Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

The deal marks the latest in a series of acquisitions involving digital courseware, the industry parlance for online products that leverage data and technology to personalize the course instruction and feedback that each student receives. In other words, they can dictate and tweak the rules that defined the adaptive learning experience.

Pearson 105

Pearson Adaptive Learning Knewton OER 105

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Once known for a learning game, the Redwood City, Calif.-based based company now touts itself as a provider of adaptive-learning technologies for educational content providers. The company has refocused its business and research around what it calls its “Adaptive Learning Platform.” operations by the end of the year.

Adaptive Learning 70

Adaptive Learning Knewton Pearson Company 70

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Colleges often experiment with artificial intelligence to help spot when students need special help, part of an effort to draw predictions from data. But a rush to test—and possibly rely on—algorithms raises many questions, none bigger than this: Could the data lead colleges to rethink how they operate to serve students?

Knewton 72

Knewton Learning Software Data 72

Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 25, 2016

The latest round of deals in the school marketplace underscores investors’ and ed-tech providers’ burgeoning interest in data analytics and instructional technologies. By Alexa J. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. based school provider.

Knewton 40

Knewton Kaplan Learning Company 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2018

These are my prepared remarks, delivered on a panel titled “Outsourcing the Classroom to Ed Tech & Machine-learning: Why Parents & Teachers Should Resist” at the Network for Public Education conference in Indianapolis. The other panelists were Peter Greene and Leonie Haimson. Augment, not replace, of course. ”). .”

Knewton 60

Knewton Education Company Learning 60

Graphite Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Within educational technology, tech companies can acquire data via multiple routes. BetterLesson is an example of a site like this - a teacher creates an account, and only teacher data gets collected. A fourth model that collects both learner and parent data includes apps for kids, marketed either to parents or to children.

Data 40

Data Edmodo Policies Knewton 40

Edsurge

JULY 30, 2017

Don’t doubt it: Machine learning is hot—and getting hotter. For the past two years, public interest in building complex algorithms that automatically “learn” and improve from their own operations, or experience (rather than explicit programming) has been growing. Call it “artificial intelligence,” or (better) “machine learning.”

Education 135

Education Knewton Data Industry 135

Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Duck Duck Moose is donating its 21 early learning apps to the online provider. Preschool learning is a natural next step for Khan Academy and fits perfectly into our mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere,” said Khan Academy founder Sal Kahn in the statement.

Khan Academy 40

Khan Academy Knewton Adaptive Learning Company 40

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Besides just being an assessment company, we’re also becoming a learning and navigation company,” Roorda tells EdSurge in an interview. That requires data and data analytics, and we are building our own internal capabilities. But each platform might use its own proprietary data format that is incompatible with others.

Assessment 64

Assessment Elsevier Knewton Company 64

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2016

But they often highlight the promise of so-called “adaptive learning” software, in which complex algorithms react to how a student answers questions, and tailor instruction to each student. It’s probably the largest and most rigorous study of adaptive learning to date. What SRI found was sobering.

Software 75

Software Study Adaptive Learning Knewton 75

Edsurge

JULY 15, 2019

David Wiley, chief academic officer of Lumen Learning The company did not specify a timeframe for how frequently it will print new editions. The goal, she says, is to “make our tools more versatile in terms of how we help students learn.” Are students paying the price in terms of their data?

Pearson 167

Pearson OER Company Knewton 167

MindShift

JUNE 7, 2016

Have you ever seen a school data wall? You’ve probably heard about the positive side of all that data gathering and sharing. Like this story we ran just last week about a district that used data as the catalyst to conquer chronic absences. Here are five arguments against the excesses of data-driven instruction.

Data 28

Data Knewton Report Software 28

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

Fresco Capital , GSV Acceleration , Learn Capital , Owl Ventures , Reach Capital and Rethink Education , now count Asian limited partners among investors in their newest funds. “In 9 million (A) 2016 Fosun Group Kaymbu $2 million (Seed) 2016 Sinovation Ventures Knewton $52 million (F) 2016 TAL Education KnowRe $6.8

EdTech 103

EdTech Knewton Company Robotics 103

Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Last month, TechCrunch wrote of an “ implosion of early-stage VC funding ,” citing Pitchbook data that showed that the number of early-stage rounds have plummeted from more than 13,000 in 2014 to nearly 6,000 this year. Slowly but steadily, private equity firms are piecing together assets to create educational data platforms.

EdTech 101

EdTech Pearson Company Knewton 101

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

NEW ORLEANS — A few years ago, with little fanfare or announcement, the New Orleans education system began a massive experiment that’s reshaping how kids learn across the city. Many charter networks here, including Crescent City Schools, Firstline, ReNEW, and KIPP, have embraced an educational philosophy known as “personalized learning.”.

Personalized Learning 100

Personalized Learning Software Data Report 100

TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 18, 2015

It’s Time For Personalized Learning In Education. In March, Tom Loveless, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, took an outdated swipe at the logic behind moving toward a student-centered learning system. Each child has different learning needs at different times. Some students learn quickly.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Education Competency Based Learning 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

.” She posits gaming as the new site for “modern learning,” with an emphasis on skills training and data-driven self-improvement. How accurate is her data? (I’d There is much to learn from the Meeker report. There may be no better example of this in 2017 than “personalized learning.”

Trends 56

Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. million in venture capital from high profile names like LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and from firms active in ed-tech investing such as Learn Capital. ” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Gather student data, make predictions about their learning—and perhaps their future. For years education companies have tried to apply technologies to better understand students and tailor their learning experiences, or support instructors who can intervene when human help is needed. Or does it?) It’s the holy grail.”

