Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

One of our portfolio companies LearnPlatform publishes a regular “ Edtech Top 40 ” list of the most used edtech products in K12 schools nationwide: perhaps unsurprisingly, Google products take 8 of the top 10 spots. But as a point of reference: Google did not yet exist. Chegg (NYSE: CHGG) is down 43.8

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EdTech Chegg Udemy Company 187

Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Cheating on Chegg? It’s no surprise that students would ask for help on platforms like Chegg, which offer digital textbooks as well as tutoring and homework help. Algorithms dictate what photos we see first on social media, what search results come up on Google, and what kinds of ads we are served on websites. Persuasive Design.

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MOOC Coursera Chegg Pearson 121

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2016

I think you’re wrong, so I propose a bet: We’ll both invest in a basket of stocks on January 1, 2012—mine representing the edtech industry, and yours the whole economy. Back in 2012, there were seven companies that fell into this category. a share in May 2016, it was down 88 percent from January 2012. Cambium Learning Group.

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EdTech Pearson Chegg Company 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I It was an elaborate scam, dating back to 2012, but one that gave out many online signals that the school was “real.”

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

In other Google and edu news, via The Verge : “White nationalists seem to have manipulated Google search results for ‘Boasian anthropology’ ” Via Education Week : “‘Fake News,’ Media Literacy Become Business Opportunities in Rush to Educate Students.”

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Education MOOC Company Pearson 40