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.
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 20, 2019
The next big move came when instructional designers, as part of their skillset, turned to digital authoring systems, software introduced to stimulate engagement, encouraging virtual students to interface actively with digital materials, often by tapping at a keyboard or touching the screen as in a video game.
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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.
Edsurge
JUNE 18, 2017
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. 2011-2020: From Early Adopters To Mainstream Adoption. Observing the internet revolution, Marc Andreessen famously wrote “ software is eating the world.”
Hack Education
DECEMBER 29, 2017
Another notable area of growth: the size of the report itself, which has expanded from 66 slides in 2011 to 355 this year , with the number of slides almost doubling in the last year alone. Coursera (online education) –- $64 million. Coursera (online education) – $210.1 Is this really a trend? It finds no impact in math.
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.
Hack Education
SEPTEMBER 2, 2016
Just a few weeks after Daphne Koller ’s announcement she was leaving the MOOC startup she co-founded, Coursera unveiled “ Coursera for Business ” this week, marking its pivot from “democratizing higher ed” to “ training corporate employees.” ” More via Techcrunch.
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