English Learning

Novakid Acquires Lingumi in Expansion into AI Tutoring for Kids

San Francisco, CA (USA), October 2024 - Novakid, an online school transforming how children aged 4-12 learn English, has acquired UK-based EFL app, Lingumi in a landmark deal. The partnership will bring hundreds of thousands of users to Novakid, advancing the mission to make high-quality English education accessible to young learners.

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Online Curriculum

RoboX - Virtual Robotics Education Platform for CTE Programs

Tony Oran, CEO of IntelitekDerry, NH (USA), September 2024 - Educators are rising to the challenge of delivering STEM education, but it is still a challenge to migrate students onto Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs leading to industry careers. Intelitek, a worldwide CTE leader, is introducing a new, cost-effective way for high schools and postsecondary CTE programs to provide practical industrial robotics learning experiences. Launched 01 September, schools and programs can subscribe to the new RoboX curriculum and gamified 3D simulation platform for virtual industrial robotics education.

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Student-Centered Active Learning

Capstone Partners with Clever to Provide Seamless Access to PebbleGo

Minneapolis, MI (USA), July 2024 - Capstone, an innovative learning company merging children's content with easy-to-use edtech tools for K-5 classrooms, libraries, and homes, is partnering with Clever, a platform powering secure digital learning for over 100,000 schools globally, to integrate single sign-on (SSO) and roster management for its award-winning PebbleGo suite of online curriculum resources.

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Skills Training to Children

5app Announces New Partnership with DEfactoED

London (UK), June 2024 - 5app is thrilled to announce its partnership with digital education provider DEfactoED. DEfactoED specialises in delivering 21st century skills training to children and teenagers - primarily in India and the rest of Asia. When DEfactoED first started focusing on schools in India, very few organisations were looking to equip young Indian people with vital skills and knowledge, such as AI, cybersecurity, Net Zero, and digital literacy.

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Strategic Partnership

Reducing Teacher Workload with AI

Raleigh, NC (USA), March 2024 - Open LMS, a leading global provider of open source learning management systems, is thrilled to announce its partnership with TeacherMatic, the AI platform designed by educators for educators. This collaboration combines Open LMS's expertise in open source LMS platforms with TeacherMatic's cutting-edge educational technologies to offer unparalleled learning experiences.

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1EdTech® Foundation

Learn and Work Ecosystem Library Announces New Collaboration

Indianapolis, IN (USA), August 2023 - The Learn and Work Ecosystem Library is pleased to announce a new collaboration with the 1EdTech® Foundation and its affiliated partner, the 1EdTech® Consortium. The Library will provide information resources to 1EdTech's nearly 900 members, including school districts, colleges and universities, employers, government, tech vendors, and others.

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Video Games

EdisonLearning Adds Game Learning to Its Blended Learning Content

Fort Lauderdale, FLA (USA), February 2023 - EdisonLearning, a longtime innovator in public education and leading provider of digital learning solutions for students in grades K -12, is bringing online learning to life with the addition of an interactive games curriculum to its comprehensive online and blended learning content.

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Literacy Skills

Lexia Aspire Professional Learning - Reading to Learn

Gateshead (UK), January 2023 - While literacy is a cornerstone of success across all subjects, many upper elementary and middle school students lack the literacy skills they need to learn effectively. In fact, the most recent 2022 NAEP results indicate that 69% of students aren't reading at a proficient level in grade 8, and 67% of students are below proficiency in reading levels in grade 4. To help educators accelerate literacy skills in all learning among students in grades 4-8, Lexia, a Cambium Learning Group company, has introduced Lexia Aspire™ Professional Learning.

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ICDE

Call for Support for Ukraine’s Optima School

Oslo (NO), March 2022 - International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) member Optima School is the first and the largest distance learning school in Ukraine (K12). In coordination with Ukrainian educational authorities, Optima is providing the educational package "With optimism in the heart" to every Ukrainian family free of charge to support continuity in education.  

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Six Months of Progress

Capita's New Education and Learning Business

London (UK), February 2022 - Capita's Education and Learning business, part of the Capita Public Service division, has delivered six months of strong progress since launching in August 2021. The creation of the new Education and Learning business saw the merger of the successful Capita Learning business with Capita's wide range of education contracts.

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Immersive Learning

Expanded Immersive Soft Skills Learning Content Library

Los Angeles, CA (USA), May 2021 - Talespin Reality Labs, Inc., a spatial computing company focused on workforce knowledge transfer and skills insights, has announced the expansion of its off-the-shelf learning content library and the addition of desktop content streaming support for its platform. In this update, Talespin adds new "Recognizing Bias" and "Practicing Self-Awareness" content titles to its library of immersive soft skills learning content.

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Social Emotional Wellness

7 Mindsets Publishes New White Paper

Roswell, GA (USA), April 2021 - Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, social emotional learning (SEL) has been vital to supporting students' wellbeing and fostering their success in school. In a new white paper, 7 Mindsets reveals how K-12 districts can help teachers create an even greater impact on the social emotional wellness of their students and school culture by addressing their own social emotional health first. The paper, "Investing in Educators' Social Emotional Wellness Fosters Student Success and Improves School Culture," is available for free to educators at the website.

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