Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2017

Discovering MOOCs in 2012 lit a fire under me. Try building a MOOC to meet that challenge—I’d love to read about it! A recent piece by Ellen Wexler, one of our contributing writers, serves as a strong example of the kind of stories we’re drawn to at EdSurge, though. The interview, “ Why U.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2019

One example is Great Hill Partners, which invested in Examity in April. Knewton, an adaptive learning engine that became a digital courseware company, was reportedly bought by Wiley for way less than it raised. Last year, Great Hill also put in $110 million in Connexeo , a provider of school administration and payment software.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2017

We focus on technology in education, and these days there’s a lot of talk about trends like adaptive learning and flipped classrooms. How helpful do you think these types of tech innovations will be, or can a low-tech solution be more helpful? I think technology's just a tool, and so technology alone isn't going to solve problems.

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Training Flipped Classroom Study Trends 141

Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

A researcher, theorist, educator, Siemens is the digital learning guy. He’s credited with co-teaching the first MOOC in 2008, introduced the theory of “connectivism”—the idea that knowledge is distributed across digital networks—and spearheaded research projects about the role of data and analytics in education.

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Digital Learning Technology MOOC Learning Analytics 60

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2017

He’s never been a fan of digital textbooks or MOOCs.) Andela and Guild Education are prime examples of companies he would have liked to invest in. Particularly disappointing to Greenfield are “adaptive learning” tools that aim to deliver customized content to learners based on data collected from their performance.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 15, 2015

MOOCs, for example, have provided some of the most exciting and worthwhile developments within education technology in the past couple decades. When the only data coming from engagement with a MOOC is how much video someone has watched, we are a far cry from truly adding value to the learning side of the equation.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) ” MOOCs looked – for a short while, at least – like they were going to pivot to become LMSes. It heavily courts educators through its certification programs, for example.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 63

TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

So self-guided inquiry-based and mobile learning. Adaptive learning apps. Learning simulations. Learning here becomes less about curriculum and more about possibility. The cost of starting a company has gone down because there are online tools you can use for free. I can see that happening with school.

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Wired Campus

APRIL 30, 2015

So, for example, a lot of teachers love to use Quizlet, which is a great company — they build these really complicated quizzes, really interesting stuff, and you can just take those and bring them right into the Versal course. Freedman: I love where you started with the criticism of the MOOCs. Freund: It can get quite sophisticated.

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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. Only “1.86

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Technology Education Microsoft Industry 89

Hack Education

MAY 26, 2016

What are MOOCs, for example? What are virtual learning environments? What is “adaptive learning” (something that Mindwire Consulting’s Michael Feldstein has already suggested features its share of “snake oil” salesmen)? What are we promising? What else is really a humbug?

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). It’s another great example of why people who call for “ Uber for Education ” are probably pretty shady. The English-language-learning company has raised $608 million total. More funding for coding schools in the venture capital section below.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Just a few weeks after Daphne Koller ’s announcement she was leaving the MOOC startup she co-founded, Coursera unveiled “ Coursera for Business ” this week, marking its pivot from “democratizing higher ed” to “ training corporate employees.”

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). In related MOOC news, there's more on “ nanodegrees ” in the “credentialing” section below. ” The story above is just one recent example of technology entrepreneurs making claims that do not “add up.” ” See also: Theranos.

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Education Pearson Report MOOC 53

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via The Washington Post : “ A South Carolina school district just abolished snow days – and will make students learn online.” DreamBox Learning has raised $130 million from The Rise Fund. The adaptive learning company has raised $175.6

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Education Pearson Company Blackboard 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

On video games , for example – yes, that old canard. ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). The “ invisible ” “adaptive learning” company has raised $38.7 .” “Courageous Grieving and The Tragedy In Parkland ” by Virginia Heffernan in Wired.

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Education Company Data Elsevier 47

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “That Hilarious Tweet About an Instructor’s Big Mistake? ” It’s full of examples of lecturing, but now that they’re recorded as videos somehow it’s innovation. Almost Certainly Fake.”

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Education Broadband Company Data 46

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). The adaptive learning company has raised $4.57 “Examining ethical and privacy issues surrounding learning analytics ” by Tony Bates. .” From this article, I learned that Sal Khan earns more than $540,000 a year. Cogbooks has raised £1.25

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Coursera Education E-rate Company 61

Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” The LA Times asks , “ In this digital self-help age, just how effective are MasterClass ’s A-list celebrity workshops?” Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “ Adaptive Learning Products Gain Ground in K–12, Market Survey Finds.”

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