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US Edtech Funding Already Nears $1 Billion in First Half of 2019

Edsurge

In this analysis, EdSurge counts all venture investments in U.S. Our analysis excludes companies whose primary business is to offer loans and happens to serve students (like Social Finance, which raised $500 million earlier this year). Our analysis for the first half of 2019 only looks at U.S.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

DreamBox Learning (adaptive learning): $130 million. DadaABC (English language learning): $100 million. Knewton (adaptive learning): $182.3 Age of Learning (educational apps): $181.5 DreamBox Learning (adaptive learning): $175.6 Vive la MOOC révolution.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Michael Feldstein argued that the “meaninglessness” of Purdue’s claims were important for the ed-tech community to grapple with, in no small part because many other learning analytics systems had been modeled on the Course Signals work. MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness. Uber for Education". “We

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30 Examples Of Disruptions In The Classroom

TeachThought - Learn better.

This post is actually intended to supplement the “Cycle of Learning Innovation” model that will be publishing tomorrow (7.7.2015), which means this is less about analysis and context and more about the examples. Adaptive learning platforms and learning algorithms. MOOCs, nanodegrees, etc.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Just a few weeks after Daphne Koller ’s announcement she was leaving the MOOC startup she co-founded, Coursera unveiled “ Coursera for Business ” this week, marking its pivot from “democratizing higher ed” to “ training corporate employees.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the job training section below. .” From the press release : “ Knewton Launches Alta, Fully Integrated Adaptive Learning Courseware for Higher Education, Putting Achievement in Reach for Everyone.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

billion over 10 years, according to an Education Department cost analysis, Politico reported this week.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via The Washington Post : “ A South Carolina school district just abolished snow days – and will make students learn online.”