Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2020

Companies like Coursera, which helps universities build and access online courses, have ridden the momentum from new registrations to secure a $130 million investment in July. 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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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

I am careful about that term being the focus,” says Andrew Grauer, who co-founded Course Hero in 2006. We’re trying to help educators find and create teaching materials and assessment materials, while helping them get recognized and celebrated for what they do,” says Grauer. But its CEO winces when he hears the word.

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Course EdTech Company Coursera 116

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

But visions of a world where every teacher and every student had an internet-connected device, and every student would get personalized assessments for learning, were still just that—visions. Our system was user friendly, allowing educators to see student grades, benchmark assessments and progress against standards on student dashboards.

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Kaplan Technology Education EdTech 157

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Testing, Testing… “Big changes ahead for how California assesses school performance,” KPCC reports. ” The for-profit: Laureate Education (which once began as the tutoring chain Sylvan Learning and is now an investor in Coursera, I always like to point out). 2006, Tuition and Fees Up 63%.”

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Khan Academy Education LMS Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

The school emphasizes teaching over research, hiring and rewarding professors on the basis of their classroom performance, says Maria Klawe, Harvey Mudd’s president since 2006. ” MOOC startups like Udacity and Coursera have also rebranded to target this particular post-secondary technical training market.

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Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85