Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

This year’s 1 3th edition will swamp San Diego’s waterfront for four days and feature 1,000 speakers, including Thomas Friedman and Margaret Atwood, plus the buzziest for-profit companies in our industry. based education and workforce technology companies, together amounting to more than $150 billion in market capitalization.

EdTech 182

EdTech Chegg Udemy Company 182

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

Herbert Simon, a pioneer in artificial intelligence and learning engineering who died in 2001, is immersed in his office at Carnegie Mellon University. Only 58% of students who started college in 2012 had graduated 6 years later. Newkirk calls his company Acuitus , in hopes of encouraging sharpness of thought.

Education 216

Education Learning Software Knewton 216

Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2016

Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller has ridden the MOOC craze as the company’s CEO and later president. Yesterday, Koller announced she’s leaving the company to join Calico , a Google-funded research and development company that focuses on slowing aging and counteracting age‑related diseases.

Coursera 60

Coursera MOOC Company Course 60

Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

In December 2012 – we all remember 2012 right? “The Year of the MOOC” – I was summoned to Palo Alto, California for a small gathering to discuss the future of teaching, learning, and technology. Perhaps with this data, the MOOC providers can build a map of professional if not cognitive pathways.

Education 40

Education Robotics MOOC Company 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 12, 2018

“Technology companies can no longer turn a blind eye to the human rights abuses of one of their largest investors.” And there’s a blog post on Medium , because I guess someone thinks it’s a good idea for the Office of Ed Tech to outsource its website to a for-profit company. Edsurge was there too.

Education 55

Education MOOC Company OER 55