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Online Learning's 'Greatest Hits'

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Online learning is not just another edtech product, but an innovative teaching practice." Designed to adjust in real-time to each student's prior knowledge and skill attainment, adaptive systems respond to variations in ability and diverse student backgrounds, sensitive to the the unique needs of each learner.

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COVID-19 Is Accelerating the Digital Blending of Working and Learning

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It seems certain that more professional learning will happen outside of traditional institutions and campuses – especially if colleges fail to adapt. Learning is increasingly happening in the workplace, or “ in the flow of work.” Career-oriented lifelong learning is now even more of a societal and economic imperative.

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Speak Up, Speak Out! The Student Voices That Stirred Higher Ed in 2016

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We argued about adaptive-learning technologies or interviewed senior advisors in the Department of Education, and wrote essays asking, “ Do virtual environments hinder democratic participation? ” “ Why adaptive learning? ” The Hechinger Report). If Credits Don’t Reflect What I Learn, What Does?

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?HigherEd Year in Review: What We’ve Learned (and Loved) in Our First 365 Days

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went straight to our podcast, which has had a fresh resurgence with the last year of higher education reporting through our newsletter, Next. Discovering MOOCs in 2012 lit a fire under me. Try building a MOOC to meet that challenge—I’d love to read about it! The interview, “ Why U. How can edtech help students be more human?

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?A Starter Kit for Instructional Designers

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A 2016 report funded by the Gates Foundation found that in the U.S. Check out the list of global MOOC platforms curated by Class Central, but realize there are entirely different ecosystems of platforms that specialize in corporate training or adaptive learning. alone, there are 13,000 instructional designers.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

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When I first started working as a tech reporter, I assumed – naively – that venture capitalists were smart people who did thorough research before funding a company. DreamBox Learning (adaptive learning): $130 million. DadaABC (English language learning): $100 million. Knewton (adaptive learning): $182.3

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US Edtech Funding Already Nears $1 Billion in First Half of 2019

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Knewton, an adaptive learning engine that became a digital courseware company, was reportedly bought by Wiley for way less than it raised. The next edtech company to go public isn’t yet known, but multiple investors said they consider Coursera, the top fundraiser of 2019 so far, a strong candidate.

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