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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

Edsurge

Imagine students in a control group go from 50% on a pre-test to 60% on a post-test, whereas in the treatment group they go from 50% to 80%,” he explains. That kind of feedback would be perfect if you had a robot learner on the other end,” he says. For him, improving the speed of learning is just part of it.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) platforms are digital infrastructures that enable two or more groups to interact. Google gives a lot of money to similar sorts of groups, including many, many education-related ones.).

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million. Knewton ( mind-reading robo tutor in the sky ) – $157.25 Robotics , with ~ $99 million in funding. Absorb (learning management system) – $59 million. Changingedu (tutoring) – $55 million. Yixue Education (online education) – $41 million. million this year).

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “Peter Thiel May Finally Get His Flying Cars, Thanks to a New Udacity Nanodegree in 2018.” From the Knewton blog : “ Introducing Knewton Product Updates for Fall 2017.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. million total. .”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “ MOOCs no longer massive, still attract millions,” Class Central’s Dhawal Shah claims in a VentureBeat op-ed. Knewton has partnered with WebAssign. Capital will sell the International School of Europe Group to Inspired.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Civil Rights Groups Sue DeVos Over Title IX Policies.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A group of former ITT Technical Institute students reached an approved settlement Wednesday that would allow them to participate in bankruptcy proceedings with the institution’s parent company.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Student-Loan Borrowers , by Age Group, Amount Owed, and Repayment Status, 2017.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Gotta keep hyping that MOOC thing. Via Edsurge : “ MOOCs Are No Longer Massive. The company has raised $182.3