Edsurge

JANUARY 6, 2017

Why was the fitness app so “sticky” as opposed to the online learning platforms? How could we apply the same practices to learning? I’ve come to believe that one of the biggest misunderstandings about online learning is that it has to be limited to things that can be done in front of a computer screen.

Online Learning 110

Online Learning Course MOOC Udemy 110

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2018

According to state data, the number of young people in state juvenile justice facilities dropped from 901 at the end of 2012 to 386 in 2017. In Illinois, District 428 awarded 73 high school diplomas in 2017, up from 65 in 2013 when there were twice as many juveniles in the system and their average stay was longer. “The

Online Learning 68

Online Learning Blended Learning Pearson Learning 68

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2018

based education company that is part of a nonprofit consortium in the state. Still, as more rural schools look to virtual programs for help, there’s little evidence that online learning is equal to or can exceed outcomes from traditional in-person instruction, and some experts are urging caution — along with greater attention to quality.

Online Learning 67

Online Learning Learning Course Blended Learning 67

The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

I’ve been collaborating globally since 2006 and have created more than 30 global collaborative projects in that time, co-winning the ISTE Online learning award with that first project in 2006. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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Comparison Company Facebook Video 291

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2019

By comparison, in the first six months of 2018, companies raised $750 million across 62 deals. educational technology companies whose primary purpose is to support educators and learners across preK-12 and postsecondary education. Some companies count their accelerator funding into their subsequent seed rounds.

EdTech 138

EdTech Coursera Knewton Analysis 138

Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2020

Indian online education startup Byju’s, which already reached the billion-dollar valuation from private investors in 2018, can now claim a new distinction: “decacorn.” That’s the industry lingo for companies valued at $10 billion or more. It’s an ultra-exclusive club of two dozen companies across the world, according to CB Insights.

EdTech 121

EdTech Chegg Udemy Industry 121

The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Date: Monday, November 27, 2017. The podcast has an additional 3 minutes from Vicki Davis with recommendations about how you can help children know how to help others affected by the tragedies of 2017 during the holiday season. ” This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show.

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Company Twitter Online Learning Examples 182

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Starting with a $100 million fund in 2015, Owl has since raised two subsequent funds— $185 million in 2017, and $315 million in 2019. Since 2015, Owl has invested in 39 edtech companies. Companies offering consumer-facing and corporate-training products accounted for many of the biggest fundraising deals in the first half of this year.

EdTech 111

EdTech Company Training Survey 111

Edsurge

MAY 13, 2021

It was 2012, and online learning was suddenly booming. Courses at Stanford and at MIT were opened for free online to the masses, and the masses signed up—with some courses attracting more than 160,000 each. It’s a tale of two companies in terms of strategy.” They’ve never been very strategic.

Coursera 163

Coursera MOOC Company Course 163

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Based on real-life applications and digital tools, lessons in Essential Skills for Remote Learning guide students through technical concepts in a fun, game-based environment. Founded in 1999, Learning.com currently partners with one in six U.S. school districts and serves more than 4 million students each year.

Schoology 70

Schoology Digital Citizenship Learning Libraries 70

Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2019

Most investors shy away from bets on companies that provide similar services for an obvious reason: Don’t have one portfolio company that can cannibalize another. But SEEK Group , an Australian operator of online educational and employment services, has doubled down on massive open online courses. Despite its U.K.

MOOC 117

MOOC Coursera Company Course 117

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2019

The number of K-12 students enrolling in full-time virtual and blended learning schools continues to grow, despite research suggesting that students in these programs do not perform as well as their peers in traditional settings. It could also be because virtual learning programs demand lower operating costs than a traditional school.

Blended Learning 166

Blended Learning Trends Policies Online Learning 166

Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

At the postsecondary level, more than 15% of students were enrolled exclusively online in 2017. took at least one online course. Without modern technology and near-constant connectivity, online learning wouldn’t be possible. According to the National Center for Education Statistics , a further 33.1%

Learning 254

Learning Student Data Privacy Data Software 254

Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2020

For example, despite increased activity on the platform—concurrent users on the Canvas LMS were up 60 percent from typical use patterns and video submissions are up tenfold from typical use patterns pre-Covid-19—the costs of moving more data and training more educators will keep the company from a short-term windfall, Benson says.

LMS 95

LMS Blackboard Company Moodle 95

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2019

It’s a trilogy in the making, and for 2U’s third chapter, the online program management company wants in on bootcamps. That was the focus of the company for its first nine years—or “chapter one,” as Paucek described in a conference call with investors on Monday morning. The two companies officially signed the deal at 6 p.m.

Company 108

Company Education MOOC Conference 108

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

General Assembly’s CEO Jake Schwartz told Reuters on Wednesday that he is looking into the company’s financing options, and that includes potentially selling the New York-based coding bootcamp. But it’s still unclear how serious the company is about finding a new owner for its 22 campuses, which are located around the U.S.

Industry 61

Industry Company Trends Report 61

MindShift

MARCH 6, 2018

based education company that is part of a nonprofit consortium in the state. Still, as more rural schools look to virtual programs for help, there’s little evidence that online learning is equal to or can exceed outcomes from traditional in-person instruction, and some experts are urging caution — along with greater attention to quality.

Online Learning 31

Online Learning Learning Course Report 31

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Then she saw an online ad for the Ohio Distance and Electronic Learning Academy (OHDELA). It’s a virtual charter school, the tuition paid with taxpayer dollars, run by the for-profit charter management company ACCEL Schools. Today the company serves 157,000 in 30 states. Nemergut enrolled all three girls. At Stride Inc.,

E-rate 127

E-rate Pearson Company Report 127

Gaggle Speaks

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Especially with regard to online learning tools, schools and districts are often left to their own devices and are pressed to figure it out for themselves. A company with a focus and message of safety is presented with some unique obstacles and limitations. Companies focused on safety have a much smaller threshold for mistakes.

