Marketplace K-12

JUNE 20, 2016

Brainly Acquires OpenStudy: The Krakow, Poland-based social learning community for students has acquired OpenStudy , a peer-to-peer study help platform. The company has partnerships with international content owners including Getty Images, Bloomberg, BBC Worldwide Learning, and Associated Press Television News. Flocabulary Raises $1.5

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Pearson Company Video Digital Learning 45

Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2021

The demand for innovative digital learning technology has never been higher. Esme Learning Solutions is banking on artificial intelligence (AI), collaborative learning experiences and relationships with some of the biggest universities in the world to set them apart from the crowd.

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Pearson MOOC Digital Learning EdTech 142

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

From facial-recognition cameras to web and social media filtering software, surveillance technologies are finding their foothold in schools across America. Online education was supposed to provide access to quality education for those who can’t attend or afford traditional college.

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Social Media EdTech Industry Pearson 102

Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2024

Leaders in the sector, including 2U, Coursera and Keypath, never made a profit on the activity, and Pearson and Wiley sold off their OPM offshoots in recent months when the going got rough. OPMs, I worried, would undermine academic integrity in digital education. It’s an OPM paradox — as companies lose money, colleges make it.

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Coursera Education Pearson Company 125

Edsurge

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Digital learning platforms are not, however, simply a matter of reproducing a print-first approach via high fidelity ebooks. As the financial viability of printed textbooks declines little by little, the demand for alternatives like online learning content continues to grow. Those days are coming to an end.

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Digital Learning Learning eBook Flipped Classroom 114

Bryan Alexander

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

What’s the current state of online learning? A new report from Babson, Pearson, the Online Learning Consortium et al, Grade Level ( pdf ), offers some intriguing observations about campus strategy and leadership. The deans are pushing hard for online learning, generally, while professors are not.

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Online Learning Report OER Pearson 40

EdTechSandyK

MARCH 7, 2012

Tom Greaves, The Greaves Group www.projectred.org Project Red - large scale research project funded by Pearson and Intel; Collected data from over 1000 schools around the country and looked at 136 variables. Does technology improve academic performance? PBS LearningMedia is aimed at teaching and learning. Study focused on 1.

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Learning Pearson Study Survey 61

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

School Psychology Doctoral Candidate and Intern, CEO STEMx: Stemulating Teaching with Emerging Technology Methodologies - Simulation vs. Virtual Learning Environments - Dr. Nicole Simon, Assistant Professor Engineering/Physics/Technology Dept. Candidate Advanced math for the young, the very young, and the young at heart - Dr.

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STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 47

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

“ Y Combinator MOOC for Tech Startups Attracts Thousands of Views,” says Campus Technology. Via The Outline : “ Machine learning is racist because the internet is racist.” Techcrunch lists 11 technologies that “want to hack your brain.” Not sure why this is called a MOOC. ” Sigh.

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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. Um, they do.)

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145