Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2018

billion in 2014, it bought out TeacherGaming’s rights and created its own version two years later. The company creates a curriculum and lesson plans around each game and offers learning analytics, showing how games are being used. After Microsoft acquired Minecraft for $2.5 That marked a momentous turning point for the company.

Microsoft 98

Microsoft Company Common Core Learning Analytics 98

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2014. The Common Core State Standards. Learning to Code. Education Data and Learning Analytics. Social Media, Campus Activism, and Free Speech. Indie Ed-Tech. The Business of Ed-Tech. The Business of Ed-tech. School and “Skills” MOOCS, Outsourcing, and Online Education.

Technology 60

Technology MOOC Trends Khan Academy 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Michael Feldstein argued that the “meaninglessness” of Purdue’s claims were important for the ed-tech community to grapple with, in no small part because many other learning analytics systems had been modeled on the Course Signals work.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

” Via Chalkbeat : “They rejected multi-state Common Core exams. ” [Insert Course Signals learning analytics joke here.]. Via the AP : “The number of 3- and 4-year-olds in state-funded classrooms rose slightly during the 2014–15 school year to almost 1.4 – this time in science.

Education 53

Education Pearson Report MOOC 53

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2014. The Common Core State Standards. Learning to Code. Education Data and Learning Analytics. Social Media, Campus Activism, and Free Speech. Indie Ed-Tech. The Business of Ed-Tech. The Business of Ed-tech. School and “Skills” MOOCS, Outsourcing, and Online Education.

Trends 40

Trends MOOC Khan Academy Maker Movement 40