Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

as the leader in digital learning, representing the most adventurous innovations. In Canada, for example, about two-thirds of colleges offer online degrees —and many have for years. a far smaller number grant degrees online. Years before the University of Phoenix launched its first online course in the U.S.,

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 13, 2020

August 18-20, 2020 -a Free PD Experience for Blended Learning From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter This school year is dependent more than ever upon our ability to blend face to face (hopefully) and online learning. Blended Learning. ” The full schedule is here.

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Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2024

For more than 15 years, a group of companies known as Online Program Management providers, or OPMs, have been helping colleges build online degree programs. colleges partnering with them and about a quarter of students in fully online 4-year programs enrolled in them. It’s a $4 billion industry, with about 550 U.S.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Beanstack , an edtech platform that helps schools encourage kids to read through gamification, demonstrated the importance of engaging readers. The company has built several tools to do that, including a customizable reading challenge platform and a mobile app, reading challenge templates, and diverse book recommendations.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

It may not seem too surprising that one of the best-funded edtech startups in the past year of pandemic has been a company that piggybacks on the success of Zoom to add tools for running online classes. We let you replicate the physical class in an online environment.”

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2021

The demand for innovative digital learning technology has never been higher. And investment continues to flow into the edtech space. But companies looking to differentiate themselves in this increasingly competitive sector have to bring something new to the table.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Virtual and hybrid learning continued into the spring, but then classrooms welcomed back students for full-time in-person learning in the fall. Many silver linings emerged and digital learning cemented itself as a “must have” in schools. –Remco Bergsma, CEO, MiEN Company.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Virtual and hybrid learning continued into the spring, but then classrooms welcomed back students for full-time in-person learning in the fall. Many silver linings emerged and digital learning cemented itself as a “must have” in schools. –Remco Bergsma, CEO, MiEN Company.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

MAY 19, 2024

This synergy of education and technology has been known as EdTech for some time now. EdTech has enabled the delivery of quality educational content through digital learning to learners from all corners of the world. Today, learning has taken on a new form through online collaboration tools and virtual platforms.

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ProfHacker

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Inside Higher Ed (IHE) recently issued their 2017 Survey of Faculty Attitudes on Technology and we were excited about the big initial finding that more faculty are teaching online and that more are finding that online learning can meet the same outcomes. The question was only posed to faculty and not to digital learning leaders.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2020

“A key to growing as an educator is to keep company mainly with educators who uplift You, whose presence inspire You and whose dedication drives You.” Now you need to take time for yourself and go on some learning adventures of your own! quarantinegamessorted Tinyurl.com/quarantinegamez Connect with educators online!

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 26, 2021

Fireside Chat: finding success with EdTech – Andy Rhodes. Reframing “Think Global, Act Local” in an age of lockdowns & online learning. Dynamic Approaches to Learning in the History/Social Studies Classroom – Nate Gildart. Using Feedback to drive teaching and learning in the IB – Jen Olmsted.

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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 22, 2020

And the Covid-19 pandemic has proved that EdTech and eLearning are integral parts of modern academic reality. Lockdown aside, why are more teachers turning to online educational software? Sure, having specialized software for learning is great, but these will at least start you off on the right foot.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2023

A Booming Sector The edtech industry is eager to build on ideas like that one. For example, the tool used by Paragon Prep came from Prof Jim, a software company that can turn existing written materials—like textbooks, Wikipedia pages or a teacher’s notes—into these animated videos at the push of a button. “We

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2022

It’s the seventh edition of the Changing Landscape of Online Education (CHLOE) report. In the survey, chief online officers predicted that by 2025, programs and courses that mix on-campus and online learning experiences will become the norm for undergraduate students, graduate students and adult learners.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Charlotte, NC — Wyoming’s Holy Name Catholic School (HNCS) today announced a new multi-year partnership with global edtech leader Discovery Education. Discovery Education will help HNCS achieve this challenge by providing engaging STEM learning opportunities throughout the curriculum. Inspired by the global media company Warner Bros.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

This summer yielded a surprising announcement in the world of online education: that edX, founded by Harvard University and MIT a decade ago as a nonprofit alternative to for-profit online education providers, had agreed to sell its operations to a for-profit company, 2U.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Just as formal education systems made a dramatic shift to digital since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, on-the-job training is changing as well. The same forces that transformed classrooms have accelerated the adoption of more digital learning in workplace training—advancing a trend that was already underway.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

Abrupt shifts to virtual and hybrid learning laid bare the vast inequities that exist in the U.S. The move to online learning also made people wonder: Are there practices we can continue when the pandemic abates? Anastasia Betts, VP of Curriculum Planning & Design, Age of Learning. education system.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

The speakers all pressed that digital learning, and in particular online charter schools, are falling short for students and teachers. There has been a huge explosion of online learning and edtech in our schools… and online education is privatizing education through for-profit companies and their apps,” said Haimson.

