Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

” The Business of Job Training. Via CNBC : “ Amazon ’s cloud is looking at building a corporate training service.” “ Does tech designed to personalize learning actually benefit students? The tutoring training company has raised about $1 million total. Because technology imperialism.

Education 46

Education Robotics OER MOOC 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. ”) It was certainly the outcome that investors were hoping for Edmodo , which raised $25 million in 2012, boasting that it had 15 million users. Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?).

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

Few corporate brand names in education are as recognizable, and as polarizing, as Pearson, the giant education provider whose reach extends to virtual schools, testing, language training and an array of other areas. Fallon described the scope of the company’s reach in different areas of K-12, higher education, and professional training.

Common Core 76

Common Core Pearson Resources Company 76

edWeb.net

JUNE 23, 2021

The “digital signals” of student distress led to an all-staff training on trauma-informed practices to help students in their time of need. Leadership roles include core infrastructure, enterprise services, co-leading a personalized learning initiative with 1,000+ teachers, and co-leading global learning analytics collaborative.

Khan Academy 53

Khan Academy Data Industry Learning Analytics 53

Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

You hear a lot of these sorts of proclamations when it comes to “personalized learning,” which is (increasingly) frequently invoked in direct opposition to some imagined or invented version of learning in the present or in the past.

Personalized Learning 83

Personalized Learning Learning Course Handbook 83

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

As we wrapped up 2020, we thought for sure that 2021 might bring us a reprieve from pandemic learning. Virtual and hybrid learning continued into the spring, but then classrooms welcomed back students for full-time in-person learning in the fall. Well, it did–but it also didn’t. billion by 2022.

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EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 113

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

” Via Education Week : “ Teach For America Ends Pre-Training Pilot Focused on Cultural Competency.” ” Via Backchannel : “‘We Will Literally Predict Their Life Outcomes’ – Scientist Vivienne Ming says she can foretell a child’s earning potential, happiness, even longevity.

Education 52

Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Perhaps the district didn’t know what New York City learned when it audited its old data portal : it found that less than 3% of parents had ever logged in. There are a variety of reasons for this: language barriers, lack of Internet access, incompatible devices, lack of training. Brain Training. Course Signals. You're sexist.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

” Via The New York Times : “ Navy Orders New Training After Deadly Ship Collisions.” ” Apparently watching CD-ROMs isn’t sufficient training for driving Navy destroyers. The Business of Job Training. ” The tech industry is still bullish on the business of tech training nonetheless.

Education 48

Education Facebook Company Robotics 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 10, 2017

More data collection will improve student learning and student outcomes. ” It will enable “personalization.” ” “The Higher Ed Learning Revolution,” as NPR put it: Tracking Each Student’s Every Move.“ Biases based on the training data.

Data 78

Data Education Software Social Media 78

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

The Business of Job Training and Job Placement. “The Growing Role of Technology in Personalized Learning ,” according to KQED’s Mindshift. Most certainly food for thought touting the power of “ learning analytics.” ” That’d be Hugo Barra , a former Google exec.

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40