Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

Founded in 2009 and based in American Fork, Utah, the company has amassed 1,500-plus games, quizzes and templates to sell to corporate clients in search of more compelling digital learning materials for employees. The company charges $1,500 for one game available to 2,500 players, with $499 for every administrator added to the game.

Training 95

Training Sony Robotics Company 95

EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

TC is a virtual training medium, providing personal growth and professional development through online learning, coaching, and webinars. Through our innovative Learning Engagement System (LES), districts can build a custom library and even create and sell their custom training.

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Training Libraries System Elementary 269

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2020

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 a SHRM survey, 68 percent of respondents reported sustaining their training budget through the pandemic.

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Training Education Learning Industry 153

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 30, 2020

Historically disadvantaged students will face greater academic risks in emergency online environments. Colleges and school systems are hustling under stressful conditions to develop appropriate policies for emergency online learning. Access to content. Their needs come into conflict with directives to practice social distancing.

Accessibility 98

Accessibility Policies Laptops Libraries 98

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

To prepare students for success in a remote learning environment, Learning.com is adding remote learning lessons to its EasyTech content library. Based on real-life applications and digital tools, lessons in Essential Skills for Remote Learning guide students through technical concepts in a fun, game-based environment.

Schoology 69

Schoology Digital Citizenship Learning Libraries 69

eSchool News

JULY 26, 2016

This year’s Brightspace Excellence Awards , announced at FUSION 2016 by global learning technology provider D2L, recognized the promise of online learning and its ability to connect more and more people to high-quality educational programs. Teachers, students and parents report that they see great advantage to digital learning.

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Online Learning Learning Blended Learning Assessment 40

Edsurge

MARCH 22, 2019

Among the graduates were a half dozen education technology companies. From K-12 classrooms to professional sales training, many entrepreneurs would say that learning is better together, with peers and instructors. That also applies to “bootcamp” models of online learning, which made up half of the six edtech graduates.

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EdTech Company Edmodo Course 119

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

According to findings from the Scholastic Teacher & Principal School Report , educators overwhelmingly agree (99%) that reading books for fun supports students’ academic success. Lastly, elementary students will receive books to take home and add to their home libraries, encouraging independent reading beyond the classroom.

Libraries 52

Libraries eBook Blended Learning Company 52

eSchool News

JULY 7, 2020

This sale and ongoing partnership will allow us to continue delivering aligned professional learning content through our analytics platform, benefit from improvements that will be made by Infobase, and have greater flexibility to focus more efforts and innovation on data management and analytics.” learn more, visit www.Infobase.com.

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Training Libraries Professional Learning Assessment 60

Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2018

EdSurge reporters, researchers and other staff members often frequent these events, where we write about the latest news and emerging trends in education technology. EdSurge HigherEd regularly hosts meetups and Twitter chats on online learning and higher education technology. Be on the lookout for that in the upcoming weeks.

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Conference Technology EdTech Trends 117

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2022

Working together, De Anza’s online education center stepped up, providing instructor training, while the college IT group added videoconferencing to the course management system and the library staff answered questions about Canvas and Zoom. Almost everyone admits the potential of online learning, used selectively and wisely.

Learning 83

Learning Course System Groups 83

Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2017

At EdSurge, we frequently attend these gatherings, report from them and invite conference go-ers to share what they’ve learned as well. gathering hundreds of education leaders, thinkers, researchers around learning, equity and technology. Green events are oriented around a specific product or company. What gives?

Technology 126

Technology Conference Education EdTech 126

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

A June report by New America Foundation and Rutgers University found substantial progress in home broadband access since 2015. We have such close relationships with other city agencies, and local libraries and community centers. appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Shawn Lambert, Brunswick School Department.

Digital Divide 144

Digital Divide Broadband Laptops Chromebook 144

Edsurge

JULY 4, 2019

You’ll often find EdSurge reporters, researchers and other staff members at these events, scribbling and typing away to chronicle the latest chatter, insights and news on emerging trends in the future of learning. EdSurge also regularly hosts meetups and workshops on online learning and higher education technology.

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Conference Industry EdTech Facebook 90

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2020

To make up for probable academic gaps produced during this unprecedented period, districts should continue providing academic services online in the summer. The seminal Coleman Report published in 1966 showed that student outcomes inside the classroom are predicated on their circumstances outside the classroom.

Learning 117

Learning Software Digital Divide Broadband 117

Edsurge

JULY 5, 2018

We’ve also added new events, suggested by readers, such as this year’s DELTA summit on experiential learning at Dartmouth College or the Emerging Learning Design conference at Montclair State University in New Jersey. EdSurge HigherEd also regularly hosts meetups and workshops on online learning and higher education technology.

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Conference EdTech Facebook Trends 88

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2022

A report published Thursday by the Student Borrower Protection Center , a nonprofit advocacy group focused on student debt, attempts to quantify the scope of this problem. The report was provided jointly to The Hechinger Report and the Los Angeles Times. The pain from these debts is not felt evenly, researchers said.

Dropout 104

Dropout Policies Data Report 104

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2020

To that end, his company built a new software tool designed for classroom use and piloted it in five school districts — including the massive Clark County School District serving Las Vegas and its suburbs — in the 2019-20 school year. Students work in MAP Accelerator inside the library at B. Credit: Daniel Clark/The Nevada Independent.

