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How a University Took on the Textbook Industry

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As demand for low-cost, high-quality materials increased during the Great Recession, the nonprofit project shifted from curation to creation, publishing its first five free textbooks in 2012. Yet the nonprofit is also developing its own software designed to undercut the courseware industry, charging just $10 per student.

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Education Technology Industry Network Grows With Addition of Education Industry Association Members

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The Education Industry Association, which struggled to keep membership after a downturn in federal funding for tutoring, is joining a division of the Software & Information Industry Association, or ETIN, effective immediately, under an agreement announced today. Terms of the agreement were not released. But the U.S.

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Big Names, Brash Claims at SF Edtech Industry Pitch Event

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At an industry-focused education technology event hosted by Cooley, a law firm, in San Francisco this past Wednesday, several dozen entrepreneurs and investors gathered to network, scout for new business opportunities and share a mix of practical and questionable wisdom. Minerva has since raised another $70 million.

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K–12 Schools Work to Incorporate Computer Science into Curriculums

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“We don’t just need computer science graduates to fill computing jobs; we need people with technical abilities to fill jobs in almost every industry ,” Victoria Espinel, president of Software.org: the BSA Foundation and chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on the Digital Economy and Society, writes in a blog post.

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A Humbled Declara, Once a Darling of the Edtech Industry, Finds a New Home

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Declara launched in 2012 to considerable funding and fanfare—including a shoutout from former President Barack Obama. Instead, it has caught the attention of a European buyer: An Italian blockchain company that builds software to support the “Internet of Things” ecosystem has acquired Declara. But Declara is not going away.

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HE Challenges: Fast changing digital teaching methods

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Putting a finer point on the problem is Nathan Harden , American education commentator, who in 2012 claimed, “In fifty years, if not much sooner, half of the roughly 4,500 colleges and universities now operating in the United States will have ceased to exist. but less likely to engage the software to create lessons. Skills gap.

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Beyond the Test: How Have We Learned This Decade?

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and elsewhere regularly use software and curriculum developed within the past decade, often developed by small companies and former educators. Clever-2012. Nearpod-2012. Tynker-2012. Even as industry has built fresh tools for students, we too frequently left educators on their own, scrambling to keep up.

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