Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

He also knew that the notion of introducing what he called “learning engineers” would face resistance from faculty convinced they already knew perfectly well what they were doing in their classrooms. “A In recent years, Simon’s ideas have found new traction, thanks to new computing technologies that would have seemed alien in the ’60s.

Education 215

Education Learning Software Knewton 215

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Are any education technologies, for that matter? Andreessen’s definition does begin to get at some of the reasons why platforms have been so appealing to investors – ideologically as much as technologically. One might ask, I suppose, if LMSes are platforms. But first, a definition (or two) might be helpful.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2018

What will be the most important technological development in higher education in 2018? Terah Crews: Active-learning classroom technology. Mike Berlin: Last year, schools began experimenting with income-share agreements and alternative forms of financial aid.

OER 91

OER Knewton Kaplan Company 91

Edsurge

JULY 30, 2017

OpenEd ), Armen Pischdotchian, (an academic technology mentor at IBM Watson), Kathy Benemann (CEO of EruditeAI ), and Kirill Kireyev (founder of instaGrok and technology head at TextGenome and GYANT ). And there’s greater availability of the technology—things that you can literally use out the box. Will it free up the day?

Education 132

Education Knewton Data Industry 132

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2016

Even proponents of educational technology admit that a lot of software sold to schools isn’t very good. “I wouldn’t characterize our report as cynical, just cautious,” said Barbara Means, director of the Center for Technology in Learning at SRI International and one of three authors of the report.

Software 75

Software Study Adaptive Learning Knewton 75

Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2018

These are my prepared remarks, delivered on a panel titled “Outsourcing the Classroom to Ed Tech & Machine-learning: Why Parents & Teachers Should Resist” at the Network for Public Education conference in Indianapolis. And it might be the trying that we should focus on as much as the technology. ”).

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Knewton Education Company Learning 60

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Personalized learning looks different in every classroom, but common features include letting students set their own goals, study the curriculum online at their own pace, or decide when to take tests. The school used the money for a bulk order of Google Chromebooks, allowing every classroom to have a laptop for each student.

Personalized Learning 97

Personalized Learning Software Data Report 97

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?

Trends 56

Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

MindShift

JUNE 7, 2016

” The education technology industry, meanwhile, keeps making it easier for teachers to record and share information on students. In a highly data-driven classroom, students who struggle may be made acutely aware, to the percentile, of how far behind the average they are. “And it’s not even close.”

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Data Knewton Report Software 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The Classroom 2.0 The recordings of recent FutureofEducation.com shows are posted: David Loertscher on Library 2.0 , Gina Bianchini on Mightybell , Tim Wilson on Redirect , Peter Cookson on a Children''s Education Bill of Rights , and an iPads in the Classroom report. Details and log-in links here.

Knewton 43

Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

For years education companies have tried to apply technologies to better understand students and tailor their learning experiences, or support instructors who can intervene when human help is needed. Speakers quickly contextualized the technology with the shift in how widely available data is today. “We Or does it?)

Pearson 145

Pearson Knewton Education Learning 145

MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

They gave each student access to technology that helps teachers customize their lessons. And it would not be possible, Trout said, without small-group instruction and the assistance of classroom technology that helps her deliver a custom-fit lesson for each student. That’s where technology comes in.

Personalized Learning 28

Personalized Learning Technology Knewton Learning 28

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!

Khan Academy 44

Khan Academy Education STEM Blackboard 44

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

They gave each student access to technology that helps teachers customize their lessons. And it would not be possible, Trout said, without small-group instruction and the assistance of classroom technology that helps her deliver a custom-fit lesson for each student. That’s where technology comes in.

Trends 40

Trends Study Knewton Personalized Learning 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

This is the second part of my much-abbreviated look at the stories that were told about education technology in 2018 – and in this case, the people who funded the storytellers. I assumed that they looked to see if the company could do what it promised – financially, technologically. The technology did not work.

