Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2020

For example, despite increased activity on the platform—concurrent users on the Canvas LMS were up 60 percent from typical use patterns and video submissions are up tenfold from typical use patterns pre-Covid-19—the costs of moving more data and training more educators will keep the company from a short-term windfall, Benson says.

LMS 95

LMS Blackboard Company Moodle 95

Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2020

The pending $2 billion sale of one of the largest learning management systems to a private equity firm has raised questions about what happens to the trove of student data held in the company’s courses. Instructure, which is currently a public company, is in the process of being sold to Thoma Bravo, a private company.

Data 119

Data Student Data Privacy Company System 119

Hansen's Link to Tech

DECEMBER 14, 2021

As of July 1, 2021: The Student Online Personal Protection Act, or SOPPA, is the student data privacy law that regulates student information by schools, the Illinois State Board of Education, and education technology vendors. Selecting Your Platform. Selecting Your Platform.

Student Data Privacy 31

Student Data Privacy Tools Data Company 31

Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2020

Please sign up and take the survey at [link] How aware were students about what role algorithms play as they can navigate the world of information these days? All of them seem to be very aware of what was going on, and I think it’s because advertising has tipped the hands of these tech companies. Fister: It was quite high.

Education 94

Education Data Company Student Data Privacy 94

Edsurge

DECEMBER 24, 2018

When teachers rely on tools from Google and Facebook just to keep up with students, it’s a “ race to the bottom ,” says Tristan Harris, who heads the Center for Humane Technology. So, how does a tool that effectively functions as a messenger for students, parents and educators take the crown? These MIT Researchers Think So.

EdTech 111

EdTech Pearson Industry Student Data Privacy 111

Doug Levin

APRIL 27, 2017

Absent an ethical framework to guide our decisions, I am increasingly of the mind that the answers to the important questions about educational technology are ‘turtles all the way down.’ That we go through elaborate theater to suggest that this is NOT true of online testing says more about education policy than technology.

EdTech 150

EdTech Chromebook Policies Student Data Privacy 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

And, yes – of course – ransomware is a type of malware, contrary to the district’s claim.) If this doesn’t get you thinking about the security risks of schools collecting and managing sensitive data, I’d submit you may not be paying close enough attention. teachers and students?

EdTech 150

EdTech Student Data Privacy Industry Social Media 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

And, yes – of course – ransomware is a type of malware, contrary to the district’s claim.) If this doesn’t get you thinking about the security risks of schools collecting and managing sensitive data, I’d submit you may not be paying close enough attention. teachers and students?

EdTech 150

EdTech Student Data Privacy Industry Social Media 150

Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2017

For instance, at last year’s conference, only 3 percent of the 350 panels explicitly addressed the role that technology plays in widening or closing the opportunity gap. But this year, the company is less visible on the SXSWedu floor, and the Amazon Education Twitter handle has been quiet since February 7 of this year.

Tools 68

Tools Student Data Privacy Data Policies 68

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2017

Privacy and data-security themes are also woven into Raytown’s professional development workshops, curriculum planning sessions and even parent-teacher conferences. It’s become part of our school culture,” said Melissa Tebbenkamp, Raytown’s director of instructional technology. “If

Training 40

Training Data Student Data Privacy Policies 40

Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

says it has developed a system to bring “blockchain” technology–meant to serve as a decentralized-yet-secure system for transmitting data–to education, as the concept slowly begins to attract attention in the K-12 space. Suppose an individual studied at a state school in China, took a virtual course from a U.S.

Sony 40

Sony Digital Badges Khan Academy Education 40

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

At first glance, the brochure for the Muse headset might look more like a religious leaflet than a technology instruction guide. The company says it can help users meditate by offering real-time feedback on their brain state. The company says it can help users meditate by offering real-time feedback on their brain state.

Classroom 99

Classroom Student Data Privacy Company Data 99

eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Alex Seage built a career leading technology and innovation in the cruise industry, which also provided him with a deep understanding of the technology needed to improve the experience for cruise guests. Nominee: Alex Seage, Christopher Columbus High School Nominated by: Samsung Electronics America.

Education 116

Education Learning EdTech Data 116

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. million K-12 students.

