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Edsurge
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
Once known for a learning game, the Redwood City, Calif.-based based company now touts itself as a provider of adaptive-learning technologies for educational content providers. The company has refocused its business and research around what it calls its “Adaptive Learning Platform.”
Edsurge
JANUARY 21, 2021
In a now-famous 1997 interview , he candidly explained why Amazon started out by selling books. Books were simply a stepping stone, the “best first thing” to sell.) In 1994, hardly anyone was buying books on the internet. Bezos, more than any other tech entrepreneur, is known to play the long game, masterfully. But they are.
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Iterating Toward Openness
MARCH 28, 2018
Our first openly licensed college textbook was published in 2012, and our library since scaled to more than 20 books for college and AP courses used by hundreds of thousands of students. From their website: OpenStax is a nonprofit based at Rice University, and it’s our mission to improve student access to education.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 10, 2017
In 2012, 30 million primary-age children (or 1 out of 5) in sub-Saharan Africa did not attend any school. In return, Injini takes up to 15 percent of equity in each company. “We Yo Books , a company from South Sudan, aims to deliver and distribute books on low-cost devices across remote regions. Yet the U.S.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 30, 2019
You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning. And “free” doesn’t last.
Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs
DECEMBER 21, 2022
Consider the following developments in artificial intelligence: In 2016, the Associated Press began outsourcing its minor-league baseball dispatches to a company called Automated Insights. Corey had me at "Greg Toppo," as I've been a fan of his since 2018 when I first read one of his earlier books.)
Hack Education
DECEMBER 31, 2018
When I first started working as a tech reporter, I assumed – naively – that venture capitalists were smart people who did thorough research before funding a company. I assumed that they looked to see if the company could do what it promised – financially, technologically. One should be conscientious, as such.
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