Trends 93

Trends MOOC Company Edmodo 93

Edsurge

MAY 3, 2017

Luminaries in the edtech industry, including Richard Culatta (ISTE CEO and former director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. What is it about the Utah that makes it a hotbed of education and technology talent? (Is Department of Education) and David Wiley (the. Kamau Bell.

Coursera 70

Coursera Knewton Udemy EdTech 70

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

The Classroom 2.0 Audrey is a writer for the NPR education technology blog MindShift , for the data section of O’Reilly Radar , and for the Edutopia blog. show is back! Here''s the direct link to our latest podcast: [link]. Or Build One?

Khan Academy 39

Khan Academy Knewton Digital Divide Pearson 39

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Via the AP : “A South Carolina solicitor says a sheriff’s deputy will face no charges for tossing a student across a classroom after she refused to put away her cellphone.” ” The school in question: the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow. Knewton has partnered with WebAssign. Go, School Sports Team!

Khan Academy 40

Khan Academy Education LMS Company 40

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” That’s Dallas Dance , who was the subject of another story the NYT’s Natasha Singer wrote last year , “ How Silicon Valley Plans to Conquer the Classroom.” ” asks MIT Technology Review. What gives?!

Education 46

Education MOOC Robotics Company 46

Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

According to excerpts of speeches published by Wikileaks – stolen data – Clinton called the Common Core a “political failure” in a speech she gave to Knewton. Neither Knewton nor the Clinton campaign have confirmed the veracity of this leaked speech. Education Politics. ” Upgrades and Downgrades.

Education 40

Education lynda.com Knewton E-rate 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2016

Facebook, like many digital technology companies, promises that in exchange for collecting your personal data – your name, your age, your gender, your photos, metadata on your photos, your location, your preferences, your browsing and clicking habits, your friends’ names – it will deliver “personalization.”

Technology 73

Technology Pearson Education Facebook 73

Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Susan Crawrford argues “Why Universities Need ‘Public Interest Technology’ Courses.” Via Edsurge : “Everything You Need to Know to Get Started With AR/VR in the Classroom.”

Education 46

Education MOOC Kaplan Robotics 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. Um, they do.)

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

Here are the education technology companies that have raised money from ISPs. What’s his evidence that technology has not eliminated jobs – other than this weird insistence that there is no such thing as neoliberalism in ed-tech ? Via The New York Times : “How Google Took Over the Classroom.”

Edmodo 45

Edmodo Education Knewton Pearson 45

Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Classrooms.” Edsurge covers Clever ’s new product “Clever Goals,” which takes the data that the company gleans about student usage of technology and sells it back to schools. National) Education Politics.

Education 44

Education Elsevier MOOC Knewton 44

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

Also via Chalkbeat : “Black and white students score far apart on a new test of technology skills.” ” Here’s the WaPo headline : “Girls outscore boys on inaugural national test of technology, engineering skills.” “ OpenStax , Knewton introduce adaptive learning into OER.”

Education 46

Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Although much of the focus of ed-tech involves what happens at school, it’s important to remember that the corporate and consumer markets for “learning technologies” are much larger. ” According to Edsurge , Knewton is now a courseware company and not a “robot tutor in the sky.”

Knewton 46

Knewton Education Company MOOC 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

” More on the technology industry’s role in building a Muslim registry in the surveillance section below. Jose Ferreira is stepping down as the CEO of Knewton. .” “The registry, created after the attacks of Sept. Via The New York Times : “ Louisville Suspends Coordinator Who Received Wake Forest Game Plan.”

Education 40

Education Coursera lynda.com LMS 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Lots of folks in ed-tech seem super excited about Trump too, including Knewton’s Jose Ferreira , Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s Harold O. “Online Education Pioneer Boots Up a Jobs Program for the Tech Industry,” the MIT Technology Review reports. Levy , and KnowledgeWorks ’ Lillian Pace. Both/and, I guess.

Education 40

Education Elsevier Report Company 40