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Sony, Edmodo, partner on math challenge

eSchool News

Sony’s Global Math Challenge will expand to more than 190 countries. Sony Global Education, Inc. By working with Edmodo, Sony Global Education will make its Global Math Challenge, a worldwide online math competition, accessible to teachers and students in over 190 countries. will partner with Edmodo, Inc.,

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The Uphill Battles Facing Asia’s Education Technology Startups

Edsurge

In technology, Sony and Nintendo are among the most internationally recognized brands. But when it comes to the education technology industry, few people outside the country can name Japanese companies off the top of their heads. But the reality is that “few investors outside of Japan know these companies,” said Wada at the event.

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Edtech Bootstrapping 101: A Survival Story

Edsurge

On the other hand, there is a paucity of coverage about edtech companies that grow their businesses with little or no venture capital or outside investment. Bootstrapped companies rarely have “unicorn” potential and most aren’t nearly as sexy as their venture-backed counterparts. October 2014 My wife and I patch things up.

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This Workforce Partnership Trains Tech Talent. Can It Boost Civic Engagement Too?

Edsurge

A couple decades later, tractors were assembled here for Caterpillar, the construction machinery company. They have been working with local governments and tech companies to design solutions to problems such as homelessness, water conservation and clean energy. It was subsequently used as a storage warehouse.

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?Blockchain, Bitcoin and the Tokenization of Learning

Edsurge

In 2014, Kings College in New York became the first university in the U.S. Take LiveEdu , for example, a Y Combinator-backed online learning company that touts itself as being the “next-gen Lynda.com,” referring to a platform that offers online courses and skills training.

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Impatient with universities’ slow pace of change, employers go around them

The Hechinger Report

With a huge shortage of college graduates in data and computer science, tech companies are taking matters into their own hands and providing education directly to prospective tech workers. million new tech jobs will be created between 2014 and 2024, many of them requiring people with data and computer-science credentials.

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Education Technology and the History of the Future of Credentialing

Hack Education

“Conflicts of interest” persist, needless to say, and there are multiple think-tanks and companies eager to have a role in deciding “who counts” as an accreditor and “what counts” as a “real” post-secondary education. Jobs for Grads. Preferably from Stanford.) emphasis mine).