Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2019

CHICAGO—Big Data will save you. Versions of that sales pitch echoed through the cavernous exhibit hall this week at one of the largest trade shows for tech companies selling to colleges. Another exhibit promised “no more silos” in the data that colleges routinely collect in digital form.

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Edsurge

JULY 23, 2019

Libraries have long been enthusiastic subscribers to Lynda.com, offering their patrons access to the once-upstart company’s collection of educational videos on a range of topics. Currently, to access Lynda.com in a library, a person logs in using their library card and a PIN.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2022

Add free manipulatives and lessons to your library first. When you find a manipulative, slide, or game that you want, it is as simple as adding it to your library. We have to save time as teachers, and their library of thousands of resources will help you do it. What is included in the Lumio library? Review the Data.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 23, 2023

Financing Higher Education – Helping students understand student loans and higher education can help them wisely understand the costs of college. Startup to IPO – Students help take a company from startup to Initial Public Offering (IPO) as students take the role of a consultant. According to the U.S.

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The Thinking Stick

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Education Concierge Podcast [link]. She also has a master’s degree in library science and legal information management and a law certificate in environmental law. When she’s not teaching, she works on data justice projects across the spectrum from open government to personal privacy.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 14, 2024

Our first Library 2.024 mini-conference: " AI and Libraries: Applications, Implications, and Possibilities ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, March 21st, 2024, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. CONFERENCE OVERVIEW: How has artificial intelligence impacted library services, resources, and work so far?

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eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2023

The 2023 Global Education Monitoring Report launched last week at an event in Montevideo, Uruguay, hosted by UNESCO, the Ministry of Education and Culture of Uruguay and Ceibal Foundation with 18 ministers of education from around the world. Using technology can improve some types of learning in some contexts. Is it equitable?

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 12, 2021

After the sudden switch to remote and hybrid learning models at the start of the pandemic, the use of online tools and resources may seem like less of a concern now, but ensuring that students’ data remains protected is still a priority, especially as it is a federal requirement. Complying with Federal Regulations.

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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.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

— Savvas Learning Company , a next-generation K-12 learning solutions leader, today introduced the new edition of myView Literacy , its leading K-5 core English Language Arts (ELA) program. PARAMUS, N.J.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 16, 2024

The key is to invest in technology that not only meets your current educational needs but also has the potential to adapt and evolve as your career progresses. For instance, a student in the field of data science might initially need a laptop capable of running statistical software for class projects.

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2017

It has been just over two years since LinkedIn shocked the industry by buying Lynda.com, a library of video courses, for $1.5 Thought Leader Interview series on the future of education. What is the philosophy behind joining a library of video courses with a professional-networking site? We use a tremendous amount of data.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Back in May, I wrote about Lumio and how it makes review and practice easy but now I'd like to share 11 Reasons Why Educators Love Lumio with some fellow educators who are putting Lumio at the center of their instruction. Library of pre-made lessons. Lumio is my go-to exam review tool and it can do so much more.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Around this time of the school year, it’s not uncommon to see sleep-deprived students slumped over library desks studying late hours in preparation for final exams. Smathers Libraries at University of Florida, has a clear view of the futuristic egg-shaped pods from her office in the university’s Health Science Center Libraries.

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eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2023

Charlotte, NC — In celebration of Earth Day 2023, Discovery Education presents K-12 teachers and students a diverse array of cross-curricular digital resources inspiring exploration of the natural world and environmental stewardship. This resource is part of the Celebrations collection in the Sesame Learning channel.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2021

That kind of recruiting was a relatively new solution for IBM and other companies that generally require bachelor’s degrees for entry-level white-collar workers. It feels like we’re the kids of the company,” said Haruza, now 27. You don’t have to have a dime in your pocket and you can get your education.”

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eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2022

This funding opportunity will allow K-12 schools and districts, colleges and universities, and public libraries to connect students to safe, reliable internet outside of the classroom. “At The 2022 Homework Gap Grant Program is part of Kajeet’s mission to provide students opportunities to access online educational resources anytime, anywhere.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2022

In May, the homework-help site that relies on student-generated content, Course Hero, dipped its toes into freely available, openly licensed alternatives known as Open Educational Resources, or OER, course materials. When educators stumbled onto the fact that hosting had changed hands, it provoked a backlash.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 22, 2021

All educators have now become managers and reporters of data, whether they are classroom teachers compiling information on individual students and sharing it with parents, or top district administrators evaluating teachers, principals, and all their students. WATCH THE EDLEADER PANEL RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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Edsurge

JULY 22, 2021

Instructure is officially a publicly-traded company—again. Officials from the company, which makes the Canvas learning-management system used at many colleges and schools, rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange today, marking its IPO. They have not been the ‘evil’ company trying to use data to change their strategy.”

