Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2022

In similar fashion, problematic edtech companies with grand visions and little follow-through don’t just affect the investors pouring funds into the space; they also potentially put learners into compromising situations. Ultimately, Ferreira stepped down in 2016 , but Knewton didn’t last for long on its own, acquired by Wiley in late 2019.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Here’s a look at the biggest edtech business stories of 2019—the ones that captured the most attention, and the ones that should have your attention. A $157M Fundraise for Guild Education Births Edtech’s Newest Unicorn by Tony Wan Unicorns don’t exist, except when they’re of the billion-dollar valuation variety.

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EdTech Knewton Pearson Coursera 82

Neo LMS

MARCH 16, 2021

Education technology has emerged during this period as an indispensable tool for many schools, enabling students to not only continue their education but thrive with the additional flexibility and personalized support that many online learning platforms provide. Edtech explosion. billion – from 2019 to 2020.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

EdSurge’s managing editor, Tony Wan, will pose these questions to Bill Fitzgerald (New Knowledge), Doug Levin (EdTech Strategies), Courtney Goodsell (Impero Software) and Stephanie Cerda (administrator at Austin Independent School District). But how much surveillance is acceptable, and what are the implications for students’ privacy rights?

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

In the second eye-raising deal for the higher-ed publishing industry in as many weeks, Wiley, a major textbook publisher, has agreed to acquire the assets of Knewton, a provider of digital courseware and adaptive-learning technologies. 1, 2019), the company reported a more than 20-percent decline in this division.

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Knewton OER Industry Adaptive Learning 156

Neo LMS

APRIL 30, 2020

As many brick and mortar schools have closed, many have transitioned into online or distance learning. In the Philippines, the Department of Education (DepEd) has not made a final decision whether to end the school year 2019-2020 or not. It has advised learners and educators to use its online learning platform.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2022

Where traditional textbook publishers once had a stranglehold on the market, they now are struggling to catch up to companies that are native to the digital ecosystem, like Cengage, which had a failed merger with one of the traditional publisher McGraw Hill at the very beginning of the pandemic in 2019.

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Pearson Company Adaptive Learning Report 159

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2017

A venture philanthropy, NewSchools raises funds from donors and reinvests them in people who want to reimagine learning. Right now we are looking for teams of educators, edtech entrepreneurs, and diversity-focused education leaders across the nation.

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ASIDE

JULY 25, 2019

Source: Building Learning Communities 2019 That’s why the Building Learning Communities (BLC) conference from November Learning is one of our annual favorites. Source: ASIDE 2019 In his South African school district, they use the notion of a “ social cohesion.” Cohesion" refers to unity and solidarity.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2018

The company that set the bar for hyping adaptive-learning technology has had to adapt to new leadership and a new business model. Brian Kibby, CEO of Knewton Getting into the courseware business marks a major pivot for the New York City-based company, which originally licensed its adaptive learning technology to publishers.

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Knewton OER Pearson Adaptive Learning 71

eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2020

“We appreciate EdReports for recognizing the high-quality of our entire enVision K-12 math series,” said Savvas Learning Company CEO Bethlam Forsa. Teaching with high-quality instructional materials has a direct impact on student learning outcomes. enVision ® Integrated Mathematics Common Core © 2019.

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Common Core Instructional Materials Company Adaptive Learning 56

Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Adorable animal characters will guide children through lessons, and the adaptive learning path will customize their experience to help them master skills. 19, 2019 , and will close on Dec. Learn more and see the course curriculum. Completely updated and redesigned for 2019! © Shake Up Learning 2019.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

A decade ago, I was a high school English teacher blissfully naive to what radical changes were coming thanks to edtech. In February 2019, an IBM AI supercomputer named "Project Debater" was pitted in a competition against a human national debate champion Harish Natarajan. Recently I wrote " What If Your Co-Teacher is a Computer?

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Education Robotics Assessment Examples 97

MIND Research Institute

JUNE 18, 2020

The Rutherford et al report itself stated that measuring the success of edtech programs by test scores alone is not enough, acknowledging that “researchers must understand the mechanisms through which these programs work.”. Rutherford et al, Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2019. The Findings.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JULY 10, 2022

For long organizations have been using Learning Management Systems (LMSs) but as training requirements started changing, there was a strong realization of the need for a more diverse and robust learning environment. The environments together with the unique types of experiences create a Learning Experience Platform (LXP).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The last half of WeWork’s 2019 was an unmitigated disaster. He told NPR in 2015 that Knewton’s adaptive learning software was a “mind-reading robo tutor in the sky.” Common Wood Pigeon. WeGrow and WeWork.

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