Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

In the second eye-raising deal for the higher-ed publishing industry in as many weeks, Wiley, a major textbook publisher, has agreed to acquire the assets of Knewton, a provider of digital courseware and adaptive-learning technologies. The New York City-based company has raised more than $180 million in investment capital.

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Knewton OER Industry Adaptive Learning 146

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Knewton drew heaps of hype and investment by promising to provide artificial-intelligence technology to major textbook companies to make their content more adaptive. Now the company has pivoted, and it is poised to formally announce its own online courseware that will compete head-to-head with those publishing giants.

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Knewton Strategy OER Pearson 123

Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

(Mostly) back from my August hiatus, I’m pleased to offer up the next edition of A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News. The 2017 EdNext Poll on School Reform: Digital Learning , which offers my sense of what those interested in K-12 educational technology can and should take away from this annual polling about schools.

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EdTech Social Media Data Policies 150

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

There is much that’s wrong with the educational technology (“edtech”) market. It would be an interesting thought exercise to re-examine the traditional seven virtues (prudence, justice, temperance, courage, faith, hope, and charity) and decide what each of their edtech replacements would be.

Technology 72

Technology Education EdTech OER 72

Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2021

based company, called Argos Education, is that the way textbooks are created and revised is due for a reset. Universities should be buying and selling courseware from each other,” says Feldstein, a longtime edtech consultant who also runs the popular blog eLiterate. A key premise of the Lexington, Mass.-based

Pearson 145

Pearson OER Software Course 145

Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2018

While OER was presented as one way to ease course material costs, other challenges remain, starting with understanding and awareness of what the term means. Still, sustainable ways to fund OER into the future remains an open question. Can evidence even keep up with edtech? Those models need to develop,” said Allen.

OER 81

OER EdTech Company Data 81

Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2018

The company that set the bar for hyping adaptive-learning technology has had to adapt to new leadership and a new business model. The rest comes from company’s existing investors, including Accel, Atomico, Bessemer Venture Partners, FirstMark Capital, First Round Capital, Founders Fund and Sofina.

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Knewton OER Pearson Adaptive Learning 67

Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

What’s In This Year’s Edition The Horizon Report aims to identify themes and challenges in higher education and technology, and predict which trends may materialize in the near future. Open educational resources (OER) have been included as key trends since 2013, for example. Anyone who wanted to contribute content could,” he says.

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Report OER Trends Industry 67

Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2018

But this time the company disabled the “share” feature—a key component of the service. The company ended up restoring the sharing feature at the end of the summer. There was no press release, and one educator who was a beta tester said that the company seemed to be going out of its way not to talk publicly about the site.

OER 125

OER Education Company System 125

EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 7, 2018

The new E-learning technologies keep on evolving, and a lot of companies are investing in it to yield efficient employees. The technology is a driving force for the consultation industry wherein they specialize in training and staffing. Open Education Resources (OER). Interactive Audio-Video Learning.

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MOOC Gamification Smartphone OER 127

Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Back in late 2013, Barack Obama and the White House launched the ConnectED Initiative , an effort to bring almost $2 billion worth of high-quality broadband, technology and professional development to schools and districts across the U.S. In February of 2014, Obama rounded up technology donations worth more than a $1 billion from U.S.

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Adobe Broadband E-rate Future Ready 60

Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2016

The ISTE conference isn’t the biggest edtech conference in the world by sheer luck. It brings together K-12 educators, companies, reporters, university professors, and students to talk about product announcements, implementation strategies and edtech trends. Full EdSurge coverage on Google here.) Wondering about Apple?

Microsoft 113

Microsoft OER Digital Citizenship EdTech 113

Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2016

After learning about open educational resources (OER) at the HEeD Think Tank last spring (now. Eventually, I was able to find all but three of my 11 textbooks for my master’s degree in educational technology freely available on the library website, not to mention plenty of other materials (e.g., According to.

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OER Libraries Dropout Case Study 60

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 1, 2019

I was honored to join several esteemed colleagues to present on the panel: Leading the Charge: Leveraging Librarian Leadership to Support the OER Journey. And here is the sketchnote Margaret Sisler created during the session: #oer and teacher librarians! This year attendees were treated to a Battle of the EdTech Stars.

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Social Media Libraries Conference OER 105

Edsurge

MAY 12, 2017

Throughout the past decade, Knewton ’s adaptive learning technology has been backed by some of the biggest names in the both the publishing and venture capital community. Knewton technology is also used enVisionMATH2.0 , a Pearson offering for grades K-8, but neither company offered specific details on the status of this agreement.)

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Knewton Pearson Adaptive Learning Company 84

Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2017

At the time, the company got a talking to from teachers in comments on its Facebook page for Amazon Education. The Amazon executive who spearheaded the creation of Inspire, Rohit Agarwal, left the company in March “to pursue other opportunities.” That official Facebook page for Amazon Education hasn’t been updated since June 30, 2016.

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Education OER Company Facebook 121

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2016

Five higher-ed technology startups are soaring this week. Michelson Runway , a San Francisco-based accelerator, announced the handful of companies that will be in its inaugural cohort. Around 200 companies applied for the five spots in the 2016 cohort. Educators can customize courses and monitor student progress.

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OER Company Outcomes Adaptive Learning 60

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

But the technology lends a question: to what extent should educational products make assumptions about a user’s end goal? Speakers from University of Virginia, University of Maryland, MIT and University of Pennsylvania will share what works, what doesn’t and how they have built structures to support technology initiatives on their campuses.

