eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

This partnership expands its ability to support more schools and districts nationwide, increasing delivery of personalized learning and supporting equitable achievement for all students. Through seamless LTI or API integration, schools can leverage EdisonLearning’s courses and FocalPointK12’s advanced analytics, all in one place.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

In recent years, the nonprofit has invested in several education technology efforts around learning analytics and adaptive learning. million investment in Smart Sparrow , a company that offers a platform used by many higher-ed faculty members and instructors to develop online, adaptive courses and simulations.

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Adaptive Learning Khan Academy Company Learning Analytics 80

Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

Some people researching education technology might not spend their days wondering how their work fits into this existential question—but George Siemens isn’t "some people." Siemens’ work is on the cutting edge of what’s possible in digital learning, but he doesn’t want to discuss the latest fads in education technology.

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Digital Learning Technology MOOC Learning Analytics 60

eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The Digital Learning Collaborative is managed by the Evergreen Education Group , a leader in K–12 digital learning research and advisory services. Its current members include school districts, intermediate units, public agencies, non-profit organizations and companies. About EdisonLearning.

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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 What is a “Platform”?

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Shake Up Learning

MARCH 14, 2023

Of course, AI is not new to our world. However, the newest level of AI comes with some advances that should give us pause, especially when we consider our most vulnerable users being exposed to this technology, our students. When you think about AI, you may not realize that it is a part of almost every piece of technology that you use.

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Robotics Learning Analytics Technology Policies 91

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. A fair amount of education technology comes from what we call "enterprise technology" — that is, the kinds of software adopted by large corporations and government entities.

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Software LMS Microsoft Company 132

Edsurge

MAY 3, 2018

And that’s forcing companies and colleges around the globe to reevaluate their data policies and practices. For massive open online courses, which straddle colleges and universities and the private sector, expectations around compliance are murky. residents honor the right of individuals to have their information removed. institution.

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MOOC Coursera Data Policies 81

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Canvas , whiteboards and a company called Blackboard. The full stack of technologies and frivolous thrills one might expect to find on today’s college campuses were on full display at Educause, the. hulking gathering of higher-ed technology staff, faculty and companies. WHAT DO PROFESSORS WANT FROM LEARNING ANALYTICS?

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Pearson Blackboard Survey Learning Analytics 60

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2016

Habitable Worlds , an introductory science course that Arizona State University professor Ariel Anbar has taught online for five years. It represents a category of edtech, called “digital courseware” by foundations and industry analysts, that’s changing the way online students learn and faculty teach. Course of the Future.

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Adaptive Learning Software EdTech Course 60

Omega Notes

JUNE 9, 2020

No one solution can address these challenges, and there are dozens of technology companies that promise results for an institution’s bottom-line. Ask yourself, in order to mitigate the risk of lost retention, is the data we are gathering and the trends we are observing inclusive of proven student learning satisfaction analytics?

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How To Data Trends Learning Analytics 96

edWeb.net

APRIL 6, 2021

During an edLeader Panel , sponsored by CatchOn, An ENA Affiliate , Eric Butash, Director of Education Technology and Data Integration for the district, discussed how they used data analytics to build their personalized student learning pathways. More important—how do they make sure students are succeeding with this new plan?

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Personalized Learning Data Learning Learning Analytics 60

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2018

is a for-profit company that sells data analysis to public schools. Despite these drawbacks, the company has an interesting repository of technology usage from roughly 400,000 students, kindergarten through high school, across 26 states. Apps are increasingly common in U.S. BrightBytes Inc.

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Software Data Education Company 91

Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 25, 2016

The latest round of deals in the school marketplace underscores investors’ and ed-tech providers’ burgeoning interest in data analytics and instructional technologies. The program is part of AT&T’s $350 million “commitment to empower students to reach their full potential,” the company said in a statement.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Tech-savvy educators know they must stay on top of the myriad changes and trends in education to learn how teaching and learning can best benefit from technology’s near-constant change. CMS is implementing Essential Physics in all 19 high schools that offer physics or honors physics courses.

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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. Ed-tech is big business. trillion industry.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

In July, three members from EdSurge Independent, a student-run group that meets weekly to discuss ideas around higher education and technology, joined EdSurge Live to share what they wish faculty knew about students today, and propose ways to fuse instructional gaps. There was also a great deal of learning analytics attached to it.

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Social Media Course Examples Learning Analytics 82

Iterating Toward Openness

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Some have research, grant writing, and publication responsibilities in addition to teaching their courses. Some teach five or six courses per semester. Here’s what we’re doing this fall: We have analyzed data from Spring 2018 to empirically determine which learning outcomes students struggled with the most in five Waymaker courses.

