Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

DreamBox Learning (adaptive learning): $130 million. DadaABC (English language learning): $100 million. Knewton (adaptive learning): $182.3 Age of Learning (educational apps): $181.5 DreamBox Learning (adaptive learning): $175.6 D2L (learning management system): $165 million.

Trends 96

Trends MOOC Company Edmodo 96

Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Because the brain is a complicated organ; it's embedded in social systems, in cultural systems, and it's constantly learning. From all of your research and careful reading of the literature, what is your biggest piece of advice for teachers—something that might surprise them about how students learn?

Training 141

Training Flipped Classroom Study Trends 141

Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2017

After pointing out that many of the folks who are investigating “personalized learning”—including both MindWires and EdSurge—have received grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the article goes on to quote grantee after grantee saying variations of the same thing: “Meh. Personalized learning, adaptive learning, potato, potahto.

Personalized Learning 60

Personalized Learning Adaptive Learning Learning MOOC 60

TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 20, 2015

The following infographic/cheat sheet from @goboundless outlines some of the larger scale (eLearning) or controversial (MOOC) movements, as well as those on the rise (1:1, personalized learning), and providing working definitions for each. Massive Online Open Courses (MOOC). Blended Learning. Asynchronous Learning.

CMS 40

CMS Technology MOOC Gamification 40

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.

Digital Learning 60

Digital Learning Technology MOOC Learning Analytics 60

TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 15, 2015

The first step is, of course, designing and building better systems to capture this sort of data, which really isn’t being done at scale. More importantly though, as we build these systems, we need to keep the end-goal in mind — better learning, and constructive and actionable feedback for students.

Assessment 40

Assessment MOOC EdTech Data 40

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2017

He’s never been a fan of digital textbooks or MOOCs.) What particularly excites him today are educational services around careers, credentials and content curation that operate outside of the traditional system. Yet for Greenfield, that doesn’t mean taking unnecessary risks. Our model isn’t premised on us investing in unicorns.

EdTech 60

EdTech lynda.com Education Company 60

Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 25, 2015

Today, Gaggle provides our Safe Classroom Learning Management System and Safety Management products for Google Apps for Education or Office 365 to millions of students who are creating, collaborating and sharing in a safe environment. ” Lesson learned #3: Don’t chase trends. The list goes on and on. Most ideas are not new.

EdTech 40

EdTech Differentiated Instruction Gamification MOOC 40

Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 25, 2015

Today, Gaggle provides our Safe Classroom Learning Management System and Safety Management products for Google Apps for Education or Office 365 to millions of students who are creating, collaborating and sharing in a safe environment. ” Lesson learned #3: Don’t chase trends. The list goes on and on. Most ideas are not new.

EdTech 40

EdTech Differentiated Instruction Gamification MOOC 40

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.”) It may be the hardware or the operating system (OS), even a web browser or other underlying software, as long as the program code is executed in it. If so, what are they?

Technology 63

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 63

TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

Adaptive learning platforms and learning algorithms. The adoption of blended learning approaches through learning management systems. MOOCs, nanodegrees, etc. Falling cost of mobile devices, which impacts what’s affordable, who shows up to school with what on their own, school budgets, etc.

Examples 40

Examples Classroom Maker Movement Social Media 40

Wired Campus

APRIL 30, 2015

If you want to track your learners, if you want to see the progress of your learners, if you want to bring in the information from the quizzes into your learning-management systems, then you have to buy. Freedman: I love where you started with the criticism of the MOOCs. So I think you’re focused on the right place.

E-rate 28

E-rate Company Course MOOC 28

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Despite these promising developments, however, vast inequity still persists in the United States education system. We must ask: is designing our next-generation learning tools with such a content-driven focus on academic mastery sufficient to help people break into the middle class, when we know our economy is still so connection-driven ?

Coursera 132

Coursera MOOC Education Khan Academy 132

Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Adaptive courseware. Early warning systems. 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? ” This Mongolian Teenager Aced a MOOC.

Adaptive Learning 92

Adaptive Learning MOOC Trends Report 92

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Perhaps, as developmental psychologist Edith Ackermann argued this year, the “ maker ” movement will serve as “ Papert’s Perestroika ,” thawing the school system’s reluctance to embrace constructionist practices. We’ve seen this before in the MOOC world. See: the LMS, the MOOC.

Technology 89

Technology Education Microsoft Industry 89

Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “New mobile features: Transcripts, notes, and reminders.” " It’s lovely to see the big innovation from the MOOC startups in 2017 involves the learning management system. ” asks The Atlantic.

