Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2020

I was a speaker today at the #AgainstSurveillance teach-in , a fundraiser for Ian Linkletter who is being sued by the online test-proctoring software company Proctorio. In ed-tech circles, we call this "learning analytics," but it's less about learning than it is about productivity.).

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Software LMS Microsoft Company 132

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

DECEMBER 23, 2022

As we wrapped up 2020, we thought for sure that 2021 might bring us a reprieve from pandemic learning. Virtual and hybrid learning continued into the spring, but then classrooms welcomed back students for full-time in-person learning in the fall. –Remco Bergsma, CEO, MiEN Company.

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EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 109

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

"This sort of pie-in-the-sky belief that simply getting more computers in kids' hands and more app-development elective courses in schools will make the future bright is an oversimplification of a complex issue." Tagged on: March 10, 2017 State reaches $3.5

EdTech 170

EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

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.

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Trends EdTech MOOC Smartphone 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2018

classrooms but a study finds that students aren’t using much of the pricey software that schools buy (Photo by Jackie Mader). is a for-profit company that sells data analysis to public schools. Among the top one were Varsity Tutors, LearnZillion, Wikipedia, Brainingcamp, Google Classroom and TED-Ed. BrightBytes Inc.

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Software Data Education Company 92

edWeb.net

APRIL 6, 2021

Currently, he is leading the development of CatchOn’s learning analytics platform and helping districts leverage next-generation learning data to personalize the learning experience for their learners. He spent most of his career as CIO/CTO with the Sharon and Newton Public Schools in Massachusetts. About the Moderator.

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Personalized Learning Data Learning Learning Analytics 62

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Makerspaces are expected to reach accelerated classroom adoption in less than one year, according to the K-12 Edition of the 2016 New Media Consortium Horizon Report. CMS is implementing Essential Physics in all 19 high schools that offer physics or honors physics courses.

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CMS SchoolDude E-rate Differentiated Instruction 61

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.

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Common Core Pearson Resources Company 76

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

And often that’s because there is a disconnect between what students expect from college teaching and what actually ends up happening in the classroom. So, it really depends on how eager the student is to help improve the whole situation and the course specifically. There was also a great deal of learning analytics attached to it.

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Social Media Course Examples Learning Analytics 86

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

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. The Flipped Classroom. The Business of Ed-tech.

Technology 58

Technology MOOC Trends Khan Academy 58

Hack Education

JUNE 14, 2016

As part of the course, students are engaging in a “Great Ed-Tech Debate,” arguing one side or another of a variety of topics: that technology enhances learning, that technology is a force for equity, that social media is ruining childhood, and so on. Of course, public schools have always been viewed as failing.)

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Company Industry Assessment Examples 67

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 Education’s Proto-Platforms.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

DECEMBER 10, 2017

In education, there were breaches at colleges and universities, breaches at K–12 schools, breaches at the Department of Education, breaches at education technology companies, and breaches with software schools commonly use. More data collection will improve course design. 77 million users accounts stolen from Edmodo.

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Data Education Software Social Media 78

Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2018

Via The Guardian : “ Open University plans major cuts to number of staff and courses.” ” Also via Wired : “Companies Are Cashing in on Reality TV for Tots.” Via Wired : “How Apple Lost Its Place in the Classroom.” The company has raised $4.8 The company has raised about $1.4

Education 45

Education Robotics iPad Company 45

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).”

Education 52

Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

” The scheme involved Ed4Mil , “an online correspondence course provider,” and a former dean of Caldwell University. The company has raised $20.4 The company, which claims it’s like “LinkedIn for students,” has raised $14.1 The company had raised some $40.5 million total.

Education 43

Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

Bob Thorpe, is proposing a far-reaching law in Arizona, House Bill 2120, banning virtually every college event, activity or course which discusses social justice , skin privilege, or racial equality. ” They’re suing the company. More on the Classroom API via the G Suite Developers Blog. “G Suite.”).

MOOC 40

MOOC Education Robotics Report 40

Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

“Personalized learning” can mean that students “move at their own pace” through lessons and assignments, for example, unlike those classrooms where everyone is expected to move through material together. (In In an invented history of education, this has been the instructional arrangement for all of history.) .

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Personalized Learning Learning Course Handbook 83

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

Via Education Week : “ DeVos-Backed Company Makes Questionable Claims on Autism , ADHD.” ” “Betsy DeVos Won’t Shed Stake in Biofeedback Company , Filings Show,” The New York Times reports. “Harvard Management Company to Lay Off Half Its Staff,” The Harvard Crimson reports.

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Testing, Testing… Via the Hechinger Report : “On a classroom-based test for new teachers , black teachers score lower.” The company said that it would keep the Vine website online, but you should probably download anything you’ve got there. More on sports-related lawsuits in the sports section below.

Education 40

Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Of course, the future of education is always tied to its past, to the history of education. Education technologies facilitate communication, expanding learning networks beyond the classroom. You can’t opt out of the learning management system. The future of technology is inexorably tied to its own history as well.

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Data Software Company System 40