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Master Mobile Learning: The Best Corporate Training Apps for On-the-Go Education

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The Best Corporate Training Apps KITABOO Udemy for Business LinkedIn Learning IV. Udemy for Business Udemy for Business is a popular online learning platform that offers thousands of courses on a diverse range of topics. With the Udemy app, employees can access these courses directly from their mobile devices.

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The Past Decade Forecasts a New Wave of Economic Opportunity in Education

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From 2015 to 2019, entrepreneurs created 11 times the number of education unicorns compared to 2005 to 2014. Unicorns such as Coursera, Udemy, Varsity Tutors and VIPKid led the way with innovative solutions.

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Ka’Ching! 2016 US Edtech Funding Totals $1 Billion

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Across the globe, venture deals returned to 2014 levels, according to CB Insights. This year saw no mega-rounds for startups in the postsecondary sector—unlike 2015, which saw HotChalk, Udacity, Udemy, Coursera and Civitas Learning account for more than $520 million of funding. million—roughly on par with 2014 levels.

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Michelle Weise: ‘We Need to Design the Learning Ecosystem of the Future’

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As an example, in 2014, LinkedIn’s top ten jobs were jobs that hadn’t existed five years prior: social media intern, iOS/Android developer, cloud manager, big data architect, or UI/UX designer as examples. We’ll have to prepare students for work that doesn’t exist yet. It can offer just-in-time tutoring, advising, or mentorship.

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10 Commandments of Innovative Teaching

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Their learning mentor could be Google, Siri, YouTube, Udemy , Quora etc. Today’s learners can find out what a professor at MIT thinks about the future of robots…and we have to be ok that his/her answer if most likely much better than ours ever would be. Technology with a purpose.

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The K-12 Edtech Market Is At an Inflection. But Where Is It Going?

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So far in 2020, direct-to-consumer edutainment platforms like Roblox, MasterClass and Udemy top the list of biggest investments while institutional K-12 sales models continue to lag. A few companies serving the K-12 market got in on the action, like Newsela and ClassDojo, but they were the exceptions.

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Global Investors Launch New Edtech Funds: Exceed Capital and HighGrade Ventures

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Others CEOs on the advisory board include Chip Paucek (2U), Tom Davidson (EVERFI) and Dennis Yang (former chief of Udemy). Among the networks that HighGrade will use to scout for deals is the Global Edtech Startup Awards , an annual competition that MindCET has organized since 2014. The final winner takes home a $50,000 prize.

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