The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Our third Library 2.022 mini-conference: " Libraries and Privacy: Critical Issues for Information Professionals ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 13th, 2022, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. Please also join this Library 2.0 Everyone is invited to participate in our Library 2.0

Libraries 85

Libraries Conference Data E-rate 85

Edsurge

MAY 3, 2019

The announced merger this week between two of the world’s largest textbook publishers—McGraw-Hill and Cengage—could mean more students end up buying subscriptions to digital courseware libraries each semester, rather than making a trip to a bookstore. Only about 20 percent of courses in the U.S. We need new products and functionality.”

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Course Chegg Company Libraries 145

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Many roads lead to a career in the self-driving car industry. That painfully obvious pun is actually one of the truest things you can say about this nascent, multidisciplinary enterprise, and it also encapsulates the challenge educators who want to prepare their students to work in this industry are facing today.

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Industry Robotics How To Company 121

eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2023

. – Gale , part of Cengage Group, is pleased to announce that it has received five platinum awards, one gold and an honorable mention award in LibraryWorks’ ninth annual Modern Library Awards (MLAs). The MLAs were created to recognize the top products and services in the library industry in a truly unbiased format.

Libraries 52

Libraries Udemy Industry Secondary 52

eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2023

. – Gale , part of Cengage Group, is pleased to announce that it has received five platinum awards, one gold and an honorable mention award in LibraryWorks’ ninth annual Modern Library Awards (MLAs). The MLAs were created to recognize the top products and services in the library industry in a truly unbiased format.

Libraries 52

Libraries Udemy Industry Secondary 52

eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2021

EdisonLearning a premier provider of digital learning solutions for grades 6-12, and Pointful Education, a leading publisher of career and elective courses, today announced a partnership that expands EdisonLearning’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) and elective offerings with the integration of Pointful Education’s online courses.

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Course Accessibility Secondary Adobe 97

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Today, OpenStax—part tech startup, part publishing house, part cognitive science research lab—has a library of three dozen titles. And some credit it for helping kick-start a trend—now known as open educational resources, or OER—that has sent shockwaves through the traditional publishing industry. colleges use at least one.

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Industry OER Course Company 101

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

Today’s college students are spending more time than ever in public and campus libraries. According to a recent Pew Research Report , millennials are most likely to have visited a public library in the past year compared to any other generation.

Libraries 149

Libraries Maker Movement Robotics Trends 149

Edsurge

JULY 25, 2019

Use of free course materials among college students is up, with 22 percent downloading at least one such resource during the spring 2019 semester, according to research published Wednesday by the National Association of College Stores. Its findings are of special interest in light of recent shifts in the textbook industry.

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Course OER Pearson Survey 143

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Tampa, FL – September 29, 2021 – Tech & Learning, an industry-leading education outlet, has named Vector Solutions’ Student Safety & Wellness Courses a winner in its 2021 Awards of Excellence Back to School. The courses won in the Secondary Education category, which recognizes products used in grades 6-12.

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Course Software Industry Digital Citizenship 52

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Our third Library 2.022 mini-conference: " Libraries and Privacy: Critical Issues for Information Professionals ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 13th, 2022, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. Please also join this Library 2.0 Everyone is invited to participate in our Library 2.0

Libraries 71

Libraries Conference Data E-rate 71

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2022

“Now is the time,” said a recent promotional email from Udemy, a library of online courses. The ad promised courses on coding websites and minting NFTs for cut rates as low as $13.99, but only during a two-day “flash sale.” Today, the rise of online education means courses can be taken on-demand, and at low cost.

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Udemy Trends Industry Coursera 162

Edsurge

MARCH 23, 2023

These short courses offer students the opportunity to study behavioral health, which aligns with jobs in our region related to human services, sociology, counseling, psychology and social work. This semester, the Community College of Aurora rolled out the first microcredentials in its history. In the U.S.

Industry 179

Industry Education E-rate Conference 179

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

No longer confined to the realm of video games, this technology now plays key roles in industries as wide-ranging as architecture, medicine, automotive, aerospace and film. Countless other industries are seizing on its potential, pushing the demand for development skills into overdrive. We’re on a mission to close that education gap.

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Classroom Industry Secondary Differentiated Instruction 162

Digital Promise

AUGUST 26, 2021

There are plans to expand these gateways to all of the district’s K-8 and middle schools through the course of the next year. The teacher, library media tech, or counselor can be involved with reflection exercises, which are really where the rubber meets the road—as kids make connections between who they are and who they want to become.”.

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Education Libraries Blended Learning Exercises 417

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 23, 2018

This year, I’ve found myself giving many of them a rather unintentional gift–an introduction to their public libraries’ digital media collections. I no longer subscribe to print magazines because of my public library’s access to RBDigital. I propose that after dinner, we have some library fun.

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Libraries lynda.com eBook E-rate 68

techlearning

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Apex Learning, provider of online learning for secondary education announces the acquisition of Youth Digital’s library of project-based technology courses.

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Course Technology Android Secondary 49

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 To check in on how the Lynda courses fit into the LinkedIn strategy, EdSurge sat down with Mordy Golding, director of content for LinkedIn, at the ASU+GSV Summit last month. billion dollars.

