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Edsurge
DECEMBER 30, 2019
In a world where the largest software vendors like Apple and Google don’t write the apps, we are at a tipping point as the worldwide gap widens between skills delivered by the current educational systems and those required by the digital economy.
Hack Education
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
" I like to cite, as an example, a New Yorker article from a few years ago that interviewed Anthony Levandoski, the Uber engineer sued by Google for stealing its self-driving car technology. Despite the failure of AllLearn, in 2014, Levin was named the CEO of Coursera. Coursera founder Daphne Koller.
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Edsurge
DECEMBER 19, 2017
Last month, TechCrunch wrote of an “ implosion of early-stage VC funding ,” citing Pitchbook data that showed that the number of early-stage rounds have plummeted from more than 13,000 in 2014 to nearly 6,000 this year. Education technology investments appear to be on a similar trajectory. million, this year saw 56 such deals worth $47.9
Hack Education
DECEMBER 11, 2016
The work is also supported by companies including Apple, Google and Expedia, as well as education organizations including the CollegeBoard, Teach For America and STEMx.” Michael Teitelbaum, a scholar on the history of STEM, said in 2014 to an audience of education reporters that the post-war U.S. Google’s Alphabet Inc.
Hack Education
OCTOBER 14, 2016
” That for-profit is Laureate Education , the largest chain of for-profit schools in the world and an investor in Coursera. ” That’s after paying £4,327 in UK taxes in 2014. Via The Washington Post : “ Facebook-backed school software shows promise – and raises privacy concerns.” ” Maybe.
Hack Education
APRIL 3, 2017
Silicon Valley does include Mountain View, where Google is headquartered. Turns out that “free” might not be the best business model for a for-profit company, particularly one that cannot rely on advertising the same way that other “free” products like Facebook and Google can. They aspire to be monopolies.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 30, 2019
You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That). It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. billion by 2025.
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