Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 29, 2015

What can we expect in 2016 from the intersection of technology and education? Online learning, or the teaching formerly knows as “distance learning” Will this keep growing? Skepticism about the quality of online learning could migrate to the general population. That should extend into 2016.

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Trends Technology MOOC Education 40

Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 25, 2016

The program will begin with selected ventures in May 2016. TAL Invests in Knewton: TAL Education Group (NYSE: XRS ), a K-12 after-school tutoring services provider in China, announced a strategic investment in New York-based Knewton , a global provider of adaptive learning products. The Aspire Accelerator application is open thru Feb.

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Knewton Kaplan Learning Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

But LMS providers have sought to extend the functionality of their products, acquiring other companies that offered administratively adjacent features and extracting more data from students’ and professors’ activities online than was contained in the original SIS. billion for 2016, the largest loss in its history.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 63

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Stories From Previous Years: Here are some of the stories that got us to where we are today: The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2016. Learning to Code. Education Data and Learning Analytics. Online Learning. Mobile Learning. Social Learning, Social Networks. Wishful Thinking. The Business of Ed-tech.

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Technology MOOC Trends Khan Academy 60

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

This year feels different too than the previous years in which I’ve written these reviews because education technology – as an industry – sort of floundered in 2016, as I think my series will show. Learning to Code. Education Data and Learning Analytics. Online Learning. Mobile Learning.

Trends 40

Trends MOOC Khan Academy Maker Movement 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The startup was later sold to Valore Education in 2015 , which was in turn acquired by Follett in 2016 , which in turn shut down the Boundless site in 2017. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

Congratulations, Class of 2016 , from The New Yorker: this week's new yorker cover is ruthless pic.twitter.com/B7UUvkPbir — adam hamze حمزة (@adamhamz) May 24, 2016. ” From the NASBE : “Trends in Student Data Privacy Bills in 2016.” Commencement and Awards.

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