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Course Hero Adds $70 Million to Series B Fundraise

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And as college campuses closed and instructors scrambled to facilitate online instruction, digital education providers like Course Hero saw a surge in usage of its services. Founded in 2006, Course Hero is already well known among college students, millions of whom use it to get study materials, share class notes and ask tutors questions.

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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

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Over the past 25 years, multiple waves of education technology and innovation have slowly washed into America’s schools and colleges. Join me on a quick tour of the past quarter century in education technology history. the ideology of Silicon Valley [into public schools].”. the ideology of Silicon Valley [into public schools].”.

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Course Hero Joins the Edtech Unicorn Stable

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education technology company has reached the billion-dollar valuation mark, and with that comes bragging rights to being a “unicorn.” I am careful about that term being the focus,” says Andrew Grauer, who co-founded Course Hero in 2006. According to Grauer, more than 30,000 college educators across the U.S. Another U.S.

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Are Free Educational Videos Worth It?

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Quick take: Find out how most teachers are finding their educational videos for their lessons and the 5 problems that come from using free resources: Advertisements. Restricted internet access. Free educational videos are the mainstay of teachers using videos in their lessons but are they worth the trouble? Copyrights.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via the Washington Post : “ Trump pitches $20 billion education plan at Ohio charter school that received poor marks from state.” More on Bill Clinton and Laureate Education in the for-profit higher ed section below. Elsewhere in Education Politics. ” Education in the Courts. I love education research.

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From EDUPUNK to ds106. 10Q: Jim Groom

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As for the title Reverend, I was given that nickname by Chip German (then CIO of University of Mary Washington) back in 2006 or 2007. 2) You''ve had quite a distinguished career in education. How did you first become involved in teaching, and what keeps you motivated to educate? The rest is the underground history of the web.

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Education Technology and the Promise of 'Free' and 'Open'

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” Remember in 2012 when Udacity co-founder Sebastian Thrun predicted that in fifty years, “there will be only 10 institutions in the world delivering higher education and Udacity has a shot at being one of them”? Or, with its penchant for amnesia , has education technology already forgotten?

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