MindShift

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Bold claims have been made in the past decade about personalized learning, automated assessments and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Reich is executive director of the MIT Teaching Systems Lab and co-founder of EdTechTeacher. Reich is executive director of the MIT Teaching Systems Lab and co-founder of EdTechTeacher.

MOOC 37

MOOC EdTech Learning Competency Based Learning 37

Edsurge

DECEMBER 2, 2016

It was an edtech entrepreneur’s dream on Wednesday at Intel’s Education Accelerator Demo Day. Learnmetrics : Chicago-based Learnmetrics offers districts what CEO Julian Miller likes to call a “GPS” for educators’ and administrators’ goals and outcomes. Based in Honolulu, Hawaii, Comprend.io prices on a by-school or company basis.

EdTech 60

EdTech Meeting Education Company 60

Linways Technologies

MARCH 31, 2020

This sets institutional education apart from the MOOCs, or online course delivery tools. In addition to that maintaining a proper hierarchy in the higher education system plays a vital role in keeping the pace with the right goals and maintaining focus for the whole education process. The structure of a course should be systematic.

Course 111

Course System MOOC Assessment 111

Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

He’s credited with co-teaching the first MOOC in 2008, introduced the theory of “connectivism”—the idea that knowledge is distributed across digital networks—and spearheaded research projects about the role of data and analytics in education. He just doesn’t think our current university systems and edtech solutions will get us there.

Digital Learning 60

Digital Learning Technology MOOC Learning Analytics 60

Tom Murray

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

AASA members range from chief executive officers, superintendents and senior level school administrators to cabinet members, professors and aspiring school system leaders. Founded in 1865, AASA is the professional organization, comprised of over 13,000 educational leaders in the United States and throughout the world.

Future Ready 100

Future Ready Secondary Advocacy Elementary 100

TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 15, 2015

The first step is, of course, designing and building better systems to capture this sort of data, which really isn’t being done at scale. More importantly though, as we build these systems, we need to keep the end-goal in mind — better learning, and constructive and actionable feedback for students. Technology #edtech assessment'

Assessment 40

Assessment MOOC EdTech Data 40

Edsurge

MAY 31, 2022

Like tech stocks in general, edtech has taken a nosedive over the past six months or so. It showed the industry, Batra says, that consumers have become agreeable to purchasing edtech. And with universities and schools being given extra funds by the federal government, they'll likely invest in more edtech resources, he says.

EdTech 135

EdTech MOOC Company Industry 135

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Will VR Really Impact Student Outcomes? ESSA: What Edtech Providers Need to Know : Whiteboard Advisors Senior Vice President David DeSchryver and Education Week Senior Editor Sean Cavanagh break down one of the biggest federal education policies to pass in the last decade: the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). EdSurge 4:00 p.m.

MOOC 60

MOOC EdTech OER Kaplan 60

Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

Some new services and platforms will emerge to cater for different forms of learning, MOOCs will evolve and improve and open badges will be hot. The MOOC backlash. Of course I have to start with MOOCs. The MOOC backlash started in earnest in 2013. MOOC providers will keep on refining them. Introduction.

MOOC 89

MOOC Technology Education Online Learning 89

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

In its current form, our higher-education system amplifies and solidifies national inequities, when it could do the opposite. Early signs suggest that technology, smartly chosen and carefully implemented, can improve learners’ outcomes, lower costs and ease difficult transitions. For the values and outcomes that most matter to them.

MOOC 60

MOOC Digital Learning Outcomes EdTech 60

Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

Some new services and platforms will emerge to cater for different forms of learning, MOOCs will evolve and improve and open badges will be hot. The MOOC backlash. Of course I have to start with MOOCs. The MOOC backlash started in earnest in 2013. MOOC providers will keep on refining them. Introduction.

MOOC 32

MOOC Technology Education Online Learning 32

Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “Analysis of Georgia Tech ’s MOOC-inspired online master’s in computer science suggests that institutions can successfully deliver high-quality, low-cost degrees to students at scale.” “Many are never the same.”

Education 46

Education Robotics OER MOOC 46

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Plus: printers, smart speakers and privacy (oh my!) — all in this Edtech Reports Recap. Data Tendrils Increase Their Reach Higher education data is being connected in more ways, including into K-12, workforce and early childhood data systems. At least, this is happening at the state level. Why are data links important?

Secondary 119

Secondary Trends Survey Data 119

Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

AltSchool (private school; learning management system): $172.9 D2L (learning management system): $165 million. It’s worth noting, I think, that tutoring as the preferential method of instruction is deeply intertwined with the long history of computer-assisted instruction and “intelligent tutoring systems.”

Trends 93

Trends MOOC Company Edmodo 93

Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2017

As the bubbly enthusiasm in the democratizing power of platforms like Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and Khan Academy quietly wanes, we’ve seen more attention to digital inequity like the homework gap and gender discrimination in coding careers. In other words, even efforts designed to promote equity can contribute to a widening gap.

