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Duolingo IPO Shows Investors Think Edtech Is Still Growing.

Edsurge

billion—which is a good moment to reflect on how mobile learning has entered classrooms and how the company has expanded from just an app. In 2011, Pittsburgh-based Duolingo was founded by Luis von Ahn and Severin Hacker. The company also noted that “in 2019 and 2020, we had net losses of $13.6 million and $15.8

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Chinese New Year- What Animal Am I?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023), you are likely an individual who "prefers to figure out things on your own but always think about the best way to say things before speaking. 1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019, 2031), you are a person who "remember past events well and learn quickly from your mistakes.

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The power of ed-tech in the developing world

Neo LMS

One example of an e-learning initiative that overcame these challenges is the partnership between Accenture and Amref Health Africa who together developed a strategy for creating an innovative mobile learning solution for community healthcare volunteers (CHV). The initial phase was a 12 month pilot to train 318 CHVs. Conclusion.

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More great places, awesome people

Learning with 'e's

Continuing my review of the year, here are my top five places for 2011. I had the privilege of visiting the fair city of Dublin twice in 2011, the first time to keynote the 14th Irish National IT Training Conference in April, and the second time in June to speak at the Annual EDEN Conference. Mombasa, Kenya. Dublin, Ireland.

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10Q: Martin Weller - the battle for open

Learning with 'e's

blogs, social media, learning objects, OERs, MOOCs, etc in this period. 2) You wrote a book on being a digital scholar in 2011. It has been mildly entertaining to see many of the MOOC companies making ''discoveries'' of things that we have known for ages (eg that students require support).

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The Stories We've Been Told (in 2017) about Education Technology

Hack Education

I’ve called this “the Top Ed-Tech Trends,” but this has never been an SEO-optimized list of products that the ed-tech industry wants schools or parents or companies to buy (or that it claims schools and parents and companies are buying). Education Data and Learning Analytics. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2011.

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Top Ed-Tech Trends: A Review

Hack Education

Each month, I calculate all the venture capital investment that’s gone into education technology, noting who’s invested, the type of company, and so on. Education Data and Learning Analytics. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2011. Online Learning. Mobile Learning. Social Learning, Social Networks.

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