The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2015

The Emerging Future: Technology and Learning brings focus to the planning skills that are needed, the issues that are involved, and the current trends as we explore the potential impact of technological innovations. A goal of the Spring Summit is to provide a forum to discuss ways to prepare for your personal and organization’s future.

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Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2019

The structure of demand created the “Big Three”—McGraw-Hill, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Pearson. There are macro trends too, such as a pull-back in buying following the Great Recession. Google Classroom has instead emerged as the de facto standard platform, fueled by the runaway adoption of Chromebooks.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

And various technology companies — from no-name startups to behemoths like Pearson — boast of new programs meant to facilitate this style of education. Google’s search engine serves up more of what you’ve clicked on in the past. Netflix provides suggested movies based on what you’ve watched in the past.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2020

Moby.Read is easily accessible on any digital device or computer that supports Google Chrome as well as by single sign-on through Savvas Realize , the edtech industry’s most versatile learning management system. Reports in Real Time key reading skill scores and shows trend data.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Tech & Learning Rounds Up a Summary of New Tools for Schools Software & Online GOOGLE FOR EDUCATION UPDATES ( edu.google.com ) Google for Education announced updates and new tools to help teachers keep innovation alive in their classrooms. FOLLETT DESTINY 16.0 ( [link] ) Follett has released Destiny 16.0,

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Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

Last year Bob Reiser invited me to contribute a chapter to the fourth edition of Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology , to be published by Pearson. Pearson agreed. Dempsey (Eds.), Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology (4th ed.). New York, NY: Pearson Education.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 23, 2019

For the past decade, I've churned out a multi-part series on the dominant trends and narratives. It’s not that these things are necessarily trends; it’s that certain folks very much hope they will be. Pearson sold its US K-12 curriculum business for $250 million. Google got into the anti-plagiarism business.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

It was the latest big-fix trend in K-12 education, and Gist, a favored daughter of Silicon Valley philanthropists, offered up the nation’s smallest state as a laboratory mouse. How do we ensure that Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple won’t sell these enormous stores of information to advertisers, employers, law enforcement or the military?

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Google announced it was adding to search results about colleges and universities data from the U.S. ” You know what would be helpful Google? Via Edsurge : “A Timeline of Google Classroom ’s March to Replace Learning Management Systems.” Just resubmit the ones about Google Glass, right?).

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Hack Education

JUNE 1, 2018

Via TPM : “No Test Left Behind – How Pearson Made a Killing on the US Testing Craze.” Via DML Central : “Google Report Reveals State of K–12 Computer Science Education.” ” Mary Meeker’s 2018 Internet Trends. (I But as always, take these “trends” with a grain of salt.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

And it’s “announced plans to create an ‘unsafe space’ to discuss texts including Mein Kampf and topics such as the infamous memo by ex-Google employee James Damore, who claimed there are ‘biological causes’ that prevent more women from getting jobs in tech.” ” “ Pearson , WTF?

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

” The Google Memo. Via Motherboard : “ Google Employee’s Anti-Diversity Manifesto Goes ‘Internally Viral’ ” Via Wired : “Internal Messages Show Some Googlers Supported Fired Engineer’s Manifesto.” “​ Pearson to Lay Off 3,000 More Employees,” says Edsurge.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 25, 2017

” Open Up Resources is a non-profit – LOL – whose CEO Larry Singer used to be the managing director for Pearson’s K–12 marketing sales. Walmart and Google partner to take on Amazon. ” Via EDUCAUSE : “Trend Watch 2017: Which IT Trends Is Higher Education Responding To?”

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Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

Google ’s chairman Eric Schmidt praises Trump. ” The publishers in question are Cengage , McGraw-Hill , and Pearson. Testing, Testing… Via Chalkbeat : “Calculator mix-up could force some students to retake ISTEP, and Pearson is partially to blame.” ” The testing firm in question: Pearson.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

The work is also supported by companies including Apple, Google and Expedia, as well as education organizations including the CollegeBoard, Teach For America and STEMx.” ” Industry, not the child’s imagination as Seymour would have it, largely dictates the shape and direction of the CS trend. and Facebook Inc.

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Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

Every year since 2010, I’ve undertaken a fairly massive project in which I’ve reviewed the previous twelve months’ education and technology news in order to write ten articles covering “the top ed-tech trends.” They’re not “trends,” really. They’re themes. They’re categories.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

Via Edsurge : “ Pearson ’s Former Product Chief Reflects on the 4 Megatrends Shaping Global Education.” ” Oooh, I am sensing a trend here. ” From the Pearson website : “ Pearson 2018 half-year results.” ” Venture Capital and the Business of Education. K–12 Curriculum.”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2018

. “Free College” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The restaurant group that operates the Chili’s and Maggiano’s chains announced an arrangement Monday by which it will, through Pearson Education , offer employees cost-free educational programs from language skills through associate degrees.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2016

The test in question: The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study ( TIMSS ) which is administered to students around the world. Via Google’s press release : “ Google and Bertelsmann launch mobile digital skills initiatives with Udacity – 10,000 Android scholarships available for EU developers.”

