Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2020

The learning management system provider—best known for its Canvas product popular among colleges—is officially under private equity ownership. One of the benefits of this change is a focus on long-term planning over displays of quarterly growth to impress shareholders, says Mitch Benson, the company’s chief product officer.

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LMS Blackboard Company Moodle 101

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

More than 600 exhibitors and 34,000 attendees are expected to descend on London this week for the annual Bett show , where some companies come with a barrage of updates befitting one of the biggest education technology trade shows in the world. Company officials won’t say that on record. Or so it feels.)

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Lenovo Microsoft Company Comparison 134

Edsurge

MAY 13, 2021

Amidst the hype, two competing entities were formed within a few weeks of each other: One of them was Coursera, a for-profit startup backed by the biggest-name investors in Silicon Valley, who argued that they were building a billion-dollar company, a rare “unicorn,” as venture capitalists say. And how is edX doing by comparison?

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Coursera MOOC Company Course 180

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2019

Instructure , the publicly traded company best known for its learning management systems (LMS) Canvas and Bridge, has agreed to acquire a fellow Salt Lake City-based education technology company, MasteryConnect , for $42.5 The company claims users in more than 14,000 U.S. Of that figure, about $12.3

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LMS Assessment Company Comparison 116

Ed Tech from the Ground Up

MAY 3, 2016

EdConnective was founded with a desire to impact the education system, especially for people of color. I have enjoyed invaluable support from startup networks such as the Wharton Venture Initiation Program, the Education Design Studio, and the Village Capital EdTech Accelerator, which all appeared to be inclusive. Perhaps I should.

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EdTech4Beginners

MAY 8, 2017

Today teachers have a variety of blended learning models and education tools at their disposal, including Learning Management Systems (LMSs) to manage online and offline learning environments. www.linkedin.com/company/joomlalms. www.facebook.com/joomlalms.

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Blended Learning Classroom How To LMS 200

eSpark

AUGUST 8, 2023

Amazon tried building a similar program to improve their hiring process and almost immediately realized the system was penalizing women because the dataset it was trained on reflected the male-dominant tech culture of the time. The humans who fine-tune the system The initial dataset is only the first step in ChatGPT’s training process.

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E-rate Training Comparison Outcomes 98

Edsurge

JULY 2, 2018

This is no better than the antiquated grading systems of the past.) In essence, flawed metrics engender flawed methods for teaching and learning, launching us into a vicious perpetuation of the great problem of modern education: data that is inactionable and unhelpful in truly reforming our system. 70), and prior ability (.94)

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Personalized Learning Learning Tablets Company 148

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In conversations with edtech investors, some reported that the K-12 market has seen an influx of instructional content, particularly in the form of open educational resources (OERs). The trend has won admirers in the upper echelon of the education system as well. “Curriculum is becoming commoditized.” And he’s not alone.

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OER Data Tools Trends 92

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

At the very dawn of digital education, Canada introduced one of the very first learning management systems, WebCT, a pivotal application, invented at the University of British Columbia in 1997. and Canada for some time, and even today the company is in second place, with DTL Brightspace, a Canadian firm, close behind.

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Online Learning Learning Mobility Blackboard 131

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 1, 2017

Go to www.coolcatteacher.com/bloomz to find out why Bloomz is the best parent-teacher communication system out there. I’ve included a comparison matrix with features to help you figure out what system is best for you. I’ve included a comparison matrix with features to help you figure out what system is best for you.

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EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 21, 2018

Our classroom should become a complex adaptive system (CAS) with no set leader. Students react and adapt to changes without asking for permission by forming systems with immediate Action-Feedback-Change (AFC) Loops. Systems Thinking Version 2.0. Tests and Measurements systems diagram via Plectica.com.

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Classroom Flipped Classroom Comparison System 189

techlearning

MAY 7, 2018

With that, I think it's worth taking a look at where each of the three big companies stands in regards to Ed. cross posted at www.bigguyinabowtie.com David Lockhart is an edtech presenter, speaker, advocate, and coach with over ten years' experience teaching high school social studies. In my opinion, Microsoft Edu is the safe choice.

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Microsoft Comparison Google LMS 41

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

It’s terribly confusing, but perhaps no coincidence, that three of the world’s most prominent consumer technology companies—Apple, Google, Microsoft—each boast a “Classroom” tool aimed at K-12 educators and students. For a quick summary, see our comparison chart at the bottom.). Here’s a breakdown, by order of their release.

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Microsoft Google Classroom Schoology 147

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

The system enables users to share or swap bits of code — just as they might pass crayons to each other if they were sitting at the same crafts table — to build an online game together, create artwork or make music. Almost a decade into experiments with gamification, edtech companies are changing the way they approach motivation.

