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Online Learning's 'Greatest Hits'

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From the very start of digital education, the big question has always been: ”How can students learn effectively, if they’re not face-to-face with their instructors?” Online learning is not just another edtech product, but an innovative teaching practice." million students. The LMS market today is valued at $9.2

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Byju’s Becomes an Edtech ‘Decacorn’ After Fundraise from Mary Meeker’s Bond Capital

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Byju’s is the newest member—thanks to an investment from technology investment firm Bond, which values the company at $10.5 Bond was founded by Mary Meeker, a former partner at Kleiner Perkins whose annual “Internet Trends” reports have become a must-read for the technology industry. billion , according to The Economic Times.

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Codecademy, an Early (and Now Profitable) Pioneer of Coding Education, Raises $40M in New Funding

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Money has flowed into the edtech sector over the last twelve months. Unlike other edtech startups seemingly on the fast track to big checks, Codecademy has been in the business for over a decade. The deal with Owl Ventures, one of the largest edtech-focused venture funds , appears to tick all of these boxes.

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Ka’Ching! 2016 US Edtech Funding Totals $1 Billion

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edtech companies, which altogether raised an estimated $1.03 edtech companies raised roughly 57 percent of what Snapchat did in its $1.8 In this annual analysis, EdSurge counts all investments in technology companies whose primary purpose is to improve learning outcomes for all learners, regardless of age.

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Why H?para for Alberta schools?

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para has provided learning technologies to Alberta school divisions since 2011. para has become an international edtech company that supports learner equity and learning excellence. This allows school jurisdictions a long term evaluation of the benefits of learner autonomy and self-management through technology.

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News from the Y: The Latest Edtech Startups in Y Combinator’s Winter 2019 Class

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Over Monday and Tuesday earlier this week, entrepreneurs from 189 startups took the stage for Demo Day, the de-facto graduation ceremony for Y Combinator, one of the technology industry’s most recognizable startup accelerator programs. Among the graduates were a half dozen education technology companies.

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When Education Giants Stumbled and Data Ruled

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This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. He is currently the chief product officer of Renaissance Learning, which acquired myON in 2018. Here’s a look at some of edtech’s notable successes and failures that might shed light on the decade to come. What predictions never panned out?

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