Edsurge
JULY 11, 2017
Knewton pioneered adaptive-learning technology and amassed more than $157 million in venture capital, but lately the company has weathered through the loss of publishing partners and the departure of its outspoken founder. I said, if it’s Knewton, I’m very interested, but if it’s not Knewton, I’m not.”
Edsurge
DECEMBER 21, 2016
Knewton has decided to step down from the perch and lay low—for now. Ferreira’s decision marks the end of a nearly nine-year run at Knewton, where he strived to build technology to pinpoint what students know, don’t know and should learn next. So it comes as a surprise that the founder and CEO of. statement on his departure. “I
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eSchool News
AUGUST 30, 2015
Adaptive learning provider Knewton has launched a free, open personalized learning platform. Knewton’s adaptive-learning platform transforms any content into a data-rich version of itself, then bundles together those pieces of content that are best for each student based on exactly what she knows and how she learns best.
Iterating Toward Openness
FEBRUARY 13, 2018
He writes: To me, both cyberspace and OER are tools that I think can be used to generate positive outcomes, but can also (very clearly I think) be used to generate outcomes I don’t support, like political polarization or business models that sell us back our experiences rather than proprietary content. Nate is absolutely right.
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
In Top Hat, I see a business that can provide better value to professors and outcomes for students.” Wiley, for example, purchased Knewton and zyBooks just two months apart in 2019 to bolster its digital offerings. At Bazaarvoice, that was in the retail industry.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
Ones used directly for academics (like Knewton) or ones that are non-academic? With Knewton, that is this notion of personalized and adaptive instruction. And so what Knewton does—and what any personalized and adaptive technology does—is, you design tasks for students to do in the interface.
Edsurge
MAY 9, 2017
Department of Education’s EQUIP experimental sites initiative is an interesting case study that recognizes there is value in aligning non-institutional, upstart providers of education with respected traditional institutions – but also that this direction will demand new, outcome-oriented quality assurance models.
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