Edsurge
APRIL 30, 2019
Online education companies, including Coursera and Duolingo, also use Examity to verify the identities of students who earn certificates. staff—alongside its business as more and more students take online courses. It claims a smaller, but growing footprint among employers at corporations, including Amazon.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 26, 2016
billion across 138 venture deals in 2016. This year startups that serve primarily the K-12 market raised $434 million; those targeting the postsecondary and corporate learning sector raised $593 million. It’s worth noting that even though 2016 marked the end of this trend, the dollar total still surpasses the years before 2015.
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Edsurge
JANUARY 6, 2017
In 2016, Strava users uploaded 304 million activities , logged 6.8 I became a Strava user in 2013, around the same time I became an online course designer. Why was the fitness app so “sticky” as opposed to the online learning platforms? How could we apply the same practices to learning? What was happening?
Edsurge
DECEMBER 28, 2018
Massive open online course providers gained momentum and attention by claiming to offer a free alternative to traditional degrees. But these massive open online courses still continue to shape the way people around the world learn and access education. In 2016, the company reported its largest loss in its history, down $3.3
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 6, 2017
employers spent nearly $71 billion on training in 2016—a figure that was flat compared to 2015. New Options One major reason is the explosion of relatively high-quality, free or low-cost professional learning options in recent years. “Information today is pushed so quickly at people that the landscape has fundamentally changed.”
eSchool News
OCTOBER 20, 2017
According to CrowdfundCampus, crowdfunding equity surpassed that of venture capital funding for the first time in 2016. Crowdfunding is providing opportunities for new learning methods. Previously, students were confined to learning in the classroom or reading a textbook.
Edsurge
JULY 20, 2017
A 2016 report funded by the Gates Foundation found that in the U.S. As online course platforms proliferate, institutions of all shapes and sizes realize that they’ll need to translate content into digital forms. To be a good instructional designer, you should steep yourself in the research on learning and teaching.
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