Humanity Should Guide Technology into the Future – Sunil Singh

Not only does taking technology out of a supportive/reactive role to good pedagogy create a problem, but over-emphasizing its value negates the idea of equity in math education. It’s a tricky balance.
Siobhan Paul
Siobhan Paul
Director, Global Marketing

In my 20 years of teaching, I never used technology. I began my teaching career in 1994, where the gold standard for breakthrough technology was Geometer’s Sketchpad. It had just had its wide release three years earlier. While I saw the immense power of GSP many times, we never really crossed paths — I was ridiculously faithful …

How School Districts Can Avoid the Pitfalls of Ineffective EdTech Implementations

Nicholas Svensson, Vice President, Product Development SMART Technologies on successful technology implementation for education technology
Siobhan Paul
Siobhan Paul
Director, Global Marketing

Implementation is one of the most underestimated, yet crucial steps in ensuring the effectiveness of education technology in the classroom. As many education leaders know, there’s a lot of room for error when it comes to successful education technology implementation. In order to avoid those pitfalls, there is a series of critical steps that must …

Analytics in eLearning – Jim & Meta (Part 2)

In the conclusion of our 2-part podcast, Meta Keijzer-de Ruijter and Jim Cooper discuss what analytics can and should be measured in.
Siobhan Paul
Siobhan Paul
Director, Global Marketing

  Meta Keijzer-de Ruijter graduated from the faculty of chemical engineering at TU Delft in 1992. After working in the chemical industry for several years she studied corporate education at FCE. In 2004 she returned to TU Delft as the head of the computer training department. Soon after, she developed the digital testing system at …

Education on a Global Scale – Jim & Meta (Part 1)

Meta Keijzer-de Ruijter sits down with Jim Cooper, President and CEO of Maplesoft and DigitalEd, to discuss strategies to bring education to everyone.
Siobhan Paul
Siobhan Paul
Director, Global Marketing

Meta Keijzer-de Ruijter graduated from the faculty of chemical engineering at TU Delft in 1992. After working in the chemical industry for several years she studied corporate education at FCE. In 2004 she returned to TU Delft as the head of the computer training department. Soon after, she developed the digital testing system at the …

Online Education for a Heavily-Regulated Industry – John Tucker and Jim Cooper

John graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland with a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a Master's degree in Ocean Engineering.
Siobhan Paul
Siobhan Paul
Director, Global Marketing

John graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland with a Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a Master’s degree in Ocean Engineering. His work experience includes the oil industry as well as government, but he went to the Marine Institute from the Faculty of Engineering. He now teaches mechanical engineering courses in the School of Maritime …

K-12 Learning Solutions That Students, Parents, and Teachers Will Love – Jessica Schuessler, D2L

Here are a few ways that a K-12 LMS can help reach students in a personalized way.
Siobhan Paul
Siobhan Paul
Director, Global Marketing

The key to student engagement is teaching in a way that students love. However, reaching each student successfully depends on being able to provide a personalized learning path, one that accommodates the needs of learners at all levels. More and more schools and districts are moving towards adopting some form of education technology, to address …

Adaptive Testing & Gamification – Jim and Matt (Part 2)

Dr. Matthew Demers discusses using an adaptive testing strategy and the gamification of online education with Maplesoft and DigitalEd CEO Jim Cooper.
Siobhan Paul
Siobhan Paul
Director, Global Marketing

Dr. Matthew Demers is an assistant professor at the University of Guelph. After completing his Ph.D. in mathematics in 2012, he was hired at the University of Guelph as a teaching-focused professor within the School of Engineering and received a grant with the goal of transforming the delivery of two major first-year calculus courses. Currently …

Accommodating for Large and Small Class Sizes – Jim and Matt (Part 1)

Dr. Matthew Demers joins Jim Cooper to discuss technology's role in accommodating for large and small class sizes.
Siobhan Paul
Siobhan Paul
Director, Global Marketing

Dr. Matthew Demers is an assistant professor at the University of Guelph. After completing his Ph.D. in mathematics in 2012, he was hired at the University of Guelph as a teaching-focused professor within the School of Engineering and received a grant with the goal of transforming the delivery of two major first-year calculus courses. Currently …

DigitalEd and Moving Forward with eLearning – Dr. Paul Woolner

Dr. Paul Woolner talks with Dr. Jim Cooper, CEO of DigitalEd, about the potential of educational technology. In the second part of their conversation below, Paul and Jim discuss how and why to collect data from instructional technology.
Siobhan Paul
Siobhan Paul
Director, Global Marketing

Dr. Paul Woolner applies organizational science and learning theory to build scalable, high performance, business enterprises. Working collaboratively, he has helped create sector leading, profitable and sustainable businesses as an advisor, partner and founding entrepreneur. His goal is to build organizations that optimize the collective intelligence of its members to achieve business success, personal engagement …

DigitalEd and What To Do With All This Data – Dr. Steve Furino

Listen as Dr. Steve Furino, Assistant Dean of Online Studies at the University of Waterloo discusses how to analyze the data collected in instructional technology platforms with Dr. Jim Cooper. In the second part of their discussion below, Steve and Jim talk about DigitalEd, the new digital education spinoff company from Maplesoft.
Siobhan Paul
Siobhan Paul
Director, Global Marketing

The Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo (UW) has the largest concentration of mathematical and computer science talent in the world and has been offering online mathematics courses since 2003. Over 21,000 UW students per year enroll in online for-credit math courses and the number of unique users visiting UW’s open educational resources …

DigitalEd SECURES $7 MILLION IN BRIDGE FINANCING

Round Will Further Drive Company's Vision of Empowering Educators and Students Through Technology
Siobhan Paul
Siobhan Paul
Director, Global Marketing

DigitalEd an online education technology startup, is pleased to announce the successful completion of a $7 million bridge round of financing. This new round of funding includes participation from new global investors as well as additional funds from existing ones. “The timing and size of the financing allows DigitalEd to create repeatable processes in support of …

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