Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

Cali Morrison added: “I define CBE as personalized pace, mastery-based learning where students demonstrate mastery through authentic assessment and progress as they learn rather than after a set amount of time.”. An assessment that shows knowledge, skill and abilities in context will be a valuable asset,” she tweeted.

Digital Badges 68

Digital Badges Education Secondary Assessment 68

Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Secondary schools can only take in 36 percent of students who finish primary school. Humanity’s future may well be in Africa, where 60 percent of the population are under the age of 25. Yet their prospects are perilous. In 2012, 30 million primary-age children (or 1 out of 5) in sub-Saharan Africa did not attend any school.

EdTech 96

EdTech Pearson Company Industry 96

Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

Thirty percent of the company’s revenues come from assessments of one kind or another, which includes professional certification and apprenticeship programs, as well as summative exams. Pearson was recently faulted by New Jersey state officials for a disruption of that state’s assessments.].

Common Core 76

Common Core Pearson Resources Company 76

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Policymakers will be looking to leverage their existing data sources to better understand those trends and the remaining gaps, and they will continue to look for innovative approaches to learning and ways to assess the needs of students. I can see a world where we overcorrect, however, and start to view it in a very narrow way.

Trends 144

Trends EdTech Industry Data 144

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Policymakers will be looking to leverage their existing data sources to better understand those trends and the remaining gaps, and they will continue to look for innovative approaches to learning and ways to assess the needs of students. I can see a world where we overcorrect, however, and start to view it in a very narrow way.

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

million in venture capital from high profile names like LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and from firms active in ed-tech investing such as Learn Capital. Pearson promises “personalization” through its “adaptive learning” products, for example. (It The company has raised some $77.5

Technology 63

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 63

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Assessment, Engagement and Ethics Basualto: As I entered the school year, I was interested in leveraging AI in the classroom beyond content generation. I was eager to learn more about how AI could enhance student assessment and engagement. The integration of AI in education demands a thoughtful approach.

Student Engagement 188

Student Engagement Education Adaptive Learning Personalized Learning 188

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Interactive whiteboards and smart displays facilitate dynamic presentations, fostering visual learning and engagement. Learning management systems (LMS) streamline course administration, enabling educators to organize content, assess student progress, and facilitate online discussions.

Khan Academy 56

Khan Academy Technology Tools LMS 56

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Collaboration is not confined by physical barriers–global learning communities connect and share insights in real-time. Adaptive learning technologies cater to individual needs, optimizing educational paths for diverse learners. However, challenges such as digital inequality and information overload also emerge.

Digital Divide 98

Digital Divide Learning Digital Learning Adaptive Learning 98

eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

The various services and products acquired by consolidators over the last year or two will be integrated into increasingly comprehensive platforms offering instructional content, assessments, and classroom tools all in one place. This tech must support all students so that everyone can learn not only WITH technology, but about it, too.

EdTech 134

EdTech Industry Assessment Data 134

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The Rise of the Low-Cost Tablet & the Promise It May Hold for Learning BYOD: Does It Solve or Does It Worsen K-12 Tech Woes? The bill will be a massive revisions to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Kiwi Crate , a new subscription service for hands-on kids'' activities, announced this week that it has raised $2 million.

Knewton 43

Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

The various services and products acquired by consolidators over the last year or two will be integrated into increasingly comprehensive platforms offering instructional content, assessments, and classroom tools all in one place. This tech must support all students so that everyone can learn not only WITH technology, but about it, too. .

EdTech 69

EdTech Learning Industry Data 69

Wired Campus

APRIL 30, 2015

And then lastly a lot of these Learning Gadgets allow you to bring in third-party content — so almost anything that exists on the web you can bring right into a Versal course, organize it, organize it in lessons, put assessments in between, and so on. And then for students, what we’re obsessed with is digital adoption.

E-rate 28

E-rate Company Course MOOC 28

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

” MOOC startups like Udacity and Coursera have also rebranded to target this particular post-secondary technical training market. We also see it in many instances of adaptive-learning software. These unaccredited schools argue they’re best positioned to “ close the skills gap.”

Technology 89

Technology Education Microsoft Industry 89

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

Dan Meyer writes “Why Secondary Teachers Don’t Want a GitHub for Lesson Plans,” in a response to Chris Lusto who suggests that we do (or at least “We need GitHub for math curriculum.”) PowerSchool has acquired the LMS Haiku Learning for an undisclosed sum. Data, Privacy, and Surveillance.

Education 49

Education MOOC Company Report 49

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Despite predictions that badges would be the “ new credential ” and that we were looking at a “ Future Full of Badges ,” it’s not clear that digital badges have provided us with a really meaningful way to assess skills or expertise. He told NPR in 2015 that Knewton’s adaptive learning software was a “mind-reading robo tutor in the sky.”

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

The “nation’s report card” is the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP. ” I’m more interested in hearing about segregation and state laws in Mississippi than the adaptive learning software a school is using. Students In Visual Arts , Music ,” NPR reports. ” Oh.

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47