Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2020

Online learning—often touted as an up-and-coming way of delivering education—took its place on the world stage as the de facto model, regardless of how prepared students, employees and educators were for the experience. Employers enacted broad layoffs and unemployment claims in the U.S. have reached nearly 46 million.

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Training Education Learning Industry 176

Bryan Alexander

APRIL 7, 2020

What’s the best role for synchronous teaching and learning during a pandemic? Over the past few weeks the switch to wholly online learning has been represented by live video meetings. I know people don’t want to mention Microsoft Teams because it’s Microsoft.

Blackboard 141

Blackboard Education Microsoft Adobe 141

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Key points: Traditional classroom learning is now modernizing Debates remain about online vs. classroom learning Stay up to date on the latest in classroom learning trends Classroom learning remains a cornerstone of education, fostering a dynamic environment where students engage with peers and instructors in real-time.

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Classroom Learning Online Learning Exercises 52

Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2023

A Swedish company called Sana Labs sells a learning-management system that promises to automatically compile courses for internal use by companies. Perhaps the most prominent evidence of that: Microsoft is reportedly considering a $10 billion investment in OpenAI, the company that makes ChatGPT.

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Tools Software Robotics Company 212

Fractus Learning

APRIL 9, 2021

Flipped classroom models empower students to do classroom work at home using multimedia presentations and online learning platform resources. The app integrates with Google Drive, Classroom, and Sign-On, simplifying the online learning environment for Google districts. Microsoft Teams .

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Flipped Classroom Software Tools Classroom 97

Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Through videos, photos, text, and more, these digital portfolios provide evidence of students' learning for all stakeholders (including families) and strengthen school-home connections. Microsoft Teams. Professional learning KQED Education. Classroom management. Teaching Tolerance.

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EdTech OER Tools Microsoft 66

Edsurge

MAY 12, 2020

There are many unknowns such as full start dates, enrollment trends and whether schools will be taught on-campus, online or both,” Brown acknowledged in his remarks. “As Last week, the company announced it is working with an existing client, Simmons University, to create a fully online undergraduate program. What’s ahead?

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Company Chegg EdTech Pearson 112

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Pluralsight—an online IT training provider—has scaled to become an edtech “unicorn,” with a valuation over $1 billion. billion acquisition of Lynda.com in 2015—and LinkedIn’s subsequent acquisition by Microsoft in 2016 for $26 billion—are connected to the new business models in the provision of corporate learning.

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Coursera lynda.com Training MOOC 155

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Margaret Price, a principal design strategist with Microsoft, mentioned a PowerPoint plug-in that provides subtitles in students’ native languages – useful for a teacher leading a class filled with young people from many different places. Subscribe today!

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Robotics Education Microsoft Company 102

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

She reels off the names of four new apps her students have had to learn for their algebra courses. Even students who have done well working virtually don’t love online learning. Taravella High School in Florida, hasn’t wanted to speak up in her large algebra I class that meets on Microsoft Teams.

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STEM Report Course Study 128

Bryan Alexander

APRIL 7, 2020

What’s the best role for synchronous teaching and learning during a pandemic? Over the past few weeks the switch to wholly online learning has been represented by live video meetings. I know people don’t want to mention Microsoft Teams because it’s Microsoft.

Blackboard 52

Blackboard Microsoft Education Adobe 52

TeacherCast

DECEMBER 16, 2015

We now have higher education that is entirely online. I recently completed a Masters degree while working full-time and taking a full load because online learning is so flexible. When a parent or guardian peeks through a classroom window and sees a room full of students plugged into computers, they don’t see learning.

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Personalized Learning Adaptive Learning Learning Laptops 68

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

MindShift

JULY 13, 2021

She reels off the names of four new apps her students have had to learn for their algebra courses. Even students who have done well working virtually don’t love online learning. Taravella High School in Florida, hasn’t wanted to speak up in her large algebra I class that meets on Microsoft Teams.

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How To STEM Course Exercises 43

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

What’s different about the trend today is that educational technology companies are eagerly marketing software under the “personalized learning” label. KIPP Morial, a school in New Orleans East, exemplifies how the personalized learning trend rolled out in charters across the Crescent City. DeVonté Trask, 11.

