Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2023

He has ChatGPT on his phone and his iPad, and our 45-minute conversation is peppered with references to Coursera’s newest personal learning assistant, “Coach.” In response, Coach throws up explanations, summarizes lessons, links videos and suggests further courses for the learner to check out. Demand is out there.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2018

Education is awash with efforts to personalize learning. But what does it mean for a company to personalize its support for the teachers who use its product? When teachers hear their administration pause to learn a little bit more about them, learning becomes collaborative.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2020

“We want to build from the ground up an inclusive learning system for students and faculty, one that can recreate engaging, live learning experiences online,” says Dan Avida. It will be some time before the public can decide for themselves whether Engageli meets that vision. But they are not done with higher education yet.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

Learning online will also help us become better teachers and now is the perfect time to take an online course. So, in this blog post, I’m going to share 20 teaching areas that are relevant to distance learning and why these topics might be one you choose to take a professional development course to learn this summer.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Millions downloaded it—and first learned of it—back in early 2020, when lockdowns forced billions of students online, and at least 100,000 schools onto Zoom. But as the company itself will tell you, it didn’t spring up overnight. In the future, there may be many such companies piggybacking off Zoom’s popularity.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2017

Senior Hernan Hernandez, 17 (left), and junior Ray Garcia, 15 (right), hope to design a new skateboarding course at Vista High School. So, late this spring, Hernan approached Principal Anthony Barela with a potential solution: What about offering them a skateboarding course instead? Photo: Mike Elsen-Rooney.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) in early January announced 15 startup companies selected to participate in the inaugural AWS Education Accelerator. Announced in October 2023, the AWS Education Accelerator supports edtech startups who are innovating to enhance the teaching and learning experience and improve educational outcomes. Oblio, Inc.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 31, 2022

Go to coolcatteacher.com/wellness and download your free educator wellness toolkit from Advancement Courses. Also, you can save 20% off your next course by using the code CAT20. With over 280 courses to choose from, Advancement Course offers subjects in everything from educator wellness to social-emotional learning and more.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 17, 2019

How to power through a difficult parent-teacher meeting comes to mind, but there are many challenges that teachers learn how to handle in time. For example, if schools want teachers to manage their time better, they should try to reduce the admin work before creating online courses on time management. Give timely feedback.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2017

Among the tools the district found was Teach to One: Math (TTO), a digital personalized learning program by New Classrooms , a New York-based nonprofit, that adapts to a student’s individual skills and gaps. We are committed to personalized learning, but can't continue a program that does not meet the needs of all of our students.”

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MindShift

JULY 11, 2017

“I took a beating for that,” Dillon admitted, but added it was the right choice because the school was doing a poor job meeting the needs of students. The association has a personalized learning group that visits school sites across the country as the superintendents — including Dillon — trade ideas about the learning philosophy.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 25, 2023

The toxic and ominous polarization of our politics has arrived in our school board meetings, and educators are getting pummeled by accusations that they are brainwashing children into believing “woke” ideologies. Public education in America is under attack on multiple fronts. School budgets are getting squeezed as Covid stimulus winds down.

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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 22, 2020

Technology allows you to teach and learn from any part of the world with Internet access and electricity. All you need is a device and software, like Google Hangouts Meet, Zoom, Join.me, GoToMeeting, or other tools that facilitate studying. Here is an excellent example of an EdTech company that produces valuable content for educators.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 14, 2022

Sponsor: Advancement Courses. Thank you Advancement Courses for sponsoring today’s show. This month, Advancement Courses is kicking off their annual Tournament of Teachers bracket challenge where educators can win up to $2,000 in prizes. Show sponsor: Thank you Advancement Courses for sponsoring today’s show.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2023

Leaders at the institution have found that its students do best learning together in cohorts and through lab-based courses, rather than “off on their own, learning independently, them and a screen,” Bettersworth explains. There is a clear business case for how skills-based training could help companies, Sevak says.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

.” Those who enroll in Ancora High School will complete their coursework 100% online via McGraw Hill Connect® and McGraw Hill ALEKS®, two powerful courseware platforms that deliver personalized learning experiences and allow students to learn at their own pace. McGraw Hill Connect® is a complete course platform.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2021

And we’ve only seen the beginning—within the next few years, the company is poised to disrupt the healthcare market, become the market leader in online advertising, establish itself as a competitor to USPS, FedX and UPS, and provide global access to broadband internet through a network of satellites orbiting the planet… to name but a few examples.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Teachers should be empowered with actionable data, equipped to engage each student with a personalized learning experience and supported as they establish stronger relationships with home-based learning guardians such as parents. In short, it’s time to more intentionally think about educators as Learning Engineers.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Then she saw an online ad for the Ohio Distance and Electronic Learning Academy (OHDELA). It’s a virtual charter school, the tuition paid with taxpayer dollars, run by the for-profit charter management company ACCEL Schools. Today the company serves 157,000 in 30 states. Nemergut enrolled all three girls. At Stride Inc.,

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

In November 2016, over 250 school district leaders, researchers, thought leaders, and other partners came to Baltimore, Maryland to learn from one of the nation’s most forward-thinking school districts, Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS). ” During a keynote address at the meeting, Dr. Freeman A. It’s about success.”

