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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

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Between 2004 and 2011, I worked as an executive in SchoolNet and Kaplan, both of which grew into successful and innovative education companies. Kaplan thrived during the decade, growing to more than $2.8 Purdue’s recent acquisition of Kaplan and ETS acquisition of Questar for $127.5 2004-2011: Washington Leans In.

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Online education stretches to include volunteers, teachers looking to pay their bills

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Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning well. After making a career switch, she now teaches software engineering to low-income college students, some of whom have children. BROOKLYN, N.Y. Coronavirus gave many just days.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

There may be no better example of this in 2017 than “personalized learning.” “Personalized learning” has powerful advocates, least of which US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos who talks about it as part of her broader initiative to “rethink school.” Manufacturing Trends.

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Searching for Digital Courseware Solutions? Avoid the Rabbit Hole

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The Cheshire Cat’s advice to Alice has parallels in higher ed, especially for faculty trying to make sense of the multitude of digital courseware solutions in order to personalize learning for students. We know that we have to create a more personalized learning environment to do that. What problem do I need to solve?”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” That’s Joel Rose ’s School of One software. “ Purdue-Kaplan online university one step closer to reality,” the Journal & Courier reports. Larry Cuban on personalized learning : part 1 and part 2. Impero Software has been acquired by Investment Technology Partners which paid $36.3

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Not ed-tech per se (unless you recognize that “personalized learning” is greyballing), but according to The New York Times , “ Uber Faces Federal Inquiry Over Use of Greyball Tool to Evade Authorities.” I wrote about social-emotional learning (algorithms) as a “trend to watch.”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Although sometimes talked about as a “movement,” Mozilla’s Open Badges Project was really more of a technical specification, one that was transferred from Mozilla to IMS Global Learning Consortium in 2017. And “free” doesn’t last. Without revenue the company will go away.

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