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Chegg Cuts $15 Million Check to Buy AI-Feedback Tool, WriteLab

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Chegg announced today that it bought the Berkeley-based startup for about $15 million in an all-cash transaction. That’s challenging because when you’re a small company, you’re often a lot of engeineers in a room and you’re not in the classroom." Prior to buying WriteLab, in October 2017 Chegg paid €12.5 Ramireze said.

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EdSurge HigherEd Year in Review: Our Top Higher Education Stories of 2018

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These stories also show that innovative teaching was top of mind this past year, from shaking up the way instructors teach online, to talking about race in the classroom, to experimenting with augmented and virtual reality. Cheating on Chegg? How Classrooms Can Start Talking About Race in Just 6 Words. What’s Next for Pearson?

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The Post-Pandemic Outlook for Edtech

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College students are turning to digital tutoring platforms like Chegg and online course providers like Coursera, both of which have performed well over the last few months. Between 2016 and 2019, online tutoring services raised more than $1.2 Before the pandemic, according to the latest available data, only 15 percent of U.S.

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Predictions of Print Textbooks’ Death Remain Greatly Exaggerated

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The nonprofit publisher of K-12 curriculum launched in 2016 expecting an audience for its digital offerings. classrooms from kindergarten through high school.” Spending data suggests that instructional software is indeed growing in classrooms. Just ask Jessica Reid Sliwerski, CEO of Open Up Resources. From 2011 to 2014, U.S.

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Where in the World Is Planet3? An Educational Gaming CEO Seeks His Second Act

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He had the money, at least $13 million raised by July 2016. Esther Wojcicki, the esteemed journalism teacher at Palo Alto High School, joined in 2016 as the company’s chief learning officer. In the agreement with Clark County School District, nine middle schools agreed to the Planet3 pilot program from August 2016 to May 2017.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Udacity has updated its online "classroom." ” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals. ” “The Current State of Educational Blogging 2016,” according to Edublogs’ Sue Waters. ” The Secretary of Education’s response ; POTUS says nothing.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The startup was later sold to Valore Education in 2015 , which was in turn acquired by Follett in 2016 , which in turn shut down the Boundless site in 2017. The Flipped Classroom".

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