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2023

New schools are being built every few years to keep pace with a surge in families moving to the area due to its proximity to technology and engineering firm Sandia National Laboratories and new business hubs for companies such as Intel and NTX Bio. That mirrors what’s happening in other districts.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

“Every now and then, it's been hard to do a call while the kids are screaming or something like that, but between meetings, to see them or have lunch with them or go on a walk with them, that part has been actually quite nice.” EdSurge: How did you adapt to meet the needs of students during the pandemic? They were real education.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 15, 2019

Does the conference meet your school’s ed tech goals? To offer more personalized learning? The same principle applies to the exhibition area, where thousands of companies, NGOs and other institutions will be competing for your attention. The NEO team will be happy to meet you there! So, how to solve this problem?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

By Rebecca Koenig In Pursuit of Personalized Learning Baraniuk played electric guitar in high school rock bands while growing up in Winnipeg, Canada—the same city, he notes, that spawned The Guess Who. Students are enrolling in my course to get a technical degree but they can’t afford the textbook because it’s $300.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 13, 2019

The Advancement Courses spring sale is happening now. They are sponsoring this post, and since some of their most popular courses are on the topic of classroom management, they asked me to create a resource for helping teachers with classroom management. (The Work the Room Rare is the person who can drive a car from the back seat.

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Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2020

closed to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus, many students and instructors are grappling for the first time with questions about how to sustain learning when they can’t meet face to face. The jail is working with leaders of programs that typically meet in person to try to develop online versions. “So

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Neo LMS

JULY 31, 2018

The days of gauging learning success on the basis of simple metrics like enrollment, attendance, or course completion are long gone! Today, the most important metric is whether your institution is able to successfully deliver its curriculum — and whether the students were successful in getting what they expected from the course.

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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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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Key points: AI holds much promise for the future of education AI tools can offer personalization and targeted interventions Discover more about what AI in education holds for teaching and learning Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing education with innovative approaches to teaching and learning.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The district convened a series of meetings with teachers, school leaders, parents, city officials and community members to discuss what kind of educational system the community needed. Lindsay High School junior Gaby León said that other students she meets are fascinated when she tells them she’s never received a letter grade.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 29, 2020

Once again he was leveraging a principle from cognitive science, which is that people are most primed to learn when you start a lesson with a mystery, problem or question that doesn’t make sense—and causes the learners to sit forward and engage. I had a meeting with him about a different topic.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The Secondary School for Journalism is one of about 380 schools nationwide using Summit Learning, a personalized learning program that involves the use of an online instructional software, called the Summit Platform. Some weren’t showing any credit for the courses they’d taken and passed—courses that were necessary to graduate.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The agency also confirmed that the VTTC providers can help districts meet House Bill (HB) 4545’s requirements for supplemental accelerated instruction. Those findings are regularly shared with teachers to help them evaluate student growth and course success as well as deliver data-driven instruction.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Advocates for personalized learning have bold and plentiful ambitions for students: higher rates of engagement, greater persistence, healthy development and expanded opportunity—not to mention improved academics. Schools of course are no stranger to the power of relationships that studies like these highlight. The takeaway?

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Many charter networks here, including Crescent City Schools, Firstline, ReNEW, and KIPP, have embraced an educational philosophy known as “personalized learning.”. Though personalized learning doesn’t have to include technology, many New Orleans charters have put computers at the center of their personalized learning efforts.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 7, 2018

Deb Ramm helps us learn the techniques to help powerful improvement happen in classrooms. Advancement Courses has more than 200 graduate level online PD courses for K-12 teachers. Go to advancementcourses.com/coolcat and use the code COOL20 at checkout for 20% off any course. Listen Now. Stream by clicking here.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

The first online class we launched in 1998 was little more than flat text on webpages, and we closely followed the birth of learning management systems, meeting with both Blackboard and WebCT before they achieved their first $1 million in revenue. 2004-2011: Washington Leans In. billion in 2010.

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