Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2021

It works by putting difficult interpersonal dynamics on stage for everyone to see, through scenes whose characters and conflicts are instantly recognizable to anyone who has spent time in a college office or classroom. There’s an emotional impact of theater you don’t get through a written case study,” Kaplan says. “It Kaplan says.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 20, 2023

For instance, a seminal piece by Kaplan and Pascoe (1977), “Humorous Lectures and Humorous Examples: Some Effects upon Comprehension and Retention,” emphasizes that humor not only aids comprehension but also retention of material. From my years in the classroom, I can personally attest to the transformative power of humor.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 7, 2018

Kaplan Test Prep. Kaplan Test Prep is one of the original names in SAT/ACT prep. Founded in 2002 by graduates of the Yale School of Management, Veritas Prep offers live classroom prep courses, interactive online courses, on-demand classes, and private SAT tutoring sessions. How NOT to Assess Student Writing.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Since Purdue University purchased for-profit Kaplan University last year to create what is now Purdue University Global, faculty members have raised questions and concerns about how these two very different models of higher education would fit together.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Zoom is hiring folks with years of experience in education technology. Before that, she founded education advisory company Quantum Thinking, was an entrepreneur-in-residence and senior fellow at the Gates Foundation, and worked for Kaplan, Pearson, Ellucian, Blackboard and Oracle. “I Here’s what we learned. I like early market.

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eSchool News

MAY 31, 2017

In an article published in, of all places, Delta’s Sky Magazine , writer Allison Kaplan details her interview with generational expert and author David Stillman on how Generation Z will begin graduating from college this year and what businesses should expect. So what does that mean for educators? Well, buckle up and hold on. Digital is King.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

Five years ago I wrote a piece for EdSurge entitled “ Why I’m Optimistic About The Next Wave of Education Technology,” and at the time I wanted to counteract the feelings many were expressing that the edtech bubble was about to burst. More than $1 billion in headline-grabbing transactions are likely to be announced at the event.

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Edsurge

JULY 3, 2018

If Purdue University’s purchase of the for-profit Kaplan University can be thought of as a wedding, there were plenty of people in the audience shouting objections throughout the ceremony. EdSurge: What was your initial reaction to the news that Purdue University would be buying Kaplan to create an online wing?

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FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Using this 3D technology can help students significantly whether they’re struggling to learn reading or math, or just to engage. Kaye, CEO and Chief Zoo Keeper at Alive Studios, discovered this technology while in search of a way to support her own two ELL children. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. About the Presenter.

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eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2021

Minneapolis June 22, 2021 – Edmentum (edmentum.com ), a global pioneer in education technology, announced a definitive agreement to acquire Apex Learning, a Seattle-based industry leader in digital curriculum and virtual learning with over 20 years of deep expertise providing high-quality, rigorous, and teacher-centered programs.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Photo Credit: Marisa Kaplan This week I talked with other educators who shared their powerful stories: Elaine Mendez (an instructional coach from Belleville Public Schools) and AJ Bianco (a 7th and 8th grade Social Studies teacher from Harrington Park School)—who learned to make mistakes and show off their nerdy sides.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2020

Often distracted and easily bored, these students are also critical thinkers capable of thriving in the online classroom while learning 21st-century skills. In moving from classroom-based instruction to online instruction, the role of the faculty member changes from the content presenter to the facilitator of online learning.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2018

Purdue and Kaplan University stunned the higher education world. What will be the most important technological development in higher education in 2018? Terah Crews: Active-learning classroom technology. The last year certainly turned in its share of surprises. Prominent full-time MBA and law programs folded.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2020

Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. drove to school, and spent my days in my second grade classroom, attending to the needs of 7- and 8-year-olds. Motivated by a desire to contribute, former educators around the country are returning to the classroom, virtually. BROOKLYN, N.Y. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2018

So far 30 such content creators have been green-lighted, ranging from high-school teachers and college professors, to brand-name publishers including Kaplan, Penguin Random House, Oxford University Press and Pearson, which is selling a handful of English vocabulary materials. But a large teacher following is no guarantee of success.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2017

Despite their high-tech subject matter and slick Silicon Valley messaging, most boot camps take a decidedly old-fashioned approach to instruction—focusing on in-person classrooms and high student-to-faculty ratios. which also owns Kaplan, is an investor in EdSurge.). What you need to do is be the guy who knows how to find the answer.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2020

Bell 1:30 PM Empowering Students in a Distance Learning Environment with John Spencer (60 minutes) 3:00 PM Personalizing the Online Classroom Through Creative Teaching and Learning (60 minutes) with Candy Mowen 4:00 PM Rethinking Students Evaluations as a Tool to Improve Online Instruction (30 minutes) with Steven J.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 6, 2020

Steve Steve Hargadon LearningRevolution.com | Library 2.0 | Classroom 2.0 | GlobalEducationConference.org More about this week's guests: Lian Chikako Chang: " I'm a data storyteller. In a past life, I've written about architecture--specifically, how technology, biology, and culture intersect in our experience of our environments and selves.

