Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Knewton drew heaps of hype and investment by promising to provide artificial-intelligence technology to major textbook companies to make their content more adaptive. But in the past few years the company has suffered several setbacks—along with mounting criticism that its founding CEO, Jose Ferreira, overhyped its technology.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2019

I stood facing the drone, about to face-off with a little robot. The drone was part of a demonstration of the powerful technology that the neuroinfomatics company EMOTIV offered at a conference on the power of technology and education. My mind-control-drone-moving experience was nothing like this.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 7, 2016

When third-year students in strategy classes at BI Norwegian Business School have a question about their assignments next semester, odds are a robot will provide their answer. They were surprised to find out at the end of the semester that Jill Watson, powered by IBM’s cognitive computing technology, had been answering their questions.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

based company now touts itself as a provider of adaptive-learning technologies for educational content providers. Kidaptive has also applied its technology to a game, Fish Force , developed by PBS KIDS, WGBH and CREEST, an assessment research group at the University of California in Los Angeles. We’re entirely invisible,” he adds. “If

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Yesterday, the New York-based company announced that Ryan Prichard, who has been with the company since July 2012, most recently as Chief Technology Officer, will assume the CEO position. Knewton initially applied this technology to test prep content “to convince people that our data-driven recommendations would stand,” says Ferreira.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

From facial-recognition cameras to web and social media filtering software, surveillance technologies are finding their foothold in schools across America. Companies include an AI robot, student incubator and a startup called Pie for Providers. Ostensibly these tools are for the greater good—keeping kids safe. Tuesday, March 5, 4 p.m.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 22, 2018

A geek at heart, Julie mentors FIRST robotics teams in her free time. While he began his career in biomedical engineering, he has followed his passion for education by focusing on using technology to build innovative K-12 curricula. Pearson, littleBits, and the New York City Department of Education. He received his Ph.D.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2018

Pearson, for example, was founded (albeit as a construction company) in 1844 and acquired along the long history various textbook publishing companies which have also been around since the turn of the twentieth century. And it might be the trying that we should focus on as much as the technology. Not for lack of trying, no doubt.

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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. Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2017

Yes, working actively to erode the student-faculty relationship—or worse, somehow obviate the faculty role—by trying to create “ a robot tutor in the sky that can semi-read your mind ” is entirely wrong-headed. Yes, leasing students temporary access to OER locked inside a platform, only to shut them out at the end of term, is ridiculous.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

ALMA START ( www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies launched an enrollment and admissions management tool called Alma Start. As part of this collaboration, ReadSpeaker’s text-to-speech technology will also be integrated within Blackboard Ally as an offline audio alternative for course content.

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

Bubble Bot walks students through creating a bubble-blowing robot and a Fan of Fortune. Compatibility: The pieces are perfectly sized for small vehicles, robots, figurines, or balls to navigate the maze. FABRICATION WITH TECHNOLOGY Name: mPie Made by: Microduino, Inc. Thirty maze challenge cards are also included.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Karen Blumberg Technology Integrator The School at Columbia University BIO : Karen Blumberg is an educational technologist at The School at Columbia University working with faculty and students to integrate technology academically, respectfully, and responsibly. Our students are children of technology and the web.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

School Psychology Doctoral Candidate and Intern, CEO STEMx: Stemulating Teaching with Emerging Technology Methodologies - Simulation vs. Virtual Learning Environments - Dr. Nicole Simon, Assistant Professor Engineering/Physics/Technology Dept.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Several months ago, I started to jot down ideas about what I'd cover in my annual review of what's happened over the course of the past 12 months in the field / industry /promotion of education technology. Pearson sold its US K-12 curriculum business for $250 million. Of course, the latter is just wishful thinking.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2019

The employee also claimed that Pi-Top is in talks with Pearson for an investment or possible sale of some or all of the company. Buchesky says the company vets all credible proposals for new capital and potential exit opportunities, declining to comment specifically on the Pearson claim.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Anxiety over the influence of technology in schools, as in our lives, is an old story — but one made painfully acute by the glowing smartphone on which you may be reading this article. Gist: Our goal is to be the first state to fully blend technology into all schools.