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OER Outcomes Analysis Assessment 114

Omega Notes

JUNE 9, 2020

No one solution can address these challenges, and there are dozens of technology companies that promise results for an institution’s bottom-line. Ask yourself, in order to mitigate the risk of lost retention, is the data we are gathering and the trends we are observing inclusive of proven student learning satisfaction analytics?

How To 52

How To Data Trends Learning Analytics 52

Omega Notes

JUNE 9, 2020

No one solution can address these challenges, and there are dozens of technology companies that promise results for an institution’s bottom-line. Ask yourself, in order to mitigate the risk of lost retention, is the data we are gathering and the trends we are observing inclusive of proven student learning satisfaction analytics?

How To 52

How To Data Trends Learning Analytics 52

Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2016

This is especially the case when it comes to education technology and curricular innovation. We offer our colleagues at peer institutions and edtech companies nine considerations for cultivating innovation on campus and beyond. Establish clear values and guiding principles. Then consider constraints.

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Advocacy Software MOOC Learning Analytics 60

Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Gathering ''big data'' from learning analytics is perhaps the motherlode for most large scale course providers such as EdX , Udacity and Coursera (MOOC platforms). Such large data sets can conceivably be sold on for a sizeable profit to companies who are interested. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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Mobile Learning Mobility Coursera MOOC 62

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2020

Of course, test scores are just one piece of data colleges turn to when predicting which students are likely to excel in rigorous courses, enrich campus life with a unique perspective, graduate in four years, or even help balance the books with a large tuition check. Enter the algorithms. Student success' is a slippery concept.

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Data Learning Analytics Company Assessment 206

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 16, 2015

1) You’re currently professor of educational technology at the British Open University. My field was ArtificialIntelligence , but I started experimenting with online tutor groups, producing web pages, etc and migrated into educational technology (as many people did). I joined the OU in 1995 just as the web was taking off.

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MOOC Dropout OER Social Media 28

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2019

Institutions have access to more student data than ever before—but it's hard to really grasp what that means, since many of the digital tools that colleges use are from third parties or companies that keep their algorithms private. Learn more here. That makes it hard for students, professors or even journalists to get a glimpse inside.

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Data Learning Advocacy System 142

Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2017

When our adult students came, other than giving them evening courses and a couple of offices that would be open until seven on Monday night, there was no support,” she says. This conference attracts plenty of venture capitalists and companies in education. We have 85,000 students around the world, and over a thousand courses.

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OER Course Learning Analytics Company 83

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 10, 2016

But in order to get the sunlight to do what I wanted it to, I needed to partner with someone else who had the right combination of expertise and technology. Of course, I could have stopped everything else in my life for a few months and learned most of what I needed to know to answer these questions myself. You get the idea.

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OER Company Learning Analytics Outcomes 60

Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

Pearson has been criticized for everything from its deployment of curriculum in districts’ 1-to-1 technology programs to the prominent role it plays in high-stakes testing. 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

APRIL 30, 2019

Sandwiched between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, this full-time innovation school for middle and high school students based in Cambridge, Mass., They were mentored by a team of NuVu coaches to explore their creative instincts, while expanding their capacity to think and learn analytically.

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Groups Learning Analytics Assessment Robotics 94

Bryan Alexander

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Continuing with our reading of Richard DeMillo’s Revolution in Higher Education: How a Small Band of Innovators Will Make College Accessible and Affordable (2015) ( publisher ; Amazon ): this week we’re discussing chapter 4, “Technology Curves.” That’s not where the chapter begins. ” (2247).

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Education MOOC Learning Analytics Data 40

Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2020

While that particular red flag feature is no longer used by Canvas, Mariachi says she worries that colleges and companies are experimenting with learning analytics in ways that are not transparent and could be prone to algorithmic bias. As to the concern about LMS and other tools leading to institutional racism? Absolutely.”

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Course Learning Analytics Tools LMS 135

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

At the end of every year since I founded Hack Education in 2010, I’ve reviewed what I think are the most important and influential trends in education technology. This is about the stories we’re told about education, about technology, and about education technology. (No

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Technology MOOC Trends Khan Academy 58

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

Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

I want us to think about the ways in which the history of learning – how we tell that story – shapes the future of learning, and how the history of technology (education technology and otherwise) – and how we tell that story – shapes the future of technology. They’re not meant to.

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Personalized Learning Learning Course Handbook 83

Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. 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.” The company has raised $4.8 million total.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Many silver linings emerged and digital learning cemented itself as a “must have” in schools. Equity remained front and center, too, raising issues of inequitable technology access, along with racial and socioeconomic disparities and discrimination. –Remco Bergsma, CEO, MiEN Company. — Babak D.

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EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 111

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Or rather I’ve never believed the hype that we should put all our faith in, rest all our hope on technology. I’ve had a sinking feeling in my stomach about the future of education technology long before Americans – 26% of them, at least – selected Donald Trump as our next President.

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