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. Udemy (skills training) – $173 million. Among the major trends Meeker identified for 2017: mobile advertising, gaming, and healthcare.

Trends 56

Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The 2011 Global Education Conference is also fast approaching: November 14 - 18. That class is produced by language learning software maker Rosetta Stone. Online video portal Udemy announced that it has raised $3 million Adaptive learning company Knewton announced a massive round of fundraising: $33 million.

Knewton 43

Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

Hack Education

JULY 15, 2016

” The article notes that “The number of states planning to use the new [SBAC and PARCC] tests dropped from 45 in 2011 to 20 in 2016.” Via Education Week : “Ed-Tech Software Group Objects to Messages in Feds’ #GoOpen Campaign.” Via Education Next : “The Politics of the Common Core Assessments.”

Education 40

Education Blackboard Common Core MOOC 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Online education (admittedly, a very generic category): Investments include Udemy ($60,000,000), DigiSchool ($15,700,000), MasterClass ($15,000,000), UNICAF ($12,000,000), OpenClassroom ($6,740,000). The learning management system is a piece of “enterprise” software after all. ” So congrats, ed-tech vendors.)

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40