EdTech Magazine

MARCH 27, 2020

As schools across the nation shift to online learning amid the coronavirus pandemic, some educators are trying out new mobile apps, free trials of software, and other tools that promise to enhance or at least support their efforts. Is this company using data in an inappropriate way? Is this a privacy-protected product?

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Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2023

What would you do if you had $800 million to build a new nonprofit to support innovation in online learning? As the group’s new CEO, Stephanie Khurana, put it in an interview with EdSurge this week: “The focus of the mission is to really help postsecondary completion and issues of economic mobility.”

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Edsurge

JANUARY 6, 2017

Why was the fitness app so “sticky” as opposed to the online learning platforms? How could we apply the same practices to learning? I’ve come to believe that one of the biggest misunderstandings about online learning is that it has to be limited to things that can be done in front of a computer screen.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

employees working from home and interacting with colleagues and customers remotely at the peak of the pandemic, many companies began to invest in digital transformation initiatives to address gaps in cloud adoption and cybersecurity. Surveys suggest that employees stay longer at companies that offer formal training pathways.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

For instance, Osso VR is a virtual reality technology company founded on the principle of training surgeons with real world skills that can be directly applied when in the operating room. If you are wondering how it works in practice, here’s a good example: Duolingo is a free mobile app that helps students to learn foreign languages.

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Edsurge

JULY 22, 2020

Not all parents have the luxury of working from home, and many households lack sufficient technology to support their children’s online learning. Baker’s experience was reflected in the results of a survey sent by BrightBytes, an education data company, from April to June 15.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2020

Sanchez leads the Mobile Experiences and Emerging Technology team at Coursera, the online learning platform where students anywhere can take courses, master a career skill, get professional certificates, and earn degrees from 200 top universities and companies, including Yale, the University of Pennsylvania, Google and IBM.

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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. Employees are also demanding a greater variety of resources, and companies are responding.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 17, 2019

In fact, they find much more than tips and tricks online, they find a veritable support system. Schools might be concerned about the lack of interaction in online learning. building a personal learning network online. Online learning is not about absorbing information in front of a screen.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

To help schools, parents and caregivers meet the needs of their early learners and further empower their learning journey toward school readiness, Gale, a Cengage company has made major enhancements to Miss Humblebee’s Academy , its award-winning interactive online learning solution for children ages three to six.

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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.

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2020

On the opposite end of the inconvenience spectrum are companies who have honed their customer service through thousands of interactions to create enterprise level support. Some weeks ago, I had trouble figuring out how to open an account at a nearby company, so I went online and clicked the firm’s number I found on its homepage.

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Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 29, 2016

Nepris Gains $1 Million: Nepris , an online platform that connects companies, professionals and experts to expand education outreach to classrooms, closed a $1 million seed funding round led by the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation. The India and Singapore-based “edutainment” startup offers mobile-based learning products.

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 11, 2017

51Talk (or “China Online Education Group”), China’s leading online education platform and the first from China listed on the NYSE (NYSE: COE), was invited to attend the summit alongside education industry leaders such as Pearson, Amazon, and YouTube. Are you a new teacher to 51Talk?

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Linways Technologies

APRIL 22, 2020

Here we are talking about virtual campus management solutions or online learning management solutions that can essentially digitize the teaching-learning. Some of them are developing their own courses to train workers in the skills the company needs. Go with a company that offers great customer support.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Blended and online learning is increasingly in demand by students. They expect the same flexibility, mobility and always-on services they get with everything from travel and entertainment, also from educational providers. In this case however technology, and the need to adapt to it, is a part of the problem. Skills gap.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 23, 2020

As state-imposed lockdowns continue to hamper business activities, companies are finding out ways to mold themselves in this ‘new normal’ situation. Universities and schools in many countries have been forced to close and learning of millions of students is interrupted.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Teachers are revered , most families spend about a third of their income on their children’s education, and most students spend at least an hour a day on some kind of online learning. An estimated 34 percent of all mobile internet traffic in China flows through WeChat. That means many of the tutors live in the U.S.,

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EdNews Daily

JULY 24, 2016

The open source network provides learners with the opportunity to garner knowledge in both formal and informal learning settings. EdCast Knowledge Networks TM power social, mobile and cloud-based learning for influential institutions, enterprises, governments and nonprofits and enables millions of lifelong learners to collaborate.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 25, 2019

