eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

.” Those who enroll in Ancora High School will complete their coursework 100% online via McGraw Hill Connect® and McGraw Hill ALEKS®, two powerful courseware platforms that deliver personalized learning experiences and allow students to learn at their own pace. McGraw Hill Connect® is a complete course platform.

Dropout 115

Dropout Course Assessment Secondary 115

Edsurge

MAY 18, 2017

That’s the argument of Candace Thille, who has a love-distrust relationship with adaptive software. She pioneered the use of adaptive learning in college teaching, starting the Online Learning Initiative at Carnegie Mellon University more than 15 years ago, and she sees how powerful it can be in a classroom.

Software 86

Software Adaptive Learning Company Course 86

Marketplace K-12

OCTOBER 3, 2016

McGraw-Hill Education Acquires Redbird Advanced Learning: McGraw-Hill Education has acquired Redbird Advanced Learning, LLC , a digital personalized learning company that offers courses in K-12 math, language arts and writing and virtual professional development programs for educators, according to a statement.

Company 70

Company Game-Based Learning Mobility Secondary 70

Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

Not everyone in the #DLNchat community was as enthusiastic about the potential of adaptive learning for CBE. Hiding is Q3 is a big assumption about what #CBE learning ought to look like. Keith Bevacqua shared this idea: “Perhaps by archiving full work sets after a course, not just providing a digital badge.

Digital Badges 79

Digital Badges Education Secondary Assessment 79

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

These two challenges are at the heart of why one-room schoolhouses were replaced by age-graded elementary schools and subject-specialist secondary schools. In contrast, many microschools today include mixed age classes but take advantage of new learning technologies to make the small school model more feasible.

Policies 110

Policies Libraries Instructional Materials Secondary 110

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Just before professor Barry Spieler enters the classroom at Montgomery College to teach an introductory statistics course, he looks at a data dashboard and gets a sinking feeling. He sees that few of the students in the course have bothered to do the interactive exercises they were assigned for homework. The mission? At Your Own Pace’.

Software 60

Software Adaptive Learning Smartphone Course 60

Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

We [made] probably the biggest single investment [in the Pearson System of Courses , which] completely rethinks the way that numeracy and literacy are taught in the classroom. Secondary, they will enable what most people in the education world want to see happen.”. they’re not fit for what we need to prepare young people….to

Common Core 76

Common Core Pearson Resources Company 76

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Elizabeth Bassford, Vice President of Content & Implementation, Curriculum Associates As the multidisciplinary nature of astronomy is recognized, schools should look to expand curriculums with more astronomy-focused courses in 2024. The growing space industry requires a diverse workforce beyond the conventional role of engineering.

Trends 144

Trends EdTech Industry Data 144

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The system is a little weird, since you can''t see all of the proposals in one area (they are categorized into primary, secondary, and tertiary blocks based on arbitrary ordering of session submissions by one individual), but here are direct links to panel proposals I made: "School 2.0:

Khan Academy 44

Khan Academy Education STEM Blackboard 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

To believe that would require, of course, that we overlook the role that the major technology platforms – Google, Facebook, and Amazon – play in education. Of course, for this to apply to Pearson, it would have to turn out high quality content. Education’s Proto-Platforms. Big Tech’s Bets.

Technology 63

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 63

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Elizabeth Bassford, Vice President of Content & Implementation, Curriculum Associates As the multidisciplinary nature of astronomy is recognized, schools should look to expand curriculums with more astronomy-focused courses in 2024. The growing space industry requires a diverse workforce beyond the conventional role of engineering.

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The bill will be a massive revisions to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. But this isn''t simply kids playing hopscotch or tag, of course. The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that James Madison University will begin offering credit to online students who complete a 16-week introductory conversational Spanish course.

Knewton 43

Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

Wired Campus

APRIL 30, 2015

So we started Versal to really allow anybody to create online courses, assignments, homework assignments, and so on, and really make it as easy as it is to build a PowerPoint. For that, we invented a concept called Learning Gadgets. Learning Gadgets are almost like little apps. You can create a timeline.

E-rate 28

E-rate Company Course MOOC 28

eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

Students are able to build resources in the education metaverse for their courses and for other teacher’s courses as well. When we returned to the classroom after the challenges of navigating distance learning during COVID, many students had built a wall up as distance learners.

EdTech 136

EdTech Industry Assessment Data 136

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

In the contemporary educational landscape, myriad tools and technologies have become integral to teaching and learning, revolutionizing traditional methods and enriching the educational experience. Interactive whiteboards and smart displays facilitate dynamic presentations, fostering visual learning and engagement.

Khan Academy 59

Khan Academy Technology Tools LMS 59

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

The topic names have been modified “for consistency,” the report’s authors say (although I’m a little unclear about some of these choices – how are “mobile learning,” “tablet computing,” and “bring your own device” separate technological developments? Mobile Learning.

Learning Analytics 69

Learning Analytics LMS Robotics Trends 69

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Students are able to build resources in the education metaverse for their courses and for other teacher’s courses as well. Data Scientist, SchoolStatus When we returned to the classroom after the challenges of navigating distance learning during COVID, many students had built a wall up as distance learners.

EdTech 75

EdTech Learning Industry Data 75

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

” But of course, that’s not quite true: my first introduction to Papert's work was actually a decade earlier, when I sat at an Apple II and taught a Turtle how to move about the screen. .” ” This argument is, of course, ridiculously daft, as “the liberal arts” has historically included math and science.

Technology 89

Technology Education Microsoft Industry 89

Hack Education

MAY 26, 2016

That pronoun “we,” of course, is used in turn both broadly and narrowly, to include and exclude. Yeats’ poem “Easter, 1916,” of course – but opted, thanks to Donald Trump, to invoke a different, more apocalyptic Yeats. So the title of this talk is “The Rough Beasts of Ed-Tech” instead.

Conference 64

Conference Course MOOC Technology 64

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. Rafter, a course material provider that was an early advocate of and provider for this bundling of textbooks and tuition, closed its doors in 2016 , having raised more than $86 million.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

Humphrey testified that he hired Hubbard on a $7,500-per-month consulting contract to connect him to legislative leaders in other states, as Edgenuity tried to sell digital courses.” Here’s The Chronicle headline from then : “Professor Leaves a MOOC in Mid-Course in Dispute Over Teaching.”)

Education 49

Education MOOC Company Report 49

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

” The Trump Administration is calling it “ restoring Internet freedom ,” because of f **g course. ” Via Newsweek : “ Rand Paul to Teach ‘Dystopian Visions’ Course at George Washington University.” ” (“What do we really know about the value of prekindergarten? .”

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47