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The Asian Money Fueling US Edtech Investments

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In the Minerva Project, TAL is much more interested in the technology that allows the company to run online, asynchronous seminars (dubbed “ The Active Learning Forum ”) than launching new universities. Sinovation Ventures , a venture firm founded in 2009 by Google’s former chief in China. edtech startups. edtech startups include.

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

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This talk was delivered at Virginia Commonwealth University today as part of a seminar co-sponsored by the Departments of English and Sociology. 2009 – the phones in their pockets. I don’t believe that robots will take, let alone need take, all our jobs. The slides are also available here.

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