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Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

I’m also working on a magazine article that’ll come out this fall on education technology and venture capital. And those were mostly administrators and administrative staff, I’d say, rather than classroom teachers.) ” “Technology is moving faster than it’s ever moved before.”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

And thank you too for the theme of this event – your willingness to talk about failures and struggles with education technology rather than, what’s almost always the case, this strange dogma the field demands – that we only offer praise and thanks for the glory of education technology.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Sean Wybrant, Digital Media Studies Teacher, in his classroom with students at William J. Another aspect of inequity and access can be seen in the consequences of restrictive technology use agreements and imposing technology fees in schools with high free and reduced lunch populations, says Jeffrey McMahon, STEAM teacher leader at John H.

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Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 1, 2016

” See also: Teachers Like Technology in the Classroom, But Few Think It’s Well Integrated. Former Kaplan CEO Making Big Moves in Education Market. She described the issue as one that pertained only to the “political machinations in the state of Alabama.”

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 4, 2015

But the move from STEM to STEAM can also impact the way students synthesize abstract mathematical concepts and make new brain connections, according to Denise Douglas-Faraci an associate professor at Kaplan University’s college of education who frequently works with teachers at the intersection of art and math. ” .

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Edsurge

JUNE 21, 2017

There’s been a lot of talk about the recent deal that involves Purdue University buying for-profit Kaplan University, which surprised many people (and the faculty have signed a resolution opposing it). So you do expect there might be other universities doing it with other big employers? I expect other universities to do it.

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Edsurge

MAY 10, 2017

There are no classroom buildings, and instead students take all classes online via webcam. What university builds its own technology platform? We build technology, we put together lesson plans and materials, and we operate residence halls. Nonexistent. They use Microsoft Word and Excel. That's a corporation.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

But the technology lends a question: to what extent should educational products make assumptions about a user’s end goal? Speakers from University of Virginia, University of Maryland, MIT and University of Pennsylvania will share what works, what doesn’t and how they have built structures to support technology initiatives on their campuses.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

The report is always a big deal in technology circles – “a tech industry event in its own right,” as Wired’s Steven Levy put it in 2012 – and many publications and pundits dutifully cover Meeker’s observations, often adding very little analysis of their own. ”) How accurate are her observations?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

He ran Kaplan as its CEO from 1994 to 2008, during which he oversaw 67 acquisitions and more than doubled the company’s revenue—to nearly $2 billion —by the time he left. Many of these tools were used in environments that more closely resemble cubicles than classrooms, with students working by themselves in front of a computer.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2021

In addition to giving busy parents a break, it allows kids to build connections with teachers and peers on their own, as they might in a classroom. In physical classrooms that’s less of a problem, as teachers can show students pictures and objects to facilitate those connections. Marisa Kaplan contributed research.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Teachers and the Future of Education" (the importance of teacher voice in education discussions, "Hack Your Education" (thinking about self-directed learning--Audrey''s in this proposal), and "Technology, Pedagogy, and the Silver Bullet" (addressing the myopia of some ed tech business ventures). The Classroom 2.0 show is back!

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

When I first entered the virtual university a couple of decades ago as dean of online learning at Stevens Institute of Technology, I imagined, apart from instruction, that online and on campus in most respects would be pretty much the same. Surprisingly, just over twenty years later, things didn’t turn out that way in practice.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

education technology investors is creating a new fund to support deals overseas. The group’s website notes that its mission is to create “playbooks that translate scientific research on character development into daily classroom practice.” We provide some kind of example that you can survive outside that system” of federal aid.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 16, 2022

Completing a doctorate in Instructional Technology, she went on to earn a Superintendent’s Letter of Eligibility in Pennsylvania. After getting a master’s degree in nuclear fusion (MIT), Kelly held engineering and marketing roles at various technology companies. Mara is the international two-time best selling author of HELP!

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Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2017

Chatbots are hip and cool these days and, while I agree that they have a lot of potential, most of the pitches are simply applications that turn IBM Watson’s natural language processing technology loose on a university’s existing FAQ page. Kaplan , Princeton Review , Tutor.com … the list goes on and on. Yet another Test Prep Provider.

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Hack Education

JUNE 1, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Wait, so Purdue is gonna run Kaplan and a nuclear lab? ” Former Kaplan exec Justin Serrano has been hired as the president of Schoology. ” “The Theranos Story and Education Technology” by John Warner.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Paul LePage has called for a review of his state’s groundbreaking 1-to–1 student computing initiative, highlighting the growing pains nagging an educational-technology movement now well into its second decade.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Kaplan Will Offer Free Online PSAT Prep.” Congrats, education!

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

” Via The Intercept : “These Are the Technology Firms Lining Up to Build Trump’s ‘Extreme Vetting’ Program.” “ Purdue-Kaplan online university one step closer to reality,” the Journal & Courier reports. Via Campus Technology : “Report: VR and AR to Double Each Year Through 2021.”

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