Pearson 156

Pearson Knewton Education Learning 156

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

We''ll be talking about Mozilla''s Open Badges project , the issues around recognizing skills and achievements that happen outside of traditional learning institutions, and the HASTAC Badges Competition: Badges For Lifelong Learning. Details and log-in links here. The Classroom 2.0

Knewton 43

Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Teachers and the Future of Education" (the importance of teacher voice in education discussions, "Hack Your Education" (thinking about self-directed learning--Audrey''s in this proposal), and "Technology, Pedagogy, and the Silver Bullet" (addressing the myopia of some ed tech business ventures). Another big step for gesture-based learning ?

Khan Academy 44

Khan Academy Education STEM Blackboard 44

MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

We have proven the fact that all children can learn — and can learn well — under the right instructional circumstances,” said Kenneth W. They decided to “personalize” learning for every child, which means that they tailored lessons to each student’s needs, interests and learning pace. What is personalized learning?

Personalized Learning 28

Personalized Learning Technology Knewton Learning 28

Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

DreamBox Learning (adaptive learning): $130 million. DadaABC (English language learning): $100 million. DadaABC.com (English language learning): $608.9 Knewton (adaptive learning): $182.3 Age of Learning (educational apps): $181.5 Age of Learning (educational apps): $181.5

Trends 93

Trends MOOC Company Edmodo 93

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

A fifth grader works on a digital lesson as part of a blended learning program. We have proven the fact that all children can learn — and can learn well — under the right instructional circumstances,” said Kenneth W. Related: Must a classroom be high-tech to make personalized learning work? What is personalized learning?

Trends 40

Trends Study Knewton Personalized Learning 40

Kevin Corbett

JUNE 3, 2015

It is from Knewton Learning. As I’ve written in previous posts, it’s first important to distinguish Game-based Learning from Gamification , while recognizing there are measurable cognitive, social, emotional, and learning increases, with successful implementation. See also: Gamification in Education: What?

Gamification 40

Gamification Knewton Education Game-Based Learning 40

Kevin Corbett

JUNE 3, 2015

It is from Knewton Learning. As I’ve written in previous posts, it’s first important to distinguish Game-based Learning from Gamification , while recognizing there are measurable cognitive, social, emotional, and learning increases, with successful implementation. See also: Gamification in Education: What?

Gamification 40

Gamification Knewton Education Game-Based Learning 40

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. Kamau Bell.

Coursera 75

Coursera Knewton Udemy EdTech 75

Hack Education

DECEMBER 23, 2019

That’s why stories about the golly-gee-whiz prospects of learning to code, game-based learning, social emotional learning, artificial intelligence, blockchain transcripts, and tutoring — by chatbots or by gig workers — still fill the pages of these publications. Something about "learning engineers". LOL LOL LOL.

Technology 67

Technology Pearson Education MOOC 67

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2017

For what it’s worth, investment analyst firm CB Insights predicts that funding this year will not exceed that 2015 level , but one of the reasons I like to track the data myself is that everyone’s numbers and everyone’s assessment of the industry seem to be different, depending in part on “what counts” as ed-tech.

Coursera 57

Coursera Knewton Company Udemy 57

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos ’ “learning curve where higher ed is concerned is quite vertical,” quips UC president Janet Napolitano. ” Via Edsurge : “Here Are the 5 Finalists for the $15M XPRIZE Global Learning Challenge.” ” The startup is called Learning Beautiful.

Education 48

Education Knewton Kaplan Robotics 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

New additions to the already-amazing guest schedule are Henry Eyring on The Innovative University , Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach on The Connected Educator: Learning and Leading in a Digital Age , and Cable Green on "public funding should equal openly-licensed resources." The Classroom 2.0 show is back! Or Build One?

Khan Academy 39

Khan Academy Knewton Digital Divide Pearson 39

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Udacity ’s mobile apps now support “ offline learning.” ” For more data on outsourcing online education to third-party providers, see the research section below. Knewton has partnered with WebAssign. ” Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. Meanwhile on Campus.

Khan Academy 40

Khan Academy Education LMS Company 40

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2018

Via The Conversation : “What we can learn from closure of charter school that DeVos praised as ‘shining example’ ” The school in question: the Excel Academy Public Charter School in DC which was closed for poor performance. .” Via Campus Technology : “ Knewton Releases $44 Adaptive Digital Textbooks.”

Education 46

Education MOOC Robotics Company 46

Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

According to excerpts of speeches published by Wikileaks – stolen data – Clinton called the Common Core a “political failure” in a speech she gave to Knewton. Neither Knewton nor the Clinton campaign have confirmed the veracity of this leaked speech. Data, Privacy, and Surveillance.

Education 40

Education lynda.com Knewton E-rate 40

Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

And more online education news in the “Betteridge’s Law of Headlines” section and in the research and data section below. A new project from the Learning Policy Institute and EducationCounsel : “Reimagining College Access: Performance Assessments From K–12 Through Higher Education.” Here’s why.”

Education 44

Education Elsevier MOOC Knewton 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

I hope none of these programs are teaching “data science,” because this is just a silly claim based on bad data. ” New York Magazine on the history of COPPA : “ Inside the Decades-Long Fight to Protect Your Children’s Data From Advertisers.” Good grief. Even worse? Sounds legit.

Education 46

Education MOOC Kaplan Robotics 46