EdTech 80

EdTech Company Conference Resources 80

Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The college counseling company at the heart of the “Varsity Blues” cheating scandal did more than just help students get into college through fraudulent means. It also had its employees pose as students to take online courses for them once they were enrolled, to make sure they passed.

Course 147

Course Study Policies Company 147

Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

How the Company Aims to Catch Tutoring Requests That Go Too Far. Here’s a look at how the education company is responding. 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

MOOC 118

MOOC Coursera Chegg Pearson 118

Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

The speakers all pressed that digital learning, and in particular online charter schools, are falling short for students and teachers. There has been a huge explosion of online learning and edtech in our schools… and online education is privatizing education through for-profit companies and their apps,” said Haimson.

Personalized Learning 152

Personalized Learning Conference EdTech Education 152

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The vast majority of the school’s students — and in 2017, all of them — are accepted into at least one college. This community in rural Lewis County made headlines in 2017 when all 43 of its graduating seniors were accepted into two- or four-year colleges. 43 — The number of students in Onalaska High School’s 2017 graduating class.

Company 111

Company Report Trends Study 111

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2019

In this still from a Byju's provided video, about 20,000 students pack the country's largest indoor arena for a math lesson from the company's CEO in 2013. The stunt came years before the CEO’s company, Byju’s, launched a learning app that would take the company to 35 million downloads, with 2.7 million) this fiscal year.

Company 90

Company Video Broadband Report 90

ProfHacker

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Inside Higher Ed (IHE) recently issued their 2017 Survey of Faculty Attitudes on Technology and we were excited about the big initial finding that more faculty are teaching online and that more are finding that online learning can meet the same outcomes. This is great, but unsurprising news.

EdTech 156

EdTech Survey Software Report 156

Edsurge

JUNE 20, 2018

In 2017 Facebook claimed more than 4 million companies advertise on its platform, and more than 500,000 companies advertise on Instagram. Facebook this month announced broad plans to train one million people and small businesses in digital skills by 2020, under an initiative the company calls “Community Boost.”

Facebook 69

Facebook Social Media Training Company 69

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Three million frogs are harvested each year for classroom dissections in the United States, according to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which partnered with the manufacturing company SynDaver to develop the synthetic frog. As the frog is reusable for most dissections, the cost could be recuperated over time. Now it is expanding.

Survey 106

Survey STEM Company Report 106

Edsurge

JULY 25, 2018

Walmart, Lowe’s, Discover and Lyft are just a few of the companies that have signed on to offer employees education-as-a-benefit, meaning these companies help students pay for—or completely cover—the cost of tuition for education programs. It last raised $21 million in 2017, when it had around 60 employees.

Education 62

Education Company Trends Secondary 62

Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2016

edtech companies, which altogether raised an estimated $1.03 edtech companies raised roughly 57 percent of what Snapchat did in its $1.8 edtech companies raised roughly 57 percent of what Snapchat did in its $1.8 The market uncertainty has led some high-profile companies to hit pause on bigger plans. The Glendale, Calif.-based

EdTech 82

EdTech Udemy Company Coursera 82

Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2017

As more nonprofit colleges and universities bet their futures on online offerings, many are turning to for-profit companies to help create and advertise their new digital degree programs. Backdrop to the raise is a growing market and demand for online courses. It’s a market that John Katzman, CEO of Noodle Partners, knows well.

Company 69

Company Pearson Report Course 69

The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2019

The work is funded by Fremont Street , a Boston-based philanthropic fund founded in 2017 to focus on supporting small- and medium-sized districts in mostly suburban and rural communities – places that don’t already get a lot of outside funding and attention for education innovation.

Personalized Learning 111

Personalized Learning Strategy Report Trends 111

eSchool News

MAY 5, 2020

The collaboration comes as a result of both companies’ goal to give teachers, students and makers everywhere the ability to make a positive impact on their communities by 3D printing respirators for those in need. Schools around the world use pi-top to teach core STEAM skills in coding, robotics and AI.

Laptops 52

Laptops Robotics Analysis Online Learning 52

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Take LiveEdu , for example, a Y Combinator-backed online learning company that touts itself as being the “next-gen Lynda.com,” referring to a platform that offers online courses and skills training. The company claims on its website that it’s near that goal, with more than 7.2

Sony 99

Sony Learning Company lynda.com 99

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2018

It receives funding from the state of Utah to provide online learning to rural children and has launched pilot programs in several states across the country, including Mississippi. One kindergarten-readiness program offers children the promise of academic growth in as little as 15 minutes a day, five days a week.

Advocacy 111

Advocacy Data Report Groups 111

Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2019

INACOL—the International North American Council for Online Learning—would henceforth be known as the Aurora Institute , a name taken from the Latin word for “dawn.” The organization wants to focus on other approaches to improve education, such as personalization, that go beyond online learning. One reason for the shift?

Education 80

Education Advocacy Conference Laptops 80

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

She’s the co-founder and co-editor of the Journal of Online Learning Research , which publishes peer-reviewed studies about K-12 online education. But “online teacher” is a profession that predates the pandemic. and Pearson, reports the Snapshot 2020 annual report from the Digital Learning Collaborative.

Education 212

Education Handbook Course Elementary 212

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

- Education Elements provides support for schools and districts as they transform their school models to personalize learning. The company got its start in late 2010, spurred by founder Anthony Kim’s work with KIPP Empower , an elementary charter school in Los Angeles. He founded Education Elements to meet that need.

Education Elements 60

Education Elements Personalized Learning Education Learning 60