cards).”

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Hack Education

MAY 4, 2018

“ Are Edtech Companies Doing Enough to Protect Student Privacy? ” Via The Verge : “ Amazon is launching a $23 subscription book box for kids.” Via GeekWire : “ Project Unicorn signs first companies to help schools handle the hairball of edtech data.” . “ Are Etextbooks Affordable Now?

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Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

I was recently informed that my pointing out the relationships between politics, tech investors, and their investment portfolio constitutes an “ad hominem” attack. On Thursday, the judge gave Google the victory , ruling that the company’s use of the Java API fell under fair use provisions. Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

A bill in Missouri would end tenure for all new faculty hires starting in 2018 and require more student access to information about the job market for majors. ” They’re suing the company. Via Techcrunch : “ Nickelodeon gets into e-books with new reading app for kids, Nick Jr. Government Over Dismal Education.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

They returned a syllabus that was all-white in composition – not just in that the primary authors of the books selected contained no people of color but the books themselves largely avoided America's colonial-settler, chattel-slavery, and racist-imperial history.” ” Will for-profit higher ed be an election issue? .”

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