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Gamification EdTech How To Game-Based Learning 193

Edsurge

JANUARY 13, 2021

billion in venture and private equity capital across 130 deals, according to the EdSurge edtech funding database. edtech industry. Edtech investing exploded in 2020. edtech deals were blueblood firms, like Andreessen Horowitz and General Catalyst, along with new funds betting on education startups for the first time.

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EdTech Coursera Company Industry 204

Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2019

education technology companies raised $1.45 edtech startups in 2017. And that dip in dealflow has been happening in recent years: Investors are pouring more money into the edtech industry, but across fewer companies. For edtech companies able to show consistent growth and revenue, that should be welcome news.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 5, 2022

Keep these tips top of mind during your edtech search: Just because tools are pretty doesn’t mean they correlate to academic achievement. Research should inform any edtech selection. Industry standards, urged the panelists, are critical to measuring the trustworthiness of product claims and completing product comparisons.

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EdTech Outcomes Company Comparison 77

Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Ben visibly shares his struggles with a teacher evaluation system that does not align with his professional philosophy. My favorite quote from his post is: “What problems are we hiring edtech to solve?” Casas offers a helpful comparison between morale builders and morale killers. ” Wise words.

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Maker Movement Comparison Social Media Course 28

Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2018

The call for higher education innovation at SXSW EDU took the spotlight on the second day as entrepreneurs, school leaders and even Education Secretary Betsy DeVos made speeches throughout the day demanding changes to the system. Which Country Is Really Leading Edtech? in sheer number of edtech companies and dollars invested.

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Education EdTech Learning Conference 105

ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 16, 2023

The metaverse is being developed by several companies to enhance virtual experiences. In truth, there is still some debate about precisely how the metaverse should be defined because different companies have different approaches, while users also have varying expectations. Cross-Campus Collaboration .

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Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2018

The company reemerged a year later intent on growing its digital offerings and making more strategic acquisitions and partnerships. Over the last 10 years or so, the majority of the acquisition activity for smaller edtech startups came from the big textbook companies. That was more or less the hypothesis.

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Chegg Pearson Company EdTech 105

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

JANUARY 17, 2024

A learning management system I first discovered at the Aurora Institute 2023 conference , it was the first LMS I've seen that incorporated AI into its platform. In a brief handout with the paper's core messages, a comparison was made between electronic bikes and robot vacuums.

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LMS Robotics Tools UDL 86

Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2017

Yet Dror Ben-Naim cringes—just a little—every time he hears that comparison. Adaptive’ is just one feature of good learning design,” the company’s founder and CEO tells EdSurge. More than 20,000 online courses have been created by over 8,000 educators, the company claims. The company does offer pre-made courses, too.).

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Adaptive Learning Tools Company Learning 100

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2018

But a new report questions whether schools are getting the best deals by using the company. They asked a firm that tracks the prices of office supplies across multiple retailers to see if a California school system would have gotten a better deal had it purchased the same supplies it got through a local supplier from Amazon Business instead.

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Report Company Comparison Data 79

Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

” Google is a forward-thinking company and doesn’t believe in locking down the outside world while you take your exam. Just learning how to use the testing system itself is half the battle! Here’s a comparison: How long are the Shake Up Learning courses? Can I open other websites and tabs during the exam?

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Google eBook Training Course 66

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A Pennsylvania judge has banned fraternity Pi Delta Psi from the state for a decade, a punishment for a hazing death in 2013, and an unprecedented step likely to rock the national Greek system.” awards debt collection contract to company with ties to DeVos.”

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Education Company Blackboard Kaplan 43

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

” Via EdScoop : “Two edtech champions to join White House offices as fellows.” Edsurge profiles the latest from Degreed : “This Company Wants to Help You Hire for Skills, Not Credentials.” ” ( No disclosure that Edsurge shares investors with the company.). From the HR Department.

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Education Company Data Report 47

Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

” Via EdScoop : “Edtech and industry leaders say they’re stuck if they can’t scale.” Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “ ISTE Unveils Plans to Match Ed-Tech Companies With Educators for Feedback on Apps.” The company, formerly known as PLATO Learning, is owned by Thomas Bravo.

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Education Pearson Edmentum lynda.com 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2017

The Center for American Progress also took a look “Inside the Financial Holdings of Billionaire Betsy DeVos,” and the list of education- and tech-related investments is long: KinderCare Education, the childcare company. Theranos, the troubled blood-testing company. The for-profit college company Sextant Education.

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Technology Kaplan Education Company 58