Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Each company received $75,000 from Village Capital and $50,000 from ETS. But according to ETS, this marks the first time in its 72-year history that it has invested directly in education startups outside of its core business line, says Scott Weaver, its chief strategy officer, in a prepared statement. With more than $1.3

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Technology EdTech Education Assessment 111

Edsurge

JULY 30, 2019

Our strategy and our focus are not going to change.” Going forward, as part of JFF, the fund may take equity stakes in future portfolio companies, although it may still structure some deals as debt financing, which means recipients repay the principal, with interest, in the future. But some of its investment terms will.

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Technology Company Policies Training 106

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2019

Instructure , the publicly traded company best known for its learning management systems (LMS) Canvas and Bridge, has agreed to acquire a fellow Salt Lake City-based education technology company, MasteryConnect , for $42.5 Emerging Strategy, a market research firm, estimates that the U.S. Of that figure, about $12.3

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Making itself less attractive to hackers by reducing the amount of data it houses on its own servers may be a better financial strategy for a district as a whole than funding a comprehensive cybersecurity program; it may make economic sense to move most of their applications to the “cloud” (that is, let vendors “host”).

EdTech 60

EdTech E-rate Symantec Data 60

Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2018

Amazon will be sunsetting TenMarks and its online instructional tools, which were once at the forefront of the company’s K-12 digital education strategy. She emailed the company to learn that it was not. “It But the company gave no indication that it would close shop. education strategy. education strategy.

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Tools Company Instructional Materials Tablets 86

Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

K-12 education system by open educational resources (OER) since 2009, although my first exposure to the ideas and leaders of the movement stretch back to the launch of the MIT OpenCourseWare initiative. K-12 OER Movement appeared first on EdTech Strategies. The post David, Goliath, and the Future of the U.S.

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OER Instructional Materials Advocacy Meeting 170

Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2016

If the views expressed by leading edtech companies are any indication, the race to become the first 'Netflix of Education' is gathering steam. One feature of Netflix in particular seems to have captured the imagination of edtech companies. Science, 331, 772–775. doi:10.1126/science.1199327 1199327 Karpicke, J. Butler, A.

Education 60

Education Udemy EdTech E-rate 60

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

But there’s another number that also has the company excited. The company has now raised $32 million in total. Founded in 2005, Quizlet is probably best known for its digital flashcards, built by a then-high schooler, Andrew Sutherland, who is still with the company as its chief technology officer. Today, U.S.

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Study Tools Company Analysis 85

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

LearnLaunch Institute , the Massachusetts Personalized Learning Edtech Consortium (MAPLE) functions as a professional learning community for 32 district members that aim to implement personalized learning. MAPLE also has 17 “General” districts that are interested in learning how to develop their own personalized learning strategies.

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Personalized Learning Learning Moodle Secondary 78

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2020

She received the distinction of CFD (Certified Faculty Developer) from the Learning Resources Network which enables her to train faculty in the latest, most advanced faculty development strategies and techniques. As a CFD, she has been part of the training team for LMS’s platforms in eLearning, Bongo, BrightSpace, and MML (MyMath Lab).

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Conference Kaplan Learning Libraries 36

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

In February 2009 the words of the world were collected and given to the Council of Conscience, a gathering of religious leaders and thinkers, who are now crafting the final document. The Charter was launched in November 2009. In late fall 2008, the first draft of the document was written by the world, via a sharing website.

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Conference Education Pearson Technology 59

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

To date, Stephen’s work has been featured by Forbes, Fast Company, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, FOX, TNT, Disney, Discovery TV, NPR, Teach Middle East, The Gulf National, and countless others. Roger Schank Chairman and CEO, Socratic Arts Roger Schank. Barbara is what some call a “Digital Pioneer.”

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Hack Education

MAY 18, 2018

Via Forbes : “The Startup President: How France ’s Macron Nearly Built An EdTech Company.” ” Ed-tech: where you don’t need an actual product idea for a company, and you can incubate your neoliberalism anyway. So many people predicting this company would disrupt higher ed.

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Education Company MOOC Report 49

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

The Guardian headline says , “Secret rightwing strategy to discredit teacher strikes,” but it’s not that secret. “ Can a For-Profit, Venture-Backed Company Keep OER Free – and Be Financially Sustainable? The company sells a tablet for use in prison. ” More via The Atlantic and via NPR.

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Education Facebook Edmodo OER 44

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

I am the Founder of #MexEdChat and I have been an ISTE Edtech Advisor. She joined AFS-USA in 2009 as Business Development Strategist. Dr. Beate W. Nguyen, Principal + Global Scholar-Practitioner, Archdiocese of Los Angeles/St. Dr Bob Robert Zenhausern. Prior to her assignment in the U.S., link] and [link] Jennifer D.

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Conference Education STEM Secondary 72

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Reader, they were not.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2017

He has also been named a Master Educator by Course Hero , an education technology company that produced a short film on Boyer. . Boyer has received the Students’ Choice Award as a Faculty Member of the Year for 13 straight years. Professor John Boyer teaches World Regions through his comic book alter ego.

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