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lynda.com Company Libraries Video 84

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Tampa, FL – February 3, 2022 – The Salt Lake City School District in Utah has adopted Vector Training (formerly SafeSchools), an award-winning online training management system and Vector Solutions’ online video training courses to help the district manage staff training and compliance for its 4,000 employees.

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Training Libraries Course Software 56

Edsurge

JULY 28, 2020

The entertainment industry has been shifting how it connects fans with music, movies and other media. The college textbook publishing industry is trying to move in a similar direction. The college textbook publishing industry is trying to move in a similar direction.

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Schoology LMS Industry Secondary 148

eSchool News

JULY 14, 2022

Tampa, FL – July 14, 2022 – The South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) has partnered with Vector Solutions to provide all school districts in the state with free access to Vector’s library of Student Safety & Wellness Courses. For more information about the Student Safety & Wellness Courses, visit [link].

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Software Libraries Training Industry 71

Kitaboo on EdTech

MAY 2, 2024

They let you create and assign training courses tailored to different roles. Users appreciate its intuitive interface, which streamlines the course creation process, saving time and effort. The platform’s drag-and-drop authoring tool enables trainers to design dynamic courses without the need for advanced technical skills.

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Training Moodle eBook Gamification 52

ViewSonic Education

JUNE 1, 2022

This is especially important in the creative industry, where you need the highest level of color precision for your work to impact any audience in a desired way. Color management refers to the process ensuring that colors are continuously represented the same way across media, from the beginning to the end of the creative course.

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Technology Comparison Smartphone Industry 332

Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 23, 2024

Udemy for Business Udemy for Business is a popular online learning platform that offers thousands of courses on a diverse range of topics. With the Udemy app, employees can access these courses directly from their mobile devices.

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Mobile Learning Mobility Training Udemy 52

EdTech4Beginners

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In today’s digitally-driven world, a degree in computer science not only opens doors to cutting-edge careers but also arms you with skills that are increasingly crucial in various industries. Consider factors like faculty expertise, course structure, specialization options, and career support services.

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Academic Standards Trends LMS Social Media 100

Digital Promise

JUNE 19, 2019

We believe the tech industry should reflect the diversity of our community, and we aim for our classrooms and programs to reflect the community we’re in. We believe the tech industry should reflect the diversity of our community , and we aim for our classrooms and programs to reflect the community we’re in.

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Facebook Industry Training Trends 253

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. No industry analyst we spoke with believes the sale price was anywhere near what Knewton had raised.

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Knewton OER Industry Adaptive Learning 137

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

As LightSail Education charts a new course, the New York City-based developer of K-12 literacy software has had to make some difficult, unpleasant decisions over the holidays, EdSurge has learned. He and Ryan Alexander, the company’s president, are no longer involved in running the company.

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Course Company Education Android 64

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2023

And in some cases that has caused new kinds of challenges, since those fees are often paid by college libraries, and not every scholar in every discipline has equal access to support. He says, yeah, no, of course nobody reads the journals, but they're still there. The number of open access journals has grown over the years.

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Accessibility Digital Divide Wiki Industry 156

Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

While the pandemic has disrupted education much more than any Silicon Valley fad, it has also accelerated the kinds of technology adoption that the industry has long pined for. Funders who previously barely batted an eye at the education market have also been drawn into the industry. But investors’ checkbooks remain open.

EdTech 178

EdTech PresenceLearning Company Trends 178

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Vectory also offers Student Safety and Wellness courses on topics such as bullying, suicide and digital citizenship; training and compliance courses for staff members; and resources such as whitepapers and webinars to help teachers and administrators deal with issues of student mental health and trauma stemming from the pandemic.

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Report Software Industry Training 93

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

“What I love doing is really helping to change an industry that has been doing one thing one way for a long time,” says Rohrlich. “At At Bazaarvoice, that was in the retail industry. Rorhlich has not worked in an education business before, and while he may be lacking in industry experience, he is not short on capital.

Pearson 143

Pearson Knewton Company Industry 143

Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Pluralsight , the publicly-traded provider of online training courses on technology skills, has reached an agreement to be acquired by Vista Equity Partners in an all-cash deal worth approximately $3.5 Its platform features video courses developed mostly from paid third-party authors, to which individuals and organizations can subscribe to.

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Company Software Training Trends 147

Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2022

Knowledge organizations, ranging from libraries and museums to media companies and software makers, have entered the postsecondary marketplace, offering content, instruction and certification. Similarly, in their earliest days, online courses were basically lectures and readings made digital.

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Online Learning Education Coursera Learning 170

Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

The United States may not have had robot invaders from space in mind when drafting federal cybersecurity standards for the utility industry. Over the course of about 10 chapters, players read about different tools they can use to repel an animated robot attack on a facility they’ve built. We want to play in the major leagues.”

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Training Sony Robotics Company 103

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Shirky invoked Napster, the music file-sharing system brought down by legal action on the part of the music industry. In a crowd-pleasing aside, Jones mentioned that he decided to house the innovation-and-design college within Boise State’s library, and suggested that libraries often function as safe neutral spaces in which to experiment.

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Meeting Libraries EdTech Conference 92

Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 29, 2024

eBooks, which are digital versions of traditional print books, have revolutionized the publishing industry. An SDK provides the needed libraries and support to ensure this standard is maintained in every eBook reader. But an ePUB Reader SDK is a mastery course over the ePUB “know-how.”

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