Edsurge
DECEMBER 21, 2016
Few technologists have championed the role of big data, personalized learning and many other education buzzwords as vociferously and for as long as Jose Ferreira. Knewton has decided to step down from the perch and lay low—for now. The company’s focus on collecting and analyzing large amounts of user data also stoked worries. “As
eSchool News
AUGUST 30, 2015
Adaptive learning provider Knewton has launched a free, open personalized learning platform. Knewton’s adaptive-learning platform transforms any content into a data-rich version of itself, then bundles together those pieces of content that are best for each student based on exactly what she knows and how she learns best.
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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?
Edsurge
JULY 30, 2017
Benemann: There’s so much more data than ever before. For us at EruditeAI, data is more precious than revenue. With better data, we can better train our algorithms. Kireyev: We’re seeing a data explosion in education content—both data for and from students. Transparent data collection is incredibly valuable.
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.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 19, 2017
educational technology companies whose primary purpose is to improve outcomes for teachers and learners across K-12 and higher education. There’s a realization with a number of high-profile implosions or corrections, whether it’s AltSchool or Knewton , that have cooled a lot of folk’s appetite,” says Pianko. Source: EdSurge.
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. ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs.
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