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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

Edsurge

In 2009, our team at Kaplan Ventures invested in a virtual reality corporate training startup that was ten years too early. MOOCs topped the cycle in 2012. Last year, only 25,000 Americans graduated from bootcamps, in comparison to two million bachelors degrees awarded. OPMs topped the cycle in 2015.

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Good analysis of higher ed trends and strategy: Jon McGee’s _Breakpoint_

Bryan Alexander

million in fall 2009, a gain of 43 percent.” The discussion of digital changes (76-82) touches on high points (cost, commodification, MOOCs), but comes to no conclusions or recommendations. .” (27, emphases added) “Total undergraduate enrollment at American colleges and universities rose from 12.3 ” (!) (13).

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Good analysis of higher ed trends and strategy: Jon McGee’s _Breakpoint_

Bryan Alexander

million in fall 2009, a gain of 43 percent.” The discussion of digital changes (76-82) touches on high points (cost, commodification, MOOCs), but comes to no conclusions or recommendations. .” (27, emphases added) “Total undergraduate enrollment at American colleges and universities rose from 12.3 ” (!) (13).

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

Hack Education

” – that’s Sebastian Thrun, best known perhaps for his work at Google on the self-driving car and as a co-founder of the MOOC (massive open online course) startup Udacity. 2009 – the phones in their pockets. The quotation is from 2012. 2007 – the phones in their pockets.

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