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Hapara

JANUARY 28, 2022

para has become an international edtech company that supports learner equity and learning excellence. Helping to guide its edtech stack development, and creating thousands of hours of provincially shared learning activities, Alberta educators have impacted learning through the H?para Over the past decade, H?para

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Edsurge

JULY 24, 2019

Now First Book wants to apply this model—where teachers drive demand for educational materials and shape the market—to the market for digital learning products. To do that, it is partnering with Games and Learning , a for-profit company, to build a new marketplace for online educational materials, particularly games.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

Skills for online engagement with students who are experiencing anxiety (and trauma) can be especially helpful for educators struggling with student disengagement in online classrooms. Learn More. When school and online learning follow you everywhere, teachers and students need to learn balance.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

So, is the low effectiveness of high-dose tutoring simply due to its online nature? To answer this question, examining the conditions enabling online classes and exploring how EdTech technology can help address educational disparities and teacher shortages in our education system is crucial.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Moreover, with the rapid development of digital technology, education tech trends will continue to transform. . If you are into Edtech and wondering how it will evolve in 2022, you are in the right place. But before we get into the trends, let us briefly look into what exactly Edtech is. . What is Edtech and Why Is It Important?

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Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2020

As a side note: We’ve been fielding a lot of reader mail on the topic, and we’d love to hear more from you—particularly if you’re a science teacher covering the subject in class, or are working with consultants to shore up your digital learning plans. Or ping us if you simply have ideas for what you’d like to learn more about.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2020

For example, despite increased activity on the platform—concurrent users on the Canvas LMS were up 60 percent from typical use patterns and video submissions are up tenfold from typical use patterns pre-Covid-19—the costs of moving more data and training more educators will keep the company from a short-term windfall, Benson says.

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Linways Technologies

APRIL 22, 2020

Here we are talking about virtual campus management solutions or online learning management solutions that can essentially digitize the teaching-learning. Some of them are developing their own courses to train workers in the skills the company needs. Go with a company that offers great customer support.

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eSpark

AUGUST 4, 2021

With so many options for online learning available, one thing that can set a program apart from the others is a curriculum grounded in proven educational research. We are proud to announce that eSpark has earned the Research-Based Design Product Certification from Digital Promise.

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2021

It was 2012, and online learning was suddenly booming. Courses at Stanford and at MIT were opened for free online to the masses, and the masses signed up—with some courses attracting more than 160,000 each. It [can] create this cycle that naturally leads to the winner-takes-all,” says Phil Hill, a longtime edtech consultant.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The district also holds several events inviting staff to learn about technology tools and strategies for the classroom. Arlington Independent School District is an edtech integration leader both districtwide and in the classroom, and other districts can look to AISD for inspiration. We are nominating Dr.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2020

Sanchez leads the Mobile Experiences and Emerging Technology team at Coursera, the online learning platform where students anywhere can take courses, master a career skill, get professional certificates, and earn degrees from 200 top universities and companies, including Yale, the University of Pennsylvania, Google and IBM.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2020

It sounds like a drastic measure: moving every school to online learning in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus. So far, the digital learning plans have been a boon to educators looking for advice. Here in the U.S. Sometimes saying to my kids, ‘Hey, I’m not ignoring you. I’m not being rude.

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Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2021

In the last couple of decades, as online learning was steadily being recognized by millions of students as a convenient way to earn a highly prized academic degree, most senior officers at the nation’s colleges and universities paid little attention, dithered or dabbled. million from 2012 to 2019.

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Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2020

So department chairwoman Sandra Gibbons and the faculty members at Moraine Valley used video conferences to plan out how to take curriculum online by the time classes resumed March 23. The other Moraine Valley students will finish spring semester with online simulations developed by the faculty. Based in Englewood, Colo.,

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

EdSurge’s managing editor, Tony Wan, will pose these questions to Bill Fitzgerald (New Knowledge), Doug Levin (EdTech Strategies), Courtney Goodsell (Impero Software) and Stephanie Cerda (administrator at Austin Independent School District). Companies include an AI robot, student incubator and a startup called Pie for Providers.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2021

But to earn a fully-accredited degree, students in online pilot programs must take additional exams to qualify—credentials that don’t carry the same academic standing as those awarded on campus. Michael Wang, CEO of Beacon Education, a Beijing company I consult with that delivers U.S. online degrees in China.

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