Edsurge

JULY 28, 2021

In 2011, Pittsburgh-based Duolingo was founded by Luis von Ahn and Severin Hacker. As a string of online-education companies have gone public, including Chegg, Coursera, Kahoot and others, it seems that investors have decided that there’s enough public interest in digital learning, and they want in.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2017

edtech investments in 2011. Yet at 126 deals, the number of fundraises in 2017 is also at its lowest since 2011. We’ve seen the most interest in SaaS (software-as-a-service) models where the product is complementary to an existing platform.”. billion invested), since EdSurge began tracking U.S. That may be changing.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

But during that same fifteen-year period, we also witnessed the birth and growth of highly influential firms like Google, Amazon, Facebook, Tencent and Alibaba. 2004-2011: Washington Leans In. Between 2004 and 2011, I worked as an executive in SchoolNet and Kaplan, both of which grew into successful and innovative education companies.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2020

peaked in 2011 and is currently declining. In addition, external and internal learning and development content is increasingly being curated and linked to formal educational opportunities for working professionals—via offerings such as Coursera for Business and “ learning experience platforms ” like Degreed.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

” It’s now unclear, observers say, if the FTC can regulate companies like Google or Verizon. More on Coursera and certification in the certification section below.). “The San Francisco-based software company will continue a four-year partnership with San Francisco Unified School District.

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

“The Vastmanland court ruled Tuesday the Malardalen University ’s two-year program ‘Analytical Finance’ that Connie Askenback attended from 2011 to 2013 ‘had no practical value.’” ’” More on court cases in the sports and testing sections below. The company has raised $41 million total. (I

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Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

So instead of a zeppelin, we got to ride in one of Google’s self-driving cars, which was of course the project that Thrun had been working on when he gave his famous TED Talk in 2011 – and that, in turn, was where he heard Salman Khan give his famous TED Talk. Google versus Uber. Efficiency.

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