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Khan Academy Classroom Training Software 131

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 23, 2020

In a separate poll of 14,000 college and graduate students in early April by the website niche.com, which rates schools and colleges, 67 percent said they didn’t find online classes as effective as in-person ones. More than 75 percent of students don’t think they’re getting a quality learning experience this semester.

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Tools Coursera Course Survey 118

Edsurge

MAY 7, 2018

The backdrop of ASU was a fitting one; Edplus represents arguably the largest innovation hub at any higher ed institution and the university more broadly has been recognized as the most innovative school in the country by US News and World Report , in part for leading the charge for more accessible, affordable education.

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Industry Adobe Data Libraries 83

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Please support my ability to hold these kinds of events by considering the purchase of the all-access Summit "library" pass. Buy the Summit all-access library pass HERE and you can watch the all the recordings any time you like. These are an incredible repository of great thinking about teaching and learning.

Libraries 28

Libraries Accessibility eBook Tools 28

Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

I have a bit more to say about some of these topics, so stay tuned… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye these past two weeks – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Been quoted in an article on ransomware in K-12 education. Tagged on: July 9, 2017.

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 7, 2020

In mid-April, Highlander partnered with the Rhode Island Office of Innovation, the Rhode Island Parent Information Network, the RightClick, a technical and computer support company, and public libraries to expand the helpline to parents as well. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter. The post Who ya gonna call?

Learning 118

Learning Blended Learning Flipped Classroom Training 118

eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2019

According to LinkedIn’s 2018 Workforce Learning Report, 93 per cent of employees would stay at a company longer if their employers invested in their careers. Online learning. Your own little nook at a local library. CPD opportunities for teachers might include: : Workshops, seminars and conferences.

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Study How To Assessment Online Learning 53

Fractus Learning

APRIL 9, 2021

Flipped classroom models empower students to do classroom work at home using multimedia presentations and online learning platform resources. Educational contents in dynamic videos cover hundreds of topics relevant to learning material used in a blended classroom or flipped classroom. Docebo Learn LMS. Khan Academy.

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Flipped Classroom Software Tools Classroom 97

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The number of degrees awarded in humanities disciplines has fallen 14 percent in the last 10 years , the American Academy of Arts and Sciences reports. Students walk to Shipman Library at Adrian College in Adrian, Michigan. Technology companies are cashing in on this trend, developing platforms through which colleges are linking up.

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Course Kaplan Survey Study 91

Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2021

Library closures hit patrons hard—especially those who relied on them as their main internet source and used them to access online educational resources. And kids double down on digital reading—all in this Edtech Reports Recap. adults lost their main source of internet access as libraries started to shut down in March 2020.

Libraries 128

Libraries Survey E-rate Report 128

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Like much of rural America, Garfield County is on the wrong side of the “homework gap” — a stubborn disparity in at-home broadband that hinders millions of students’ access to the array of online learning, collaboration and research tools that are enjoyed by their better-connected peers. Going without isn’t an option.

Broadband 84

Broadband Chromebook Accessibility Mobility 84

Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 6, 2022

You need an easier, more “interoperable” solution which everyone agrees on, and the content library publisher is able to give you content in a standard format at bulk rates. It is therefore a tool that enables smooth communication between online learning content and LMSs. What is SCORM? In conclusion.

LMS 52

LMS Guidelines Knowledge Base Training 52

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2021

Finally, there are states that had some version of a law prior to 2020 and proceeded to add provisions to better address the needs of distance learning. of California’s Public Contract Code only addressed online learning in the context of surplus technology and nonprofit computer labs.

Broadband 129

Broadband Digital Divide E-rate Policies 129

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2018

Photo: Eleanor Chute for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Eleanor Chute for The Hechinger Report. Schell, whose company is developing a virtual chemistry lab, sees parallels between the early days of computers and virtual reality now. Photo: Eleanor Chute for The Hechinger Report. Sign up for our newsletter.

Classroom 105

Classroom Smartphone iPad Report 105

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Take LiveEdu , for example, a Y Combinator-backed online learning company that touts itself as being the “next-gen Lynda.com,” referring to a platform that offers online courses and skills training. The company claims on its website that it’s near that goal, with more than 7.2

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Sony Learning Company lynda.com 90

Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Their report , titled “Access and Engagement to Education Study,” surveyed over 1,400 parents and professionals in the U.S. The challenges faced by most students and families reeling from the shift to online learning was heightened for children with visual impairments, says Rosenblum, many of whom have additional special needs.

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Assistive Technology Survey Accessibility Mobility 164

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

Some internet-access advocates say EBS is underutilized at best, and wasted at worst, because loose regulatory oversight by the FCC has allowed most of the spectrum to fall into the hands of commercial internet companies. The hardware on the towers then blasts that connection about 10 miles into the valley below. Photo: Chris Berdik.

Broadband 91

Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 91

Marketplace K-12

JUNE 6, 2016

A number of ed-tech companies, including Udemy and Tynker, have raked in funds from investors over the past week. Udemy Raises $60 Million: Udemy , a San Francisco-based online provider of courses, received a $60 million strategic investment from Internet and entertainment group Naspers through its Naspers Ventures division.

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Udemy Company Software Google 40

The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

In the absence of answers to this question, it is too easy for teachers and administrators to become unwitting brand ambassadors for companies seeking to integrate their products into the classroom, regardless of impact on student learning and success. appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Related: Psst!

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Software Student Data Privacy OER Data 48