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Intellum | July 29, 2022

Intellum, the leader in EdTech for Business, today announced Community, the third component in the Intellum social learning suite and the first in-platform community experience built specifically for corporate education initiatives. Intellum offers all of the features and functionality associated with an LMS and an LXP and is the only education solution to include content authoring, live event management, and social learning in a single platform. The introduction of Community roun...

TES | January 20, 2020

Educational technology (edtech) made significant strides in 2019. Damian Hinds was the first secretary of state for education to acknowledge the potential and role of edtech in the teaching and learning processes, with the publication of the Department for Education’s edtech strategy and launch of the edtech leadership group. While there was more that could have been included, it was a very useful start to the discussion about edtech’s merits and uses. Meanwhile, we also await ...

TNW | February 28, 2020

Researchers have developed a new personalized learning robot for autistic children that uses machine learning to adapt its lessons to each kid’s changing needs. The University of Southern California team put a “socially assistive robot” called Kiwi in the homes of 17 autistic children and set the two-foot-tall, green-feathered robot to give each child personalized classes. Over the course of a month, the children played space-themed math games on a tablet device while Kiwi prov...

Curriculum Associates | August 24, 2020

After the extended period of distance learning this past spring, it is more important than ever that educators know students’ strengths and areas for growth as they enter the new school year. Beginning the year with an assessment like the i-Ready Diagnostic is critical to this effort. While assessing at home is challenging regardless of the test or provider, many schools successfully tested remotely this past spring. To support school reopening plans that may require educators to administe...