EdTech 170

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. million K-12 students.

EdTech 150

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

EdNews Daily

JUNE 22, 2019

Online courses. Yet a good selection process should be applied to new digital curriculum materials if only to ensure the materials are not rogue and outside basic curriculum maps, as well as ensure that they have security and protect student data privacy. These include: Portals. Professional Development. Courseware.

LMS 133

LMS Software Student Data Privacy Policies 133

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 14, 2019

No matter what the subject, though, every publisher should be ready to share their student data privacy standards for their digital tools. Previously, about half of the students in the United States were in adoption states, but the number of pure adoption states has decreased.

Instructional Materials 40

Instructional Materials OER Student Data Privacy Industry 40

techlearning

MAY 9, 2018

And while I won’t recap the entire presentation, I found some interesting insights over the course of our one hour “counseling session” that I thought I would share here. This process can take more than a week and the data comes in a variety of formats which is rarely longitudinal in terms of usage.

Mobile Learning 40

Mobile Learning Student Data Privacy Data Mobility 40

techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Designed to give teachers flexibility with their professional development (PD), the Center offers online webinars, modular courses, and customizable PD options to streamline educators’ FreshGrade’s practice. to develop its Oral Reading Fluency and Listening Comprehension Program using Boulder Learning’s speech recognition technology.

Chromebook 45

Chromebook Pearson Student Data Privacy Data 45

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2017

Promoting (or Appearing to Guarantee) Student Outcomes While most alternative providers are not required to provide information on student outcomes, many do. Prospective students are demanding data on employment and salary outcomes, and the market is responding. The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0

Student Data Privacy 63

Student Data Privacy Outcomes Education Data 63

Hack Education

MAY 18, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via Forbes : “The Startup President: How France ’s Macron Nearly Built An EdTech Company.” ” Ed-tech: where you don’t need an actual product idea for a company, and you can incubate your neoliberalism anyway.

Education 49

Education Company MOOC Report 49

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Via The Wall Street Journal : “The federal government is pumping $245 million into the creation and expansion of public charter schools across the nation with hopes of helping students in low-income communities.” ” Via the Data Quality Campaign : “ Student Data Privacy Legislation : A Summary of 2016 State Legislation.”

Education 40

Education E-rate MOOC Report 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Pokémon Go, a free augmented reality game developed by Niantic (a company spun out of Google in 2015), became the most popular mobile game in US history this year. ” But these wild proclamations – wishful thinking , no doubt – tended to overlook the realities of mobile technology and education. .”

Data 40

Data Technology Education Software 40

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Filter bubbles are bad, including in educational technology. Here’s what caught my eye the week of March 6, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. This from the school district that is still reeling from a major student data privacy breach.

EdTech 170

EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Federal Bureau of Investigation this week released details of a fraud scheme that bilked more than $24 million in Post–9/11 GI Bill funds, affecting more than 2,500 student veterans.” million total.

Education 43

Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

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. And “free” doesn’t last.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Of course, DeVos has supported groups that back the Common Core in the past, including Jeb Bush ’s Foundation for Excellence in Education. “The ed department (ED) and its Federal Student Aid (FSA) office scored only 53 points out of 100 in a recent security audit.” “ Will Trump care about student data privacy?

Education 40

Education Pearson Common Core Report 40

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

For those keeping score at home, here are Peter Thiel’s ed-tech investments (in addition to his “I’ll pay you to drop out of college” fellowship program, of course): Clever, Lore, Thinkful, Declara, and SoFi. ” (That giant: Pearson , of course.). Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).

Education 52

Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via Techcrunch : “ Udacity and Google launch free career courses for interview prep, resume writing and more.” Denny Sanford, whose company – checks notes – sells social emotional learning curriculum to schools.

Khan Academy 45

Khan Academy Education Facebook E-rate 45

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

Via Education Week : “ DeVos-Backed Company Makes Questionable Claims on Autism , ADHD.” ” “Betsy DeVos Won’t Shed Stake in Biofeedback Company , Filings Show,” The New York Times reports. Via New America : “Why Does Betsy DeVos think Federal Student Loan Debt has Grown by 1,000 percent?

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40