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It’s 2020: Have Digital Learning Innovations Trends Changed?

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In early 2017, organizations that have focused on digital learning came together to better leverage their strengths and capacities for a common goal: improving student success. Delivering these models to a differentiated population of educators and learners requires an adaptive approach.

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US Edtech Funding Already Nears $1 Billion in First Half of 2019

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The two companies were also among the 10 companies that raised the most funding in 2017 as well. However, compared to 2019, the industry saw a higher Series B average in the first half of 2017 and a higher average for Series C and later stage rounds. These two deals make up 21 percent of the total venture funding raised by U.S.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) ” MOOCs looked – for a short while, at least – like they were going to pivot to become LMSes. They’re supposedly “engines of innovation.”

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

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DreamBox Learning (adaptive learning): $130 million. DadaABC (English language learning): $100 million. Knewton (adaptive learning): $182.3 Age of Learning (educational apps): $181.5 DreamBox Learning (adaptive learning): $175.6 Vive la MOOC révolution.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Larry Hogan (R) declared via executive order that beginning in September 2017, the Maryland school year won’t start until after Labor Day – a decision that prompted sharp criticism from school leaders, who are accusing Hogan of favoring the tourism industry over education.” The states in question: Texas and Nevada.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Sante Fe University of Art and Design will close at the end of the 2017–2018 school year. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “New mobile features: Transcripts, notes, and reminders.” The adaptive learning company has raised $16 million total.

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?Are We Recreating Segregated Education Online?

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It’s worth reexamining how we’re recreating these educational walled gardens online—as we move from the heyday of MOOCs in 2012 to the gradual decline of open access courseware in 2017. In the first wave of online learning, we focused on democratizing access to content. Content-Driven vs. Connection-Driven.

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