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It’s 2020: Have Digital Learning Innovations Trends Changed?

Edsurge

In early 2017, organizations that have focused on digital learning came together to better leverage their strengths and capacities for a common goal: improving student success. The first goal was to create an environmental scan of the digital learning environment in higher education with a focus on adaptive technology.

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Pearson Bets on Adaptive Learning (Again) With $25M Acquisition of Smart Sparrow

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In its statement, the publisher said Smart Sparrow’s technology will support its capabilities in adaptive learning and add more interactive and immersive features for its digital books. student and teaching assistant, began building his own homegrown adaptive tutoring technologies. million last year from the U.S.

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Unlocking AI’s Potential: Live Blog #ISTELive

The CoolCatTeacher

10:38 Zeeshan Anwar (Chief Product Officer) and Tara Carrozza (Director of Digital Learning Initiatives) for NYC Public Schools Advice is to make sure that you have AI Accountabilities in place. Tara: AI Teaching Assistant in Computer Science with OER curriculum to support students in those subjects. How can AI support teachers?

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The Winners and Filmstrips of An (Almost) Decade in Education Technology

Edsurge

So with these guidelines in mind, I’ve chosen six areas where edtech has made an impact this decade: Learning Management Systems. OER and open books. Learning analytics. Digital badges. Adaptive learning systems. Two that shine are OER/open books and learning analytics. underwhelming.

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New Report Sheds Light on Higher Ed’s Innovation Challenges

Edsurge

OLC’s Buban says that the online environment is “ripe for innovation” because there are many opportunities to be “inclusive of education technology,” such as digital courseware and OER. Though that’s not to say that digital learning can’t be used well in a traditional classroom, she adds.

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Pearson, an Investor in Knewton, Is ‘Phasing Out’ Partnership on Adaptive Products

Edsurge

Throughout the past decade, Knewton ’s adaptive learning technology has been backed by some of the biggest names in the both the publishing and venture capital community. Pearson will no longer use Knewton’s adaptive learning engine for some of its digital offerings. content providers.

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Why American higher education faculty tend to resist digital materials: new study

Bryan Alexander

Whether or not materials exist in digital form isn’t an issue for a clear majority of instructors. “[One] tenth (11 percent) were using OER materials and 4 percent were currently using OER in their classes and also making their own course materials available as OER.”

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