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Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “Publishers Wiley , Cengage , Pearson and McGraw-Hill Education have won a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a seller of fake textbooks ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2017

And indeed, according to my calculations too, the amount of money invested in education technology companies is up from this time last year and up from this time in 2015 as well. MakeBlock (robotics) – $30 million. And 2015 was a record-setting year for ed-tech investment.). BYJU’s (test prep) – $30 million.

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Hack Education

JUNE 1, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via TPM : “No Test Left Behind – How Pearson Made a Killing on the US Testing Craze.” ” “The Theranos Story and Education Technology” by John Warner. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Education Kaplan Robotics Schoology 47

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

One of education technologies’s greatest luminaries passed away this year. It’s all of our loss, really, as too many in education technology happily reduce the potential of computer programming as an epistemological endeavor to a market for new products. This is part six of my annual review of the year in ed-tech.

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Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Via The Hindu Business Line : “ Pearson India set to launch K–12 online private school.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “ Imagine how great universities could be without all those human teachers ,” says Quartz , lauding the fantasy that robots will replace teachers. ” EVERYONE!

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Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

I love this headline from Campus Technology , which echoes the wise words of Bill and Ted from their excellent adventure: “ Ed Tech Changes … and Stays the Same.” ” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Very thorough research, gj.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

” “ Pearson , WTF? Via The MIT Technology Review : “Finally, a Useful Application for VR: Training Employees.” ” “ Coding Boot Camps Are in Trouble, but New York City Has a Plan to Shape Them Up,” says MIT Technology Review. (“The Plan” is really more of “ a report.”).

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Hack Education

AUGUST 25, 2017

Inside Higher Ed notes that the new GI Bill signed by President Trump “includes a $75 million program to let military veterans use federal benefits for technology courses through noncollege providers – another potential challenge to traditional higher ed.” Via MIT Technology Review : “The Myth of the Skills Gap.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

” Via The Intercept : “These Are the Technology Firms Lining Up to Build Trump’s ‘Extreme Vetting’ Program.” “​ Pearson to Lay Off 3,000 More Employees,” says Edsurge. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Impero Software has been acquired by Investment Technology Partners which paid $36.3

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via the MIT Technology Review : “ Walmart will use VR headsets to train all its US employees.” ” “ University of Oregon to Launch Coding Bootcamp,” says the Campus Technology headline. Sounds good.

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Education MOOC Pearson Blackboard 58

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” “ VR is the US Olympic ski team ’s secret weapon,” says MIT Technology Review. ” asks MIT Technology Review. There were also a number of stories on banning technology this week. Then it re-opened.

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Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

“technologizing” the government. ” The publishers in question are Cengage , McGraw-Hill , and Pearson. Testing, Testing… Via Chalkbeat : “Calculator mix-up could force some students to retake ISTEP, and Pearson is partially to blame.” ” The testing firm in question: Pearson.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Or rather I’ve never believed the hype that we should put all our faith in, rest all our hope on technology. I’ve had a sinking feeling in my stomach about the future of education technology long before Americans – 26% of them, at least – selected Donald Trump as our next President.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via Edsurge : “ Pearson ’s Former Product Chief Reflects on the 4 Megatrends Shaping Global Education.” ” Shocking, I know, but apparently “technology” is a “megatrend.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Via Campus Technology : “ Southern New Hampshire U Issues Blockchain Credentials to College for America Grads.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Apologies that this week this article is a day late.

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Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via The MIT Technology Review : “ MIT severs ties to company promoting fatal brain uploading.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. National) Education Politics. Corwin has acquired Cognition Education Group.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

And this prompted me to update my list of education / technology companies that are ALEC members.). “Equipping people to stay ahead of technological change ,” according to The Economist. ” Via Campus Technology : “ Pearson to Lower Cost of E-Books, Textbooks.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

” Via Campus Technology : “ Southern New Hampshire U to launch Competency-Based Master’s in Online Ed.” ” Via Campus Technology : “ Unizin Partners with edX , Cengage.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via the AP : “ Fisher-Price recalls 65,000 baby seats due to fire hazard.”

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

“ Y Combinator MOOC for Tech Startups Attracts Thousands of Views,” says Campus Technology. ” Nope, robots will not be doing this job of content moderation , as Facebook recently boasted at its developer conference. Techcrunch lists 11 technologies that “want to hack your brain.” ” Sigh. .”

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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. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. Um, they do.)

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