Remove 2015 Remove Coursera Remove Elementary Remove Gamification
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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

” (For what it’s worth, Kleiner Perkins made just one major investment in education in 2017, participating in Coursera’s $64 million round this summer. But it’s down from the record-setting year in 2015 – down by about $1 billion. Coursera (online education) –- $64 million. Is this really a trend?

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Education Technology and Data Insecurity

Hack Education

Pokémon Go, a free augmented reality game developed by Niantic (a company spun out of Google in 2015), became the most popular mobile game in US history this year. This is part eight of my annual review of the year in ed-tech. ” “ The Educational Potential of Pokémon Go.”

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