Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2023

And in the edtech world, normal meant more ed and less tech than in 2020 and 2021. Public and private edtech companies felt the pain of these poor results, announcing more than 8,000 layoffs in an industry that only employs about 100,000 people. It’s a tough time to build or invest in an edtech company.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2020

The education industry didn’t. In fact, many capitalized on it in 2020. Here is a recap of the biggest and most popular edtech business stories of 2020. That set off a chain of lawsuits, layoffs and revolt from investors unhappy with the terms, which carried into 2020. Ultimately, the sale went through in March.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2024

After the pandemic, the edtech market exploded with new products and services, and investment flowed freely. When schools shuttered in the spring of 2020, more than 1 billion students worldwide shifted to online instruction in less than one month. Global edtech funding plummeted 49 percent from 2021 to 2022, falling to $10.6

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The edtech solutions they invest in must address their most critical and pressing problems. It’s an interesting paradox: edtech has never been so prevalent, and yet the need for high-quality, relevant solutions has never been more dire. This was true regardless of income, educational level, race, or geography.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Most people don’t consider education technology to be such an important industry, but it’s actually gigantic. According to the report, the EdTech industry will reach a global value of $252 billion by 2020. 5 New EdTech tools to watch. Digital libraries.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2021

Lest 2020 be forgot and never brought to mind—a hope more than a few of us hold—existing trends that accelerated during the pandemic will continue in 2021. In response to layoffs and demand spikes, companies across every industry made updates to their technology and processes.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 22, 2022

A 2020 study conducted by Omdia on behalf of the Security Industry Association showed the market for physical security equipment in K–12 and higher education was $716 million in 2020. The K–12 sector accounted for about 56 percent of that amount.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Navigating this evolving landscape, edtech founders are confronted with many challenges in taking their products to market. Then, in March 2020, schools across the globe closed their doors, quickly pivoting to online instruction. Virtual classrooms became the norm.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2021

as the remaining trio of prominent edtech companies on the U.S. But this contraction may not last long, thanks in part to one of the industry’s earliest and most ebullient investors, who is steering a financial vehicle that’s taken public markets by storm. edtech startups raised $2.2 billion —a record for the industry.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. What are the projections for edtech? We asked edtech executives, stakeholders, and experts to share some of their thoughts and predictions about where they think edtech is headed in 2024.

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2019

They’re abbreviations for major conferences for companies in the education industry. What sets them apart from purely teacher-focused conferences is that industry players aren’t viewed mainly as vendors who pony up for a sponsorship or exhibit booth. There are also other highly specialized and invitation-only industry conferences.

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Edsurge

JULY 28, 2021

It’s got an effective mobile app that really changes the context in how people access language, a critical mass in consumer interest in learning applications and since the pandemic hit, it put edtech into the minds of investors as a real investable category,” says Trace Urdan, an edtech analyst and managing director at Tyton Partners.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

Soon, schools would be inundated with sales pitches from edtech companies, and it didn’t take long before they started pushing back against those that seemed predatory. For the edtech industry, the pandemic poses a paradox. Yet this reality seems not to have dampened investor enthusiasm for private edtech companies.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The hearing will test what critics of the case say was a suit meant to silence concerns about a controversial edtech service. In 2020, the digital proctoring company Proctorio brought a lawsuit against Ian Linkletter, who was then a learning technology specialist at the University of British Columbia. But it hasn’t stopped criticisms.

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Neo LMS

JULY 15, 2021

Higher Education (HE) has significantly lagged behind other industries on the road to digitization. Despite the growing demand for edtech and online learning, face-to-face lectures and on-campus activities remained the core part of how students accessed their education. Read more: 3 Ways in which edtech enables hybrid learning.

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Edsurge

JULY 3, 2019

The calendar below lists events happening in the second half of 2019 and the first half of 2020. 13 in New York City and March 29, 2020 in San Diego; and Fusion , a gathering of leaders in learning, equity and technology, from Nov. We’re running a few of our own: Immersion , a workshop for entrepreneurs on Sept.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

billion in 2020. Few investors have watched, and fueled, the growth of the edtech industry as closely and consistently as Reach Capital , one of a handful of venture firms that has focused its investments in education technology startups for the past 10 years. From EdSurge: “ A Record Year Amid a Pandemic: US Edtech Raises $2.2

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

ETS has dabbled in edtech deals before. That move away from high-stakes exams is “certainly one of a number of trends that will drive the education industry, and we are looking to capitalize on opportunities to grow new business areas for ETS,” says Taylor-Smith. Across the globe, edtech companies have already raised $4.8

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

“It’s not a game,” Lupe Diaz, executive director of the district’s department of career and technical education, said Thursday at the 2020 Future of Education Technology Conference in Miami. Participating students learn about myriad careers tied to esports and other industries, such as marketing and animation. .

