eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Educational apps and games can make learning more enjoyable, transforming educational content into interactive and game-like experiences that motivate students to explore and master new concepts. This personalization enhances the effectiveness of teaching by catering to each student’s pace and learning preferences.

Technology 52

Technology Tools Learning EdTech 52

Bryan Alexander

AUGUST 17, 2018

A little farther out (2-3 years) are “Adaptive Learning Technologies” and AI, which makes sense given the state of play in those fields. Further along (4-5 years) are mixed reality and robotics. But are makerspaces still growing in higher ed, or have they plateaued?

Report 46

Report Trends Robotics OER 46

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

ALEKS PPL is an adaptive placement solution that assesses what students already know, what they are ready to learn next, and provides students with the opportunity to improve their placement scores through an individualized, adaptive learning path in the ALEKS Prep and Learning Module.

Tools 75

Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 75

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

The series provides grade-appropriate literary, science and social studies content and each book contains a text at a higher level with extra support to expedite students’ achievement. The integration will enable teachers to use Renaissance Star 360 assessment data to accurately place students into FuelEd’s Stride adaptive learning solution.

Blackboard 74

Blackboard Epson Pearson STEM 74

Bryan Alexander

AUGUST 17, 2018

A little farther out (2-3 years) are “Adaptive Learning Technologies” and AI, which makes sense given the state of play in those fields. Further along (4-5 years) are mixed reality and robotics. But are makerspaces still growing in higher ed, or have they plateaued?

Report 40

Report Trends Robotics OER 40

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Can a robot be whimsical? Earlier this fall, Corey Mohn , President and Executive Director of CAPS Network , had recommended to our Deeper Learning Team a book that was just published in 2021 Running with Robots: The American High School's Third Century by Greg Toppo and Jim Tracy.

Education 97

Education Robotics Assessment Examples 97

Hack Education

JUNE 15, 2017

Perhaps we might recognize, as we wait to see if Mattel’s or Clayton Christensen’s predictions about the future come true, that this fantasy of the robot companion or caretaker has its own, long history – stories that elicit fear as often as comfort. Maybe they’ll change how we think about robots.

Robotics 69

Robotics Company Technology Conference 69

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

In his 2017 book Platform Capitalism , Nick Srnicek posits that platforms are poised to become the fundamental business model of our digital world – key to the new economy, clearly, but also key to political and social systems (and what these will become under the control of these powerful technology companies).

Technology 63

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 63

Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2016

Despite the press coverage – the funding announcement was made on Oprah – things didn’t really go as planned , as journalist Dale Russakoff has recounted in her 2015 book The Prize. There’s also Gorilla Mindset , a book written by alt-right meme-maker Mike Cernovich, just to show how terrible the concept can get.).

Technology 75

Technology Pearson Education Facebook 75

Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2018

Amazing what reading a book will do for you. Here’s Edsurge : “Udacity VP of Learning: ‘We Never Start Anything Out of Academic Interest’ ” Here’s Techcrunch : “Udacity introduces real robots and virtual words to help students build skills.” State and Local) Education Politics.

Education 45

Education Robotics iPad Company 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

” Note the significant difference in language in this headline from The Verge , for example – “ Harvard’s Root robot teaches kids how to code ” – and the way in which Seymour would describe the LOGO Turtle – that students would using programming to teach the robot. Read Mindstorms.

Technology 89

Technology Education Microsoft Industry 89

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

“ Marvel Announces Science, Tech, and Math-Devoted Comic Book Covers,” Popular Science reports. The privacy-violating hashtag #whatIwishmyteacherknew has been turned into a book, so that the teacher behind this can profit from her students’ struggles. Robots probably won’t take your jobs.

Education 53

Education Coursera Elsevier MOOC 53

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. The “adaptive learning” company has raised $23.5 She’s also written a new book on parenting and “screens.” When it’s strapped to your face, it’s Wild Immersion. ” (Venture) Philanthropy and the Business of Education Reform.

Lenovo 52

Lenovo Education Facebook MOOC 52

Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

” The winners of this year’s Pulitzer Prizes include Harvard University’s Matthew Desmond for his book Evicted and the Salt Lake Tribune’s staff for its reporting on sexual assault at BYU. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The adaptive learning company has raised $16 million total.

Education 44

Education E-rate MOOC Data 44

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

” Melinda Anderson talks to Beverly Daniel Tatum about the 20th anniversary of her book Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? She’s out with a new book, The New Education: How To Revolutionize the University To Prepare Students for a World in Flux. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

Education 46

Education Broadband Company Data 46

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Via Campus Technology : “ McGraw-Hill Education Launches Textbook and E-Book Rental Program.” I’ve got all the “learn-to-code” news in the job training section, because let’s be honest… Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Don’t be ridiculous. What Should We Teach?”

Education 47

Education Company Data Elsevier 47

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

” According to WCET , “Developing Effective Courses Using Adaptive Learning Begins with Proper Alignment.” ” Via Getting Smart : “ Virtual and Augmented Reality in Personalized Learning.” ” Tom Vander Ark lists “ 15 Dimensions of Personalized Learning.”

Education 53

Education ProctorU Company Report 53

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” ” From the press release : “ MOOCs and books initiative launched by Springer and Federica Weblearning.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. a month.). .” ” Oh.

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

Via The Washington Post : “ A South Carolina school district just abolished snow days – and will make students learn online.” Or just have them read a book. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. DreamBox Learning has raised $130 million from The Rise Fund. ” JFC. million total.

Education 43

Education Pearson Company Blackboard 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The story examined a proposed practice: “Colleges require students to pay a course-materials fee, which would be used to buy e-books for all of them (whatever text the professor recommends, just as in the old model).” And digital bits have replaced the need to cut down trees to make paper and waste ink to create those books.”

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

“Imagine Discovering That Your Teaching Assistant Really Is a Robot ,” says The Wall Street Journal in a story about “Jill Watson” (of course it’s a female name), an automated teaching assistant at Georgia Tech. From the HR Department. Because ed-tech is not science. It's religion.

Education 53

Education Pearson Report MOOC 53

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

Inside Higher Ed reports that “ National University is working to create a personalized education platform that combines three of the buzziest innovations in higher education – adaptive learning, competency-based learning and predictive analytics for student retention.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

Khan Academy 46

Khan Academy Elsevier Education MOOC 46