Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Few technologists have championed the role of big data, personalized learning and many other education buzzwords as vociferously and for as long as Jose Ferreira. Knewton has decided to step down from the perch and lay low—for now. What’s all the buzz about adaptive learning really about?

Knewton 60

Knewton Adaptive Learning Company Education 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2016

Facebook’s Plans to “Personalize” Education. ” A personalized news feed, for example. And “personalization” is the underlying promise of the new education software Facebook is itself building. Defining Personalization (and Insisting It “Works”).

Technology 73

Technology Pearson Education Facebook 73

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Many charter networks here, including Crescent City Schools, Firstline, ReNEW, and KIPP, have embraced an educational philosophy known as “personalized learning.”. Though personalized learning doesn’t have to include technology, many New Orleans charters have put computers at the center of their personalized learning efforts.

Personalized Learning 97

Personalized Learning Software Data Report 97

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Are any education technologies, for that matter? Andreessen’s definition does begin to get at some of the reasons why platforms have been so appealing to investors – ideologically as much as technologically. One might ask, I suppose, if LMSes are platforms. But first, a definition (or two) might be helpful.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

Here are the education technology companies that have raised money from ISPs. What’s his evidence that technology has not eliminated jobs – other than this weird insistence that there is no such thing as neoliberalism in ed-tech ? Via Campus Technology : “6 VR Trends to Watch in Education.” ”). .”

Edmodo 45

Edmodo Education Knewton Pearson 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

The report is always a big deal in technology circles – “a tech industry event in its own right,” as Wired’s Steven Levy put it in 2012 – and many publications and pundits dutifully cover Meeker’s observations, often adding very little analysis of their own. ”) How accurate are her observations?

Trends 56

Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

” More on the Afghan robotics team in the contest section below. “Mind-reading robo tutor in the sky” company Knewton has a new CEO , Brian Kibby , formerly with Pearson. for Robotics Contest.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ OpenStax Launches Learning Platform.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

Education 45

Education Pearson Report Robotics 45