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The Still-Evolving Future of University Credentials

Edsurge

And it was just a few years after the launch of the first MOOCs, putting the online higher ed market newly in the spotlight as it continued its steady growth. This skills-based hiring trend has real momentum and is also evidenced in analysis of employer job postings and other data sources.

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Video for learning: Today and tomorrow

Learning with 'e's

I was studying at college and a man in a white coat wheeled a television and video player into the room. Video has been used to encourage independent thinking and critical analysis, and in higher education for example, has been used successfully to promote active engagement and collaborative learning (Parlour, 2019). Parlour, A.

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?Meet Intel Education Accelerator’s Newest Cohort of EdTech Visionaries

Edsurge

PrepFlash takes some of the tediousness out of studying by writing flashcards for learners. Sutori] appealed to me from the very beginning… I studied literature in college, and had I had a tool like this, it would have changed the way I learned.” million assessments, and is on track to hit 4 million in 2017.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

The report is always a big deal in technology circles – “a tech industry event in its own right,” as Wired’s Steven Levy put it in 2012 – and many publications and pundits dutifully cover Meeker’s observations, often adding very little analysis of their own. Venture Capital in 2017.

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US Edtech Investments Peak Again With $1.45 Billion Raised in 2018

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edtech startups in 2017. 2018 Edtech Funding Breakdown In this annual year-end analysis, EdSurge counts all venture investments in U.S. Once upon a time, she notes, “MOOCs were supposed to displace higher education. Now many MOOCs are embedded within these institutions. Last year, U.S. billion raised by U.S.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

” You’ll often hear its advocates invoke Benjamin Bloom’s 1984 study on “ the 2 Sigma Problem ” and claim that one-on-one tutoring is radically effective at improving student outcomes. ” (Its MOOC competitor edX also announced this year that many of its courses would no longer be free.)

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15 hot edtech trends for 2017

eSchool News

To get a glimpse into what the next 12 months will hold for everything from professional development to digital learning, and from communication to virtual reality, 15 ed tech luminaries looked back on 2016 edtech trends to help predict what’s in store for 2017. MOOCs continued to increase in number and attendance.

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