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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

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And while many educators believe that word problems in math class are tougher for students to grasp than ones with mathematical notation, research shows that the opposite is true. A substantial part of the nation’s resources are being devoted to higher education,” Simon said. But at a university? “We

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Peter Thiel May Finally Get His Flying Cars, Thanks to a New Udacity Nanodegree in 2018

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Udacity already offers a self-driving car nanodegree but, as its founder and former CEO Sebastian Thrun writes , it “has many prerequisites [and] is built for seasoned software engineers.” Founded in 2012, Udacity initially sought to work with universities as a provider of massive online open courses (MOOCs). Sorry, Peter.)

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

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education technology industry appears on track to surpass the amount of investor funding tallied in recent years. By comparison, in the first six months of 2018, companies raised $750 million across 62 deals. By comparison, in the first six months of 2018, companies raised $750 million across 62 deals. million and 2.5

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Lessons from Boise: What colleges can teach us about fostering innovation

Perry Hewitt

not just the educational one. Media interest in formalized online learning, or “peak MOOC,” occurred in about 2012, and with it the mandate that everyone must learn to code. As education expands from episodic and location-based to lifelong and virtual, we need to value both sustained scholarship and lean learning approaches.

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Next Week - The Library 2.0 "Emerging Technology" Mini-Conference - All Keynotes and Sessions Posted!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We invite all library professionals, employers, LIS students, and educators to register now to participate in this event. She is the author of the book Emerging Library Technologies: It's Not Just for Geeks (Elsevier, 2018). More information about the MOOC can be found on the iSchool website or the MOOC repository.

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

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cities and states, 2018 marked the wettest year on record. There was also plenty of rain in the education technology industry, where venture capitalists and private-equity investors unleashed a deluge of cash. education technology companies raised $1.45 education technology companies raised $1.45 For many U.S.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

This is the second part of my much-abbreviated look at the stories that were told about education technology in 2018 – and in this case, the people who funded the storytellers. The Biggest Investments of 2018. Peilian.com (music education): $150 million. Connexeo (school administration software): $110 million.

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