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. In ed-tech circles, we call this "learning analytics," but it's less about learning than it is about productivity.). Technologies have histories.

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Marketplace K-12

JULY 25, 2016

Schoolie’s school quality data will be incorporated into GreatSchools’ website in the coming months, and “will help parents more efficiently compare and evaluate academic rigor and understand how well schools provide access to a well-rounded education,” the companies noted in the statement. The amount of the investment was not disclosed.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Differentiated instruction and Response to Intervention (RTI) share a common goal: modifying instruction until it meets the needs of all learners. A strategic partnership between Renaissance and Achieve3000 now gives educators the opportunity to seamlessly integrate the two instructional approaches to students from Pre-K through grade 12.

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Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Tip Tap Tap Learning Analytics. Gamification for Learning. Through our cloud-based Learning Content Management System (LCMS), educators can source and control the delivery of quality and validated educational content from their own tablet, laptop or desktop. Leveraging Learning Analytics. About the team.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Let Data Inform (Not Drive) Many educators urge their fellow professionals to move away from the concept of “data-driven,” and instead towards a culture of “data-informed.” loves the learning analytics available from Think Through Math program. “We Rather, consider it a pulse check—something to inform, rather than drive.

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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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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2020

Companies selling admissions algorithms say they have a fairer, more scientific way to predict student success. The pastimes produced by the company KnackApp are designed to feel as fun and addictive as popular diversions Candy Crush and Angry Birds. Enter the algorithms. Student success' is a slippery concept.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2024

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift One India-based tutoring company, Cuemath, trains its tutors to encourage students to talk more. The tutoring takes place at home via online video, like a Zoom meeting with a whiteboard, where both tutor and student can work on math problems together.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 23, 2021

They described how districts and schools successfully used sophisticated technology to read students’ “digital signals” to meet their academic and social-emotional needs. Evidence of student learning, achievement and engagement is more pronounced and easier to manage in schools. Data: The Driving Force. Dr. Neufeld has an M.B.A.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2020

That’s basic research ethics—inform the students about the way their data is being used,” she notes. 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. “The

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Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

How much of “personalized learning” as imagined and built and sold by tech companies is precisely this: metrics, marketing, conversion rates, customer satisfaction? They just use different words, of course: “outcomes-based learning,” “learning analytics.”).

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MindShift

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Innovative predictive analytics are essential for businesses, especially tech companies. So why aren’t more of the best minds in higher education doing more to tap those data streams to improve teaching and learning? The information rarely has anything to do with helping improve student learning in real time.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

I believe the alignment of esports to the development of higher order thinking skills and social emotional learning with a path toward college scholarships combined with the high interest of adolescents for gaming activities ensures that esports will continue to grow for some time into the future. –Remco Bergsma, CEO, MiEN Company.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

" Tagged on: March 10, 2017 Drop it like it's bot: Brands have cooled on chatbots | Digiday → Many companies have begun dropping their bots, saying that they don't do what they were supposed to: “I would call it overpromising." He anticipates needing to purchase around 2,000 to meet that goal.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.

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Hack Education

MAY 4, 2018

“Meet The New California Counterculture: College Republicans ” by the incredible Scaachi Koul. Via Chalkbeat : “Meet the NYC principal in the spotlight for defending desegregation against angry parents.” “ Are Edtech Companies Doing Enough to Protect Student Privacy? ” asks Inside Higher Ed.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “ DeVry Parent Company Makes Pledges to Students.” ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Chalkbeat investigates the Indiana Virtual School : “As students signed up, online school hired barely any teachers – but founder’s company charged it millions.”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

A bill in Missouri would end tenure for all new faculty hires starting in 2018 and require more student access to information about the job market for majors. ” They’re suing the company. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ ACICS -Accredited Colleges Meet Federal Deadline.” Government Over Dismal Education.”

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