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Personalized Learning Software Data Report 99

The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

If you need to hear a positive outlook and some inspiration about distance/hybrid learning right now, I think you’ll really enjoy this conversation. On teacher clarity in online learning: We have to make sure we’re communicating with students and their families about when they need to be on and what they need to be doing.

Learning 52

Learning Trends Elementary Groups 52

The Cornerstone for Teachers

AUGUST 16, 2020

Small group discussion (via Microsoft Teams or Zoom breakouts). Kahoot group learning + review games. It’s important not to overwhelm yourself — or your students — by using too many different tech tools right away, particularly if you or your students are inexperienced with online learning/assignment submission.

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How To Meeting Video Groups 96

Edsurge

MAY 24, 2019

When executives at tech giants Salesforce and Microsoft decided in fall 2017 to turn to an online education platform to help train potential users of products for their vendors, they turned to Pierre Dubuc and his team in fall 2017. About 60 percent said they spend more of their budget on online learning compared to last year.

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MOOC Coursera Microsoft Industry 144

Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

” Can people please read Seymour Papert before launching their learn-to-code product and/or writing PR for it? There hadn’t been any education IPOs this year until China Online Education Group ’s this week. Microsoft announced it would make its largest acquisition ever, buying LinkedIn for $26.2

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Education Coursera Microsoft Company 49

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Here’s what they had to say: The demand for online learning will continue to grow in 2022 and possibly lead to the creation of virtual schools, which would introduce new AR and VR learning processes. The classroom experience will include increased technology and personalized learning. Territorium. I think that’s exciting.

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EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 117

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Here’s what they had to say: The demand for online learning will continue to grow in 2022 and possibly lead to the creation of virtual schools, which would introduce new AR and VR learning processes. The classroom experience will include increased technology and personalized learning. Territorium. I think that’s exciting.

EdTech 145

EdTech Learning Data Classroom 145

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Microsoft had a media event this week. Via The New York Times : “Microsoft Looks to Regain Lost Ground in the Classroom.” ” “Microsoft’s new education push plays to its strengths, the cheap and familiar,” says Techcrunch. Here is the Microsoft blog post announcing its new products.

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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

I’m also curious how this news – again, I’m not sure two closures are really a “trend” – will affect student loan startups. ” On Tuesday a court dismissed a petition by Ashford Universit y (owned by Bridgepoint Education ) to allow its online programs to be eligible for GI Bill benefits.

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Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Tony Bates looks at “Brexit and online learning in Europe.” Microsoft must’ve paid the big bucks to have this announced at the opening session: “ISTE and Microsoft collaborate to provide new school planning and professional learning resources.” Priorities. ” B t.

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MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. Ferreira’s new startup was just featured in a glowing New York Times article promising, once again, that machine learning and AI are going to revolutionize education. Coding Bootcamps.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Facebook , an Online Learning Platform?” ” Via Edsurge : “Now Any Organization Can Create Content for LinkedIn Learning.” ” “The Case for Learning Platform Grade Book ” by Mindwire Consulting’s Michael Feldstein. Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

” Trends to watch: Chinese investment in ed-tech. ” Trends to watch: investors’ interest in English language learning (software). ” Trends to watch: the demise of journalism. .” ” Trends to watch: investors’ interest in English language learning (software).

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Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Princeton University and Microsoft have joined together to file a lawsuit against President Trump’s rescinding of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. ” Via Education Week : “For Online Schools , Unique Challenges in Serving Transgender Students.”

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Education Facebook Company Report 45

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

” Via McClatchy DC : “Forced to watch child porn for their job, Microsoft employees developed PTSD, they say.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” edX is offering an online master’s degree with Georgia Tech : an OMS (online master’s in science) in Analytics.

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MOOC Education Robotics Report 40

Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

” After someone noticed that Microsoft had boasted that it was working with ICE , Nitasha Tiku says that “Microsoft’s Ethical Reckoning Is Here.” ” Via the Journal Sentinel : “More than 300 Kettle Moraine parents sign petition against online learning platform.” million total.

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Education Microsoft MOOC Coursera 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2016

” Via The Hechinger Report : “ Mississippi defies national trend; decreases scrutiny of early child care quality.” ” Via Edsurge : “ Online Learning Consortium Releases New Scorecards to Evaluate Digital Classes.” Here’s another trend to watch: how jail tech and ed-tech will merge.

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Education Report E-rate Company 40