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2020

“It’s not a game,” Lupe Diaz, executive director of the district’s department of career and technical education, said Thursday at the 2020 Future of Education Technology Conference in Miami. Participating students learn about myriad careers tied to esports and other industries, such as marketing and animation. .

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2020

“It’s not a game,” Lupe Diaz, executive director of the district’s department of career and technical education, said Thursday at the 2020 Future of Education Technology Conference in Miami. Participating students learn about myriad careers tied to esports and other industries, such as marketing and animation. .

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2020

“It’s not a game,” Lupe Diaz, executive director of the district’s department of career and technical education, said Thursday at the 2020 Future of Education Technology Conference in Miami. Participating students learn about myriad careers tied to esports and other industries, such as marketing and animation. .

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 20, 2020

“It’s not a game,” Lupe Diaz, executive director of the district’s department of career and technical education, said Thursday at the 2020 Future of Education Technology Conference in Miami. Participating students learn about myriad careers tied to esports and other industries, such as marketing and animation. .

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2020

“It’s not a game,” Lupe Diaz, executive director of the district’s department of career and technical education, said Thursday at the 2020 Future of Education Technology Conference in Miami. Participating students learn about myriad careers tied to esports and other industries, such as marketing and animation. .

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 14, 2022

Performing well in today’s digitally driven workforce requires learning the relevant skills and putting in hard work, no matter the profession or industry. a workforce of more than 3 million people as of 2019–2020 — are no different when it comes to the need for up-to-date technology to do their jobs efficiently.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2020

“It’s not a game,” Lupe Diaz, executive director of the district’s department of career and technical education, said Thursday at the 2020 Future of Education Technology Conference in Miami. Participating students learn about myriad careers tied to esports and other industries, such as marketing and animation. .

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2020

“It’s not a game,” Lupe Diaz, executive director of the district’s department of career and technical education, said Thursday at the 2020 Future of Education Technology Conference in Miami. Participating students learn about myriad careers tied to esports and other industries, such as marketing and animation. .

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 18, 2020

“It’s not a game,” Lupe Diaz, executive director of the district’s department of career and technical education, said Thursday at the 2020 Future of Education Technology Conference in Miami. Participating students learn about myriad careers tied to esports and other industries, such as marketing and animation. .

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Globally, industries continue to voice concern over the lack of tech skills among high school and college graduates. million computer science jobs remained unfilled at the end of 2020.… How can teachers prepare students when career and technical education remains an elective in most districts, despite organizations across the U.S.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2019

And if your next escapade involves seeing, doing and learning, there’s plenty for you in 2020 at the many K-12 education conferences that dot the country. We’ve tallied nearly 80 K-12 events happening in 2020, from sunny San Diego to beautiful Boston. The calendar below lists events happening in 2020. Come by and say hello!)

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

CoderZ , an online learning environment where students learn robotics and STEM by coding virtual robots, has been named a 2020 Tech Edvocate Award winner in the Best Coding App or Tool category. A complete list of winners of the 2020 Tech Edvocate Awards can be found here.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 17, 2022

This event also celebrates the best edtech in the industry by hosting the Bett Awards. We like to make sure that everyone has a great time as you can see in this highlight video from 2020. We’re honored that CYPHER LEARNING’s NEO is a finalist for the Higher Education – Digital Learning Product category.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2020

And we’re running one of our own: Immersion , a workshop for edtech entrepreneurs on the day before ASU GSV, on Mar. The calendar below lists events happening in 2020. Download the 2020 U.S. Red events focus on the business and industry side of edtech more than pedagogy. Come by and say hello!) Let us know.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 14, 2021

Despite all of its challenges, 2020 left some positive memories with respect to gaming. In 2021, Intel Inspires is looking to make its tournament even more encompassing of the gaming industry to provide students with a path… Intel Inspires hosted its inaugural tournament last year for players of these three games.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 3, 2023

In the housing industry , mortgage lenders vet borrowers by relying on algorithms that sometimes unfairly charge Black and Latino applicants higher interest rates. In 2020, Nidhi Hebbar, a former education lead at Apple who later studied racial bias in ed tech at the Aspen Tech Policy Hub, co-founded the Ed Tech Equity Project.

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eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2022

Milton-based EdTech developer and publisher, BoomWriter Media Inc. , (BoomWriter) has merged with education powerhouse Walch Education. With so many start-ups in the EdTech industry there will be inevitable consolidation and lots of elimination of fledgling companies,” adds Chris Twyman, founder of BoomWriter.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 1, 2021

First, the good news: In 2020, despite the shift to remote learning, the number of reported ransomware attacks on K–12 schools decreased by 20 percent compared with the previous year. Having identified ransomware attacks as a growth industry, hackers are not only getting better at stealing sensitive data, they’re… The bad news?

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