Education 44

Education E-rate MOOC Data 44

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

” Via the Argus Leader : “A former official with National American University has accused the South Dakota based for-profit system of defrauding the United States government out of millions of dollars in a student aid program , a lawsuit unsealed Thursday in federal court alleges.” Smart Sparrow has raised $7.5

Lenovo 52

Lenovo Education Facebook MOOC 52

Hack Education

MAY 26, 2016

What sort of health – of our bodies, our systems – are we really working towards? What are MOOCs, for example? What are virtual learning environments? Our “constitution” is another word for our bodies, our health. Which bodies, whose bodies are the “we” that would reconstitute ed-tech?

Conference 64

Conference Course MOOC Technology 64

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A Pennsylvania judge has banned fraternity Pi Delta Psi from the state for a decade, a punishment for a hazing death in 2013, and an unprecedented step likely to rock the national Greek system.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). The Business of Financial Aid.

Education 43

Education Company Blackboard Kaplan 43

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Via Mother Jones : “How the Justice Department Is Trying to Dismantle Georgia ’s Segregated Special-Education System.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “Humans, the Latest MOOC Feature.” ” Presidential Campaign Politics.

Education 53

Education Coursera Elsevier MOOC 53

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

Via The Atlantic : “Two radically different bills aim to overhaul [ Detroit ’s] beleaguered school system. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). In related MOOC news, there's more on “ nanodegrees ” in the “credentialing” section below. ” “ U.S.

Education 53

Education Pearson Report MOOC 53

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The University of North Carolina system Board of Governors voted 24 to 3, with one abstention, Friday to bar litigation by the UNC Chapel Hill School of Law’s Center for Civil Rights. Via Phil Hill : “Some Ed Tech Perspective on UC ’s Billion-Dollar Payroll System Fiasco.”

Education 53

Education ProctorU Company Report 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.” of Texas System Picks Former CUNY Leader as Its Next Chancellor.” ” JFC. million total.

Education 43

Education Pearson Company Blackboard 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Clickers” are definitely not new — indeed, in my research for Teaching Machines , I found examples of classroom response systems dating back to the 1950s. In 2013, on the heels of “the Year of the MOOC,” Barber released a report titled “An Avalanche is Coming,” calling for the “unbundling” of higher education.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Historically black universities have been dropped from a controversial North Carolina bill slashing tuition at certain institutions to $500, but worries about the legislation’s effects remain high at two universities still facing tuition cuts – and across the state system.”

Education 49

Education MOOC Company Report 49

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

Republican lawmakers back bill that would substantially cut tuition and revenue , and seek more student diversity, at five system campuses, four of which are minority-serving institutions.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “ OpenStax , Knewton introduce adaptive learning into OER.”

Education 46

Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news from Edsurge in the “job training” section below. There’s more MOOC news from Edsurge in the “job training” section below. ” ( Not mentioned : Penn was one of the very first investors in Coursera.).

Education 43

Education MOOC E-rate Coursera 43

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). The “ invisible ” “adaptive learning” company has raised $38.7 .” Of course. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Ashford U. Faces New Setback in Battle Over GI Bill Funds.” million total.

Education 47

Education Company Data Elsevier 47

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “The University of California system has agreed to pay $1.15 Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via George Veletsianos : “A large-scale study of Twitter Use in MOOCs.” ” These VR people seem nice and ethical. " No s**t.

Education 40

Education MOOC Data Elsevier 40

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “After the State College of Florida replaced a tenure-like system with three-year contracts for all new faculty members, some complained. ” Via Edsurge : “ Adam Bellow Becomes CEO of Breakout EDU to Spread Gamified Learning.”

Coursera 61

Coursera Education E-rate Company 61

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A bill backed by President Trump and announced Wednesday aims to reduce overall legal immigration by half while putting in place a new points-based system for applicants for employment-based green cards that would privilege graduates of American universities.” ” Education in the Courts.

Khan Academy 46

Khan Academy Elsevier Education MOOC 46

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Coursera ’s New Strategy Takes Inspiration From Netflix – and LinkedIn.” ” There’s more MOOC-related research in the research section below. Adeptemy , an adaptive learning company, has raised $3.48

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

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?” “Students who can’t afford uniforms in New Orleans all-charter-system are routinely barred from attending school.

Education 46

Education LMS Robotics E-rate 46