MOOC 60

MOOC EdTech OER Kaplan 60

Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 30, 2016

The report defines self-paced courseware as being accessed on a desktop or laptop and spanning the K-12, higher education, corporate training, and privately marketed software (such as that produced by language-learning company Rosetta Stone) sectors. market is the trend toward open and free educational resources, or OER. Since the U.S.

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Report E-rate OER LMS 70

edWeb.net

JUNE 18, 2015

At ISTE 2015, Common Sense Education will provide a sneak preview of the latest version of Graphite, designed to help educators learn fundamental edtech teaching skills. Share your vision for the future of edtech using #EnvisionEdu. Learn about how to use open educational resources (OER) in your classroom! Can’t make it?

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OER iPad EdTech Twitter 40

The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

. When technology is offered to schools free of charge, it always comes with the promise of improving teaching and learning. Today, the tradeoffs that school leaders and teachers face about technology — whether free or for a fee — are more complex and troubling. It also often comes with a catch. Related: Psst!

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Software Student Data Privacy OER Data 49

Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” It’s being positioned here as the first time Congress has funded open textbooks, but it’s not the federal government’s first commitment to OER. Because technology imperialism. National) Education Politics.

Education 46

Education Robotics OER MOOC 46

Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2020

As countless educators around the world have scrambled to figure out how to deliver lessons remotely with whisker-thin budgets, many turned to open education resources (OER). CK-12 is at the forefront of OER by doing adaptive and personalized learning. And the technology. More people should be doing it the way they are.”

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OER EdTech Exercises Resources 207

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Last week, the “Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News” was on vacation, amongst the tall trees of the northwestern coast, and mostly off the grid. Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition).

EdTech 170

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Last week, the “Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News” was on vacation, amongst the tall trees of the northwestern coast, and mostly off the grid. Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition).

EdTech 150

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

https://technologyrescue.eventbrite.com March 14th, 7pm US-Eastern: Webinar: Using EdTech to Supercharge Student Inquiry and Multimedia Literacy Skills This is a free event, but you must register to attend and will be sent the event link. Receive a special 15% discount at the end just by attending!

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Chromebook Blendspace Libraries Conference 28

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. We must allow our students to use their gifts and skills to make and create using technology the teacher may not even be familiar with. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations.

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Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2019

And of course there are other vendors, like Elsevier and Wiley (like Jones Soda and RC) and openly-licensed resources known as OER, or open education resources (which are something like a Sodastream homebrew). There’s a surprising amount of momentum behind it,” said Phil Hill, a longtime edtech consultant.

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Pearson OER Course Accessibility 121

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 14, 2019

In addition, the number of schools and districts using OER continues to rise. Of course, states are investing in technology devices and infrastructure, but also in data-driven learning. More important, teachers are stringing together groups of supplemental resources to create their curricula. Join the Community.

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Instructional Materials OER Student Data Privacy Industry 40

EdNews Daily

JULY 8, 2019

Leveraging Technology without Gating. First, student learning, which is restricted by our present system, may gain a freedom heretofore unseen, networked through technology for access to unprecedented amounts of both knowledge and community. While somewhat idealized, this promises two eventualities: .

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Learning Software E-rate Industry 100

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2022

They were trying to prep summer courses by linking to the freely available, openly licensed alternatives known as Open Educational Resources, or OER, content offered by Lumen Learning, a courseware provider that argues that OER can be a tool in making higher education more equitable. Hi OER Friends! There was confusion. “Hi

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OER Course Chegg Company 176

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

with Robert Porzak, PhD and Jacek Łukasiewicz, PhD High School Global Issues Class as a Springboard for Creating Young Activists - Adam Carter How can schools be vehicles for creating community wellness? David Stoloff, Ph.D.

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Conference Education Case Study Mobility 4

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

This is the edtech industry’s premier financial conversation, packed with more than 4,100 people and 350 CEOs. Women entrepreneurs made up more than a third of the presenting companies. education technology investors is creating a new fund to support deals overseas. Morning yoga, evening karaoke. No, it’s not a spa vacation.

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Kaplan Company EdTech Industry 108

Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2017

If we look back on 2017 in educational technology, some of the biggest surprises were political and cultural. Another surprise was a turn in public perception of giant technology companies, especially Facebook and Google, as well as Twitter and Amazon. Has gaming worn out its welcome in schools and colleges?

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Trends LMS Social Media Education 124

Edsurge

MAY 3, 2017

The region boasts an unusual concentration of highly-valued tech startups—Domo, Qualtrics and Inside Sales are among them—along with big education companies, including Instructure, the developer of the Canvas learning management system. godfather” of OER and Chief Academic Officer of Lumen Learning), trace their roots here.

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Coursera Knewton Udemy EdTech 75

Kitaboo on EdTech

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Higher education is going through a massive transformation thanks to the adoption of new technologies like mobile learning , gamification and digital courseware. Many colleges and universities have invested in technology, laying emphasis on education facilitated by digital and remote learning techniques. Interactivity and Engagement.

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eBook Gamification Education OER 98

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Via MIT Technology Review : “ DNA tests for IQ are coming, but it might not be smart to take one.” ” Via Campus Technology : “ NYC Data Science Academy Launches Online Bootcamp.” ” asks Edsurge.

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Education Facebook Edmodo OER 44