Edsurge

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Ones used directly for academics (like Knewton) or ones that are non-academic? With Knewton, that is this notion of personalized and adaptive instruction. And so what Knewton does—and what any personalized and adaptive technology does—is, you design tasks for students to do in the interface.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2018

My favorite ludicrous claim remains that of Knewton’s CEO who told NPR in 2015 that his company was a “mind reading robot tutor in the sky.” It’s surely in part because the claims that marketers make are often just simply untrue. ” (My man here does not even know how to use the word “literally.”).

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

She noted the CEO of Knewton, a personalized learning software company, once bragged , “We literally have more data about our students than any company has about anybody else about anything.” She also raised concerns about how much data software can collect on children.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million. Knewton ( mind-reading robo tutor in the sky ) – $157.25 Robotics , with ~ $99 million in funding. Absorb (learning management system) – $59 million. Changingedu (tutoring) – $55 million. Yixue Education (online education) – $41 million. million this year).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

“Fake news,” “robots coming for our jobs,” “the new economy,” “surveillance capitalism,” “personalization,” “the cult of innovation,” and so on – these are all narratives intertwined in the power of major technology companies, platforms, data, and algorithms.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2024

In 2015, he famously criticized promises about what was then the latest in AI for education — a tool from a company called Knewton. The CEO of Knewton, Jose Ferreira, said his product would be “like a robot tutor in the sky that can semi-read your mind and figure out what your strengths and weaknesses are, down to the percentile.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Even if these publications fade away , the breathless stories about the possibilities of brainwave-reading mindfulness headbands and " mind-reading robot tutors in the sky " continue to be told. Mind reading robo tutor in the sky” company Knewton was acquired by Wiley for $17 million — LOL — having raised over $180 million.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2017

MakeBlock (robotics) – $30 million. Knewton (algorithmic textbooks) – $157.25 MasterClass (online classes taught by celebrities) – $35 million. Trilogy Education (coding bootcamp) – $30 million. College Ave (private student loans) – $30 million. BYJU’s (test prep) – $30 million.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

From the Knewton blog : “ Introducing Knewton Product Updates for Fall 2017.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “ Imagine how great universities could be without all those human teachers ,” says Quartz , lauding the fantasy that robots will replace teachers. support, EFF resigns.”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2018

Via Campus Technology : “ Knewton Releases $44 Adaptive Digital Textbooks.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Quartz : “One of the world’s biggest firms is spending $450 million to solve a world problem created by robots.” ” The firm: KPMG. ” Some “fix.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Knewton has partnered with WebAssign. ” Via Motherboard : “The Head of CMU ’s Robotics Lab Says Self-Driving Cars Are ‘Not Even Close’ ” According to the American Historical Association , undergraduate enrollments in history are down.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2016

Nevertheless, Knewton claims Knewton’s personalized learning products work. The use of Watson at Georgia Tech to create a “robot teaching assistant” garnered lots of headlines about the possibilities for automation and artificial intelligence to “ save education.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Imagine Discovering That Your Teaching Assistant Really Is a Robot,” The Wall Street Journal gushed in 2016 , documenting an experiment undertaken at Georgia Tech in which a chatbot called “Jill Watson” answered questions in a course’s online forum. Robot essay graders — they grade just the same as human ones. Chatbot Instructors.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “Kids connect with robot reading partners ,” says the PR office of the University of Wisconsin Madison. Via Engadget : “ Japan trials AI and robots to boost English skills in schools.” ” (Venture) Philanthropy and the Business of Education Reform.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

From the press release : “ Knewton Launches Alta, Fully Integrated Adaptive Learning Courseware for Higher Education, Putting Achievement in Reach for Everyone.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Geek Dad : “Little Robot Friends Teach Kids to Code With Empathy.” ” Empathy?!

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

Via Edsurge : “ Pearson , an Investor in Knewton , Is ‘Phasing Out’ Partnership on Adaptive Products.” ” No disclosure in the story that Edsurge shares investors with Knewton , nor that Pearson is, by way of Learn Capital, also an investor in Edsurge. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

” More on the Afghan robotics team in the contest section below. “Mind-reading robo tutor in the sky” company Knewton has a new CEO , Brian Kibby , formerly with Pearson. for Robotics Contest.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Education in the Courts. ” From the HR Department.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Jose Ferreira is stepping down as the CEO of Knewton. “Could robots be marking your homework ?” Via The New York Times : “ Louisville Suspends Coordinator Who Received Wake Forest Game Plan.” ” From the HR Department. ” “ Harvard Vote on TA Union is Inconclusive,” says Inside Higher Ed.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2017

” According to Edsurge , Knewton is now a courseware company and not a “robot tutor in the sky.” ” Knewton has raised some $157 million in venture capital. ( No disclosure that Edsurge shares investors – GSV Capital – with Knewton.). Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

” Inside Higher Ed on Knewton ’s “pivot.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “ Robots will replace teachers by 2027 ,” Futurism predicts. “ When the Robots Come for Our Jobs, They’ll Spare the Teachers ,” Edsurge tries to reassure its readers.

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