Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

Consider that of the very small number of edtech firms that have successfully gone public over the last decade, two of the recent successes include 2U and Instructure – firms that provide services or technologies for their university partners to deliver their core academic programs.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Panelist Andrew Jones, a data scientist at Knewton, admitted that despite the hype, machine learning is still relatively limited in how it’s been applied, at least in the eyes of some users. For all the talk about data and learning, Essa offered this blunt assessment: “Pretty much all edtech sucks. Or does it?)

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

“ Edtech CEOs Seek to Change the ‘ Adversarial Narrative ’ With Public School Teachers,” says Edsurge. From the Knewton blog : “ Introducing Knewton Product Updates for Fall 2017.” . “ Ed Tech Products Should Make Educators More Efficient ,” says EdWeek’s Matthew Lynch.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

A new project from the Learning Policy Institute and EducationCounsel : “Reimagining College Access: Performance Assessments From K–12 Through Higher Education.” ” The company: Questar Assessment, Inc. . “ Personality Tests Are Failing American Workers,” says Cathy O’Neil in a Bloomberg op-ed.

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

” That’s the Collegiate Learning Assessment exam (a.k.a. Via Edsurge : “ Pearson , an Investor in Knewton , Is ‘Phasing Out’ Partnership on Adaptive Products.” “​ Intel Hits Pause on Edtech Accelerator,” says Edsurge. But there’s reason to be skeptical about their results.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

’” Via Edsurge : “School’s Out for the Latest Y Combinator Batch, and Here’s What Its Edtech Graduates Are Up to.” Writing assessment company Writable has raised $3.2 . “Dean Dad” Matt Reed on “‘ Netflix for Books.’” ” Gotta keep hyping that VR thing.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Despite predictions that badges would be the “ new credential ” and that we were looking at a “ Future Full of Badges ,” it’s not clear that digital badges have provided us with a really meaningful way to assess skills or expertise. He told NPR in 2015 that Knewton’s adaptive learning software was a “mind-reading robo tutor in the sky.”

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Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

Speaking of predictions about the future of online education, EdTech Strategies’ Doug Levin pens part 2 of his look at Clayton Christensen and Michael Horn ’s prediction that “ by 2019, half of all high school classes will be taught over the Internet.” Proceeds With $306-Million Dorm Contract.”

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Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

He’s a partner at Founders Fund, which has invested in Knewton, AltSchool, Uversity, ResearchGate, If You Can, Upstart, Declara, and Affirm. Its Crunchbase description is great : “TX-based edtech company.” Via Edsurge : “Edtech’s Next Significant Impact: Health and Wellness.” million total.

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