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Omidyar Network Spins Off Education Portfolio Into Independent Investment Firm

Edsurge

Since 2009, Omidyar Network has invested $200 million in 100 educational for-profit and nonprofit organizations, according to Klement. The spin out is a positive signal for the greater education technology sector, Klement says. “We In March 2018, Omidyar spun out its emerging technologies portfolio as Spero Ventures.

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Chinese New Year- What Animal Am I?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

The Ox years are: 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021 3. 1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016, 2028), legend has it that you are a person who is family oriented, you enjoy family get-togethers, indulge in family traditions, and you thrive in group work. If you were born in the Goat year (e.g.,1931,

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What if we hired for skills, not degrees?

The Hechinger Report

On a laptop in the nearly empty office, he worked on code for a webpage he was developing for his employer, the learning materials company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. In half an hour, he needed to join a conference call about changes to the company’s website. He had been at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for four months. Degree inflation.

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June 1 - Panel Discussion on "Unschooling"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

His experience ranges from spending years working with children at a leading environmental education foundation to serving on boards of universities, of companies, and in the intelligence community. He was also the Governor''s representative on Connecticut''s Joint Committee on Educational Technology. BusinessWeek, U.S.

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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release

Hack Education

I pick ten trends and themes in order to closely at the recent past, the near-term history of education technology. Of course, if you look for those education technology writers who are independent from venture capital, corporate or institutional backing, or philanthropic funding, there is pretty much only me.).

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ProfHacker 2015 Holiday Gift Guide

ProfHacker

And if for some reason you need more ideas than what’s here—or if you’re just feeling nostalgic, as is befitting this time of year—take a look at our lists from 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , and 2009. Technology. There have been several technologies that made my life better through this big change. Board Games.

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North Carolina’s Digital Success Story

Edsurge

Stakeholders—from educators and nonprofits to politicians and private companies—have all rowed in one direction to spur the strategic use of technology to ensure that all students have access to a great education. Among its several objectives, BETA decided in 2004 to launch a statewide school connectivity upgrade.

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