Nowadays students of all grades complete their homework, communicate with their peers and teachers, check their grades and conduct research for assignments online. Learning is more digital than ever and it will only continue in that direction. Read more: Digital security and safeguarding student and staff data.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2019

It’s a trilogy in the making, and for 2U’s third chapter, the online program management company wants in on bootcamps. This marks the largest purchase to date by 2U, which launched in 2008 to work with colleges and universities to create online graduate degree programs. The two companies officially signed the deal at 6 p.m.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 23, 2018

We discuss what going to the next level in the classroom and in online learning means both at the secondary and college level. From now until September 28, Advancement Courses, an online provider of professional development for K-12 teachers, is donating 10% of their sales to funding DonorChoose.org projects.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 17, 2018

The 2018 edition will bring together 850 leading companies, 103 exciting new edtech startups and almost 35,000 attendees — teachers, school leaders, instructional designers, and all in all curious people — from more than 100 countries. With each year that goes by BETT attracts more and more visitors and exhibitors. Meet us at Booth F302!

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2021

In the months that followed, many states and school districts mobilized, using federal CARES Act funding, broadband discounts and partnerships with private companies to connect their students and enable online learning. K-12 students lacked access to a working device, reliable high-speed internet or both.

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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. Doing so will create forums within and across communities to mobilize for action as needs arise.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 1, 2021

Further, 1:1 learning environments (where each student has access to a personal electronic device) are tied to positive outcomes like increased student engagement , more personalized learning experiences, and improved communication between students and teachers. The Tools Of Mobile Learning.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

During the pandemic, many districts have addressed this gap by handing out personal hotspot devices (similar to routers) or smartphones, or provided mobile Wi-Fi on school buses to kids lacking internet. We have to do something about that, especially now that so many of our students are learning remotely,” Muri said.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 4, 2021

The integration means that the transformative features developed by InSpace, including video-conferencing for learning and socializing, synchronous and asynchronous chat functions, mobile notifications and virtual office hours for professors and administrators, will be available at the click of a button for Canvas users. “We

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eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2020

Part of the beauty of online and blended learning is that much of the learning and many of the resources are available outside of the classroom. Engaging videos and interactive resources are just a sampling of these learning materials, and our stories connect you to them.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 8, 2018

This way of learning is attributed to the advent of the internet which has impacted the adoption of online learning software to facilitate formal education. LMSs are now being accepted as one of the ways to learn smartly. Learners can indulge in discussions regarding topics they recently learned or are going to learn.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

When I was a middle school teacher in Los Angeles Unified School District, I looked longingly at the work of sales reps and trainers at edtech companies. It’s about the numbers, but not only the ones you think In the company boardroom, numbers matter: How many daily users? How naive I was! How much is in the sales pipeline?

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eSchool News

MAY 7, 2021

Infobase, esteemed provider of the Infobase Media Cloud and the Infobase Learning Cloud, today announced that Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center was named a 2021 SIIA CODiE Award finalist in the “Best College & Career Readiness Solution” category. It was built with 21st-century trends in careers, education, and employment top of mind.

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eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2021

Most recently, in Q1 2021, the company also continued its strong performance track record in the US, achieving a 32.4% Established in 1999, NetDragon is one of the most reputable and well-known online game developers in China with a history of successful game titles including Eudemons Online, Heroes Evolved and Conquer Online.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

“Businesses today have to be more agile and have to be able to pivot—access to content needs to be very rapid,” says Lori Bradley, executive vice president for global talent management at PVH Corp, a publicly- traded fashion and apparel company with 35,000 employees.

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Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2021

In the last couple of decades, as online learning was steadily being recognized by millions of students as a convenient way to earn a highly prized academic degree, most senior officers at the nation’s colleges and universities paid little attention, dithered or dabbled.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Here are four areas we can start: Rapidly Train Our Teachers to Harness Tech Amid historic challenges, with no roadmap and often no experience in remote learning, educators worked tirelessly to keep students learning during the heigh of the pandemic. Consider this: 1 in 4 U.S. It’s a daunting issue – but one that we can solve.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Read more: Actionable advice for educators to move to online learning. Schools should not transfer the classroom-learning mindset to a digital medium; instead, they should make the most out of e-learning possibilities. 5 Ways in which educational videos enhance online learning. Isn’t that great?

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