EdTech 116

EdTech Khan Academy MOOC Broadband 116

Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2017

Dreamit Edtech network to get their “lemon lists” of concepts, statements, and business models that edtech entrepreneurs may want to think twice—or thrice—about. MOOCs or General Assembly for country X. So now that you know how to make an edtech investor cringe… please don’t. But there are many startups in this space.

EdTech 92

EdTech LMS Facebook Chegg 92

Hack Education

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). A glimpse : “In China ’s Silicon Valley, Edtech Starts at the ‘MOOC Times Building’ ” Via Class Central : “By The Numbers: MOOCs in 2018.” It’s like the MOOC crap all over again. ” asks The Atlantic.

MOOC 78

MOOC Education Elsevier Report 78

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Two school districts in two states are scaling back their use of the Facebook -built Summit Public Schools ’ learning management system. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). A call to rebrand MOOCs , from Edsurge. McRaven is stepping down as chancellor of the University of Texas System.

Education 46

Education Robotics MOOC Facebook 46

Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Early warning systems. Such are the tools that many education entrepreneurs are building—and which educators are increasingly adopting—to improve outcomes for students. Community colleges are integral to the advancement of this country, and need to be prioritized accordingly when it comes to edtech research and development.

Adaptive Learning 77

Adaptive Learning MOOC Trends Report 77

Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The British government releases the results … of its new three-tiered rating system of teaching quality at universities.” Via Buzzfeed : “ Betsy DeVos Picked A Student Loan CEO To Run The Student Loan System.” ” Teacher of the Year indeed. The Business of Student Loans.

Education 53

Education Kaplan Pearson Elsevier 53

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A Pennsylvania judge has banned fraternity Pi Delta Psi from the state for a decade, a punishment for a hazing death in 2013, and an unprecedented step likely to rock the national Greek system.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). The Business of Financial Aid.

Education 43

Education Company Blackboard Kaplan 43

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

The Flatiron School has released its latest “outcomes report.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Lots of MOOC PR appeared in the news this week. ” “What if MOOCs Revolutionize Education After All?” And more on MOOCs in the credentialing section below as well.

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Clickers” are definitely not new — indeed, in my research for Teaching Machines , I found examples of classroom response systems dating back to the 1950s. In 2013, on the heels of “the Year of the MOOC,” Barber released a report titled “An Avalanche is Coming,” calling for the “unbundling” of higher education.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Department of Education last week outlined changes to civil rights investigations that advocates fear will mean less consistent findings of systemic discrimination at colleges.” Task Force Seeks Comment on Higher-Ed Outcomes Reporting Standards.” ” Fox.

Education 44

Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Via Alternet : “ Gavin Grimm Wants To Fix The Education System That Failed Him.” ” When you hear someone invoke New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina as a model, do remember what happened to all the Black teachers … Via the AP : “ Philadelphia moves to retake control of city school system.”

Education 48

Education Facebook Company Robotics 48

Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “John Behling, the new president of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents , said Friday that he wants institutions to recruit leaders from the private sector and otherwise ‘streamline’ the process for hiring chancellors and other top administrators. This story about laptops.

Education 45

Education Pearson Report Robotics 45

Hack Education

AUGUST 5, 2016

It calls for ending the privatization of schools , returning ‘real community control ’ to school systems, and advocates sweeping reform of school discipline policies.” Turkey also alleges the school system misused U.S. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOCs, CAI, and now this.

Education 40

Education Pearson Report Policies 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2016

This comes as the majority of students in the US public school system are now students of color. Research from California’s Public Policy Institute found that students in the state’s community college system are 10 to 14% less likely to pass a class when they take it online. The majority of teachers are still white.).

Technology 40

Technology Education Pearson Company 40

Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via EdScoop : “Edtech and industry leaders say they’re stuck if they can’t scale.” Key Data Systems has acquired Progress Testing. ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. And some follow-up from Tressie McMillan Cottom.).

Education 43

Education Pearson Edmentum lynda.com 43

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” Via Politico : “ Stanley Buchesky , formerly a managing partner at the venture capital firm The EdTech Fund , will work [at the Department of Education] on budget and finance issues.” ” Among The EdTech Fund’s investments : Teachboost and Citelighter. ” Via The Root : “ Calif.

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

K98BwFMkIc @ryancraiguv #edtech pic.twitter.com/3mITJHvODv — EdSurge HigherEd (@HigherEdSurge) November 11, 2016. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via Edsurge : “What Edtech Can Learn from Theranos.” ” asks The Hechinger Report. of Cincinnati Police Officer.”

Education 40

Education Company Data Pearson 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Department of Education Announces Requirements for New Federal Loan Servicing System.” Unveils Free Online Tool for Rapid Evaluation of Edtech Products.” a blockbuster case whose outcome will affect whether transgender students can use the school bathroom that aligns with their gender identity.

Education 40

Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40