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Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

” Via the Google blog : “Rolling Study Halls: turning bus time into learning time.” ” The Verge covers the blog post : “ Google is equipping more rural school buses with Wi-Fi and Chromebooks.” ” Via Techcrunch : “What Apple ’s education announcements mean for accessibility.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Bucking a Boastful Trend, Stanford Will No Longer Brag About Its Application Numbers.” Via Adweek : “ Google Is Collecting Your Data – Even When Your Phone Isn’t in Use.” ” There’s more campus-related news in the sports section below.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

CNN tries to explain “Why Google , Apple and Microsoft are battling for education.” I wrote about social-emotional learning (algorithms) as a “trend to watch.” “Someone Hit the Internet with a Massive Google Doc Phishing Attack ,” Motherboard Vice reports. So Why Not in College?”

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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. In 2011, Barber went to work for Pearson as its Chief Education Advisor, continuing his advocacy for competition, data collection, measurements, and standards-based reforms.

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

.” The Whiteboard Advisors’ latest “Education Insider” report ( PDF ) is on assessment trends, higher education, and the presidential campaigns. Testing, Testing… Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “British Officials, Pearson Probe Effort to Leak Test Content.” ” asks Edsurge.

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Hack Education

JULY 8, 2016

A trend , perhaps, to watch.). Via Fortune : “ Android Co-Founder To Lead Google ’s New Education Project.” ” In recent years, Rich Miner has been an investor in Google’s venture capital wing, Google Ventures. Libraries remain relevant, and The New York Times is on it.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Google released a handful of updates timed with ISTE, including Google Cast for Education which I heard someone say was the product most enthusiastically received by educators at the conference. Other updates: an Expeditions app, quizzes in Google Forms, a partnership with TES , a physical coding project. A screen sharing app.

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

Via The New York Times : “How Google Took Over the Classroom.” Via Edsurge : “ Pearson , an Investor in Knewton , Is ‘Phasing Out’ Partnership on Adaptive Products.” Via Campus Technology : “6 VR Trends to Watch in Education.” Upgrades and Downgrades. That’s UploadVR.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

In previous years, when I’ve written about this topic, I’ve saved “The Business of Ed-tech” for one of the last articles in my “ Top Ed-Tech Trends" series. ” Pearson cut 4000 jobs – 10% of its staff. This is part three of my annual review of the year in ed-tech. K12 Inc got a new CEO.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 13, 2016

It’s an assessment now administered by Pearson, and since the education giant took over the GED in 2014, pass rates have plummeted. Pearson did lower the pass score this year, “to better measure student performance” it claimed. The Nanodegree Plus – it comes with a money-back guarantee. The Techdegree.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2016

AltSchool, a private school startup, was founded in 2014 by Max Ventilla, a former Google executive. “The hottest trend in education actually started in special-ed classrooms 40 years ago,” as Business Insider contended in October. Pearson claims Pearson’s personalized learning products work.

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Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

. “Mind-reading robo tutor in the sky” company Knewton has a new CEO , Brian Kibby , formerly with Pearson. ” Google profiles Niji Collins , a winner in the latest Google Code-In contest. .” ” Google profiles Niji Collins , a winner in the latest Google Code-In contest.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Tagged on: September 16, 2017 Pearson India set to launch K-12 online private school | Business Line → Educational services firm Pearson India will launch virtual international school for K-12, International Connections Academy, in India soon.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Tagged on: September 16, 2017 Pearson India set to launch K-12 online private school | Business Line → Educational services firm Pearson India will launch virtual international school for K-12, International Connections Academy, in India soon.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

” Via Geekwire : “ Google quietly donates $10M to University of Washington in another major computer science gift.” Here’s a trend to watch in 2017 : companies and organizations who “help” schools buy ed-tech : The Hechinger Report looks at a couple of these , LEAP Innovations and LearnLaunch.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

” Via Techcrunch : “ Google expands Howard West to a full-year program to train more black engineers.” Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “ Google for Education Launches Beta for ‘Create Your Own’ Virtual Reality Experience.” New hires at the Department of Education. ” Contests and Awards.

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Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

And speaking of copyrighting a language of a warlike people, the Oracle v Google case had its closing arguments this week. On Thursday, the judge gave Google the victory , ruling that the company’s use of the Java API fell under fair use provisions. ” (That giant: Pearson , of course.). MOOCs for credit !

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Inequality and the “Top Ed-Tech Trends” The inequalities that I’ve chronicled above – income inequality, wealth inequality, information inequality – have been part of our education system for generations, and these are now being hard-coded into our education technologies. “ Fake news.”

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