Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

It’s not even an LMS, quite frankly – something Edmodo tried to use as a selling point for a little while. The LMS has long positioned itself as an “operating system,” of sorts for higher education. The LMS giant Blackboard celebrated its 20th anniversary this year. (I If so, what are they?

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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. Pearson sold its US K-12 curriculum business for $250 million. PowerSchool acquired the K-12 LMS Schoology.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 25, 2017

” Open Up Resources is a non-profit – LOL – whose CEO Larry Singer used to be the managing director for Pearson’s K–12 marketing sales. Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill writes about the latest from the LMS provider Instructure , noting “culture as a competitive weapon.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

“​ Pearson to Lay Off 3,000 More Employees,” says Edsurge. Phil Hill on an “LMS Revival: D2L picking up new customers and showing they can listen.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ISTE has hired Joseph South as its Chief Learning Officer. South previously worked at the US Department of Education and K12 Inc.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

” Via Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill : “Digging Deeper Into CCSF Story: $39 million for non-usage of LMS not really about DE.” LMS is learning management system. “Could robots be marking your homework ?” ” Acronym assistance: CCSF is the City College of San Francisco.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2016

” Also via Techcrunch : “ Primo Toys rolls out Cubetto, a wooden robot that teaches kids to code.” Among the findings: “ Houghton Mifflin Harcourt , Pearson , and McGraw-Hill account for 85 percent of the market share for K–3 math curriculum.” Via Techcrunch : “ Google launches App Maker.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

“ Can Pearson Sell Efficacy? Blackboard is rebranding Moodlerooms as Blackboard Open LMS. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. The Hechinger Report lists “Ten jobs that are safe from robots.” Via Forbes : “Building Brains: How Pearson Plans To Automate Education With AI.”

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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. See: the LMS, the MOOC.

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Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

” Via Edsurge : “What’s Next for Pearson ? Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Via Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill : “Comparing the First Ten Years of Blackboard and Instructure in LMS Market.” Not Buying Your Education Startup.)” “ Do you need a blockchain? .”

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Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

.” The publishers in question are Cengage , McGraw-Hill , and Pearson. Testing, Testing… Via Chalkbeat : “Calculator mix-up could force some students to retake ISTEP, and Pearson is partially to blame.” ” The testing firm in question: Pearson. Among those cringeworthy ideas: the LMS.

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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.” ” The company is called TechReady.io , and it scans your computer to make sure it meets all the requirements for an LMS and so on. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The Chinese Communist Party.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Via The Hindu Business Line : “ Pearson India set to launch K–12 online private school.” ” 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. ” EVERYONE!

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” “ Cengage , McGraw-Hill , and Pearson have started a new round of lawsuits against textbook sellers,” The Digital Reader reports , this time targeting those who sell through Amazon’s marketplace. Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill on layoffs at the LMS Schoology. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2018

. “Free College” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The restaurant group that operates the Chili’s and Maggiano’s chains announced an arrangement Monday by which it will, through Pearson Education , offer employees cost-free educational programs from language skills through associate degrees.” ” The firm: KPMG.

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

” Google announces more updates to its pseudo-LMS, Google Classroom. Inside Higher Ed examines the challenges facing LMS provider Blackboard. Via Campus Technology : “ Pearson Expands Textbook Rental Program.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Meal kits seem to be a popular startup idea right now.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In 2012, Pearson, Cengage Learning, and Macmillan Higher Education sued Boundless Learning, claiming that the open education textbook startup had “stolen the creative expression of their authors and editors, violating their intellectual-property rights.” Pearson PARCC "Spies" on Students. Textbook Publishers vs. Boundless.

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

Testing, Testing… Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “British Officials, Pearson Probe Effort to Leak Test Content.” Hey, we could ask Pearson how much money it made off of those taking the GED last year to find out.). ” Via Chalkbeat : “They rejected multi-state Common Core exams. From the HR Department.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

IBM partners with Pearson. OpenEd partners with Pearson. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “When the Teaching Assistant Is a Robot.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Blackboard Study on How Instructors Use the LMS.” ” IBM released a Watson-powered education app for iPad.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

” Via Campus Technology : “ Pearson to Lower Cost of E-Books, Textbooks.” ” More on Pearson’s business in the business of ed-tech section below. ” The LMS as gateway to a job application. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. His business partners now say he was forced to shut down the website.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 3, 2016

” UC Davis suffered a week-long LMS outage , and lots of folks had to weigh in with their thoughts on what this meant about Sakai , running one’s own infrastructure , and open source. ” Also via The New York Times : “A Mission to Bring STEM Skills, and Robots, to Children in West Africa.”

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