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. We’re very confident that our products are aligned to the common core. John Fallon CEO, Pearson.

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Common Core Pearson Resources Company 76

MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

The computer system does this by constantly assessing how a particular student answers questions and what kind of lesson most engages that student. But for that concept to work, a child must spend a lot of time on the computer, feeding the system with data that the software uses to improve itself. I see their confidence level take off.

Personalized Learning 28

Personalized Learning Technology Knewton Learning 28

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

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. But it surged in big way in 2016, below the radar, but touching lives like never before.

Trends 111

Trends EdTech MOOC Smartphone 111

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

All this happened in the larger context of news from the US school system itself. The Common Core State Standards. Learning to Code. Education Data and Learning Analytics. and the scaling back of investigations into civil rights violations in schools. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2014. The Business of Ed-tech.

Technology 58

Technology MOOC Trends Khan Academy 58

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Clickers” are definitely not new — indeed, in my research for Teaching Machines , I found examples of classroom response systems dating back to the 1950s. As we move forward with new technologies in learning analytics, how and who will be evaluating the claims that people put forward?”. Course Signals.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

Via The Atlantic : “Two radically different bills aim to overhaul [ Detroit ’s] beleaguered school system. ” Via Chalkbeat : “They rejected multi-state Common Core exams. Why Don’t All School Systems Do This?” ” [Insert Course Signals learning analytics joke here.].

Education 52

Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

So we must, I think, look at the more insidious ways in which various technologies are slowly altering our notions of knowledge, expertise, and education (as practices, as institutions, as systems) – and ask who’s invested in the various futures that education technology purports to offer. The Common Core State Standards.

Trends 40

Trends MOOC Khan Academy Maker Movement 40