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2022

Change in higher education historically has been a dynamic process involving two sectors—one consisting of mainstream institutions and the other a grab bag of diverse, nontraditional organizations, service providers and emerging models. The earliest users were students unable to attend or afford in-person classes.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 6, 2022

Harvard researchers have reviewed how students read, teachers receive actionable data, and provide feedback to students to improve reading. Administrators can purchase licenses for their districts to aggregate reading data across classrooms, schools, and districts to support how students read verbally. So, here comes Readlee.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Although digital technologies hold great promise in the realm of education, access remains limited for many communities worldwide. One such company, Information Equity Initiative (IEI), is working to bridge the digital divide so that all students have access to educational information. And it's starting with U.S.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2020

COVID-19 has transformed the education technology landscape in ways few could have anticipated. Online learning—often touted as an up-and-coming way of delivering education—took its place on the world stage as the de facto model, regardless of how prepared students, employees and educators were for the experience. In the U.S.,

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY — As students return to the classroom for the new school year, Savvas Learning Company is helping educators move learning forward with engaging, easy-to-use K-12 solutions that offer data-informed instruction and adaptive technology to take personalized learning to the next level. “A

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2021

The privately held company, which has raised $2.7 billion to buy three education businesses (both in the U.S. alone; that means the company has at least another half billion dollars at the ready. Few companies have tackled the full range of learners since the days when Pearson was touted as the world’s largest learning company.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 6, 2021

That’s the question leaders in the Foster-Glocester Regional School District (RI) asked as they reimagined education for the 21st century. First, the district built a data governance team. Next, they surveyed the educators. Then, they needed to look at the data governance: Who has access to what data and where?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

At the TCEA Convention & Exposition, thousands of educators from various parts of the world get together to connect, gain knowledge, and improve their craft while becoming familiar with new advances in education technology. Epson America, Inc.

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2022

As schools transition to increased use of digital books and reading technologies, educators and school librarians are creatively integrating digital titles and Sora into curriculum programs and pleasure reading. Digital books allow educators more flexibility and options to encourage student reading.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2017

As libraries work to scan their collections, they tread carefully around books published after 1923 and likely to still be under copyright. Making sure a work meets all the requirements takes time, and depends on accurate data, for instance. copyright code , which hasn’t gotten a lot of public attention. If Kahle et al.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Attendees from academic libraries and scholarly publishing explored how higher education will have to adapt to changing demographics, rising inequality and continuing tensions between big commercial companies and their academic customers. It is a collaborative product,” she said.) But we are profitable.”

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Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2020

Weld North Education, an education company that has long focused on providing digital intervention and supplemental products in the K-12 market, has acquired LearnZillion , a Washington, D.C.-based based company that sells core curricula. LearnZillion’s assets will become part of Edgenuity.

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techlearning

JUNE 27, 2018

Education Networks of America ® (ENA) today announced that Dallas-based education technology company CatchOn, Inc has joined the ENA family of companies.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2021

AI has long been quietly embedding itself into higher education in ways like these, often to save money — a need that’s been heightened by pandemic-related budget squeezes. Humans always make the final calls, these colleges and the AI companies say, but AI can help them narrow the field. The University of Texas at Austin.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. Maia Sharpley’s career in education includes serving in executive positions with the New York City Department of Education, Kaplan and Charter Schools USA. Our higher education system formed around libraries.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2024

They’re in the fading photos on the library walls of students who, over 177 years, attended the college and the boarding school from which it sprang, and of the Ursuline nuns who taught them, in their simple tunics and scapulars. FAYETTEVILLE, Ohio — Ghosts populate the campus of Chatfield College. The college has closed permanently.

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Edsurge

MARCH 25, 2022

But some digital-privacy advocates worry that the trend may create data trails that could be used against underprivileged students and ultimately create oppressive school environments. She worries that absent such clear guidelines, the new data could be used to unfairly target students based on the biases of officials.

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