ProfHacker

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

A good teacher can promote these attitudes despite plagiarism-detection software, but the software itself does not do this. For example, learning analytics may look at how many times someone has watched a video and for how long. Collecting Data: Bias, Surveillance & Control. Some Critical Questions.

Technology 81

Technology EdTech Learning Analytics Adaptive Learning 81

MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

They decided to “personalize” learning for every child, which means that they tailored lessons to each student’s needs, interests and learning pace. Last year, the founder of Facebook pledged to donate $45 billion to social causes, one of them personalized learning. What is personalized learning?

Personalized Learning 28

Personalized Learning Technology Knewton Learning 28

Marketplace K-12

MARCH 14, 2016

Dallas-based LoudCloud’s platforms include a competency-based courseware platform, a learning-analytics platform and services, an eReading product, and a learning management system. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Udemy 40

Udemy Blackboard Company Facebook 40

Kitaboo on EdTech

AUGUST 23, 2023

How Does eBook Analytics Benefit Higher Education Publishers? eBook analytics provides higher education publishers with a range of benefits. Personalized Learning With the help of eBook analytics, publishers can gain valuable insights into each learner’s individual needs and preferences.

eBook 52

eBook Learning Analytics Education Trends 52

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

They decided to “personalize” learning for every child, which means that they tailored lessons to each student’s needs, interests and learning pace. Related: Must a classroom be high-tech to make personalized learning work? What is personalized learning?

Trends 40

Trends Study Knewton Personalized Learning 40

eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2016

Below, we’ve gathered some of the latest and most relevant marketplace news to keep you up-to-date on product developments, teaching and learning initiatives, and new trends in education. Collaborative software provider ClassFlow announced a way for teachers to earn extra cash during the upcoming school year.

Trends 40

Trends Digital Badges Blended Learning Learning Analytics 40

Kitaboo on EdTech

AUGUST 29, 2023

eBooks Are Easy to Create and Distribute With online publishing , many publishing software have also emerged. In a cloud-based software the contents of the book are stored online, in one place. How does online publishing support personalized learning in K-12 education? These have made the creation of eBooks very easy.

eBook 52

eBook Accessibility Software Learning Analytics 52

edWeb.net

JANUARY 22, 2021

And both during and after the pandemic, data will also continue to be crucial in identifying at-risk students, best practices, opportunity gaps, and ways to support personalized learning. He spent most of his career as CIO/CTO with the Sharon and Newton Public Schools in Massachusetts. Join the Community.

Data 55

Data Education Report Professional Learning 55

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

If you look for a definition of “platform” online, you’re likely to get something along the lines of Wikipedia’s – fairly straightforward, although quite technical: A computing platform is the environment in which a piece of software is executed. Instead, they’ve re-branded as job training sites.

Technology 63

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 63

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

As we wrapped up 2020, we thought for sure that 2021 might bring us a reprieve from pandemic learning. Virtual and hybrid learning continued into the spring, but then classrooms welcomed back students for full-time in-person learning in the fall. Well, it did–but it also didn’t.

EdTech 115

EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 115

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

Stephen Downes works in the Learning and Performance Support Systems program at the National Research Council, a multi-year effort to develop personal learning technology and learning analytics. The Boom of Real and Virtual Creation. By Kathy Schrock, Wilkes University.

Trends 111

Trends EdTech MOOC Smartphone 111

Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2018

Billion Federal Block Grant Makes Ed-Tech Training Higher Priority Than Software, Devices.” ” Edsurge offers “A Word of Caution Before Hiring a Director of Personalized Learning.” ” Via Education Week : “ Personalized Learning Pilot Program Reports Gains in Literacy Scores.”

Education 45

Education Robotics iPad Company 45

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

.” And again, let’s recall Franklin’s definition of technologies includes not just hardware or software, but ideas, practices, models, and systems. I’m concerned because students are compelled to use software in educational settings. You can’t opt out of the learning management system.

Data 40

Data Software Company Technology 40

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

Indeed, Edutechnica, which also tracks LMS data, responds with their own numbers and says that Blackboard still has about two hundred more installations than Canvas and about a million more students using the software. ” The survey was conducted by learning analytics company Civitas Learning.

Education 43

Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Although sometimes talked about as a “movement,” Mozilla’s Open Badges Project was really more of a technical specification, one that was transferred from Mozilla to IMS Global Learning Consortium in 2017. And “free” doesn’t last. Without revenue the company will go away.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 10, 2017

This is part five of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” As in previous years, it would be quite easy to fill a whole article in this series on “ data insecurity ,” on the data breaches and cyberattacks that continue to plague education – both schools and software. million students.

Data 81

Data Education Software Social Media 81

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

Reason: ‘Using Appliances’ ” Here’s the Chalkbeat headline : “New software aims to make teachers' jobs ‘much easier’ in Indianapolis Public Schools.” “Can Venture Capital Put Personalized Learning Within Reach of All Students?” Learn-to-code startup Piper has raised $2.1

Coursera 61

Coursera Education E-rate Company 61