Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

To date, our education systems sit atop a cultural assumption—that information is scarce. Our higher education system formed around libraries. Our primary and secondary education systems formed around teachers imparting knowledge. Education is now a high-growth market that combines attributes of consumer and enterprise software.

Udemy 141

Udemy Kaplan Industry Education 141

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

My bet is that by 2040, our children will look back on this period between 2015 and 2030 in education technology much the same way internet historians look to the period 1995 to 2010 as the birth of the commercial web. Observing the internet revolution, Marc Andreessen famously wrote “ software is eating the world.”

Kaplan 163

Kaplan Technology Education EdTech 163

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

” – that’s Sebastian Thrun, best known perhaps for his work at Google on the self-driving car and as a co-founder of the MOOC (massive open online course) startup Udacity. “Software is eating the world,” investor Marc Andreessen pronounced in a Wall Street Journal op-ed in 2011. The quotation is from 2012.

Trends 40

Trends Report iPhone Software 40

Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education has hired as its new chancellor a former University of California official who managed the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ’s work on postsecondary education from 2012 until early this year.” Economy by 2030.” ” Imperil!!

Education 46

Education MOOC Social Media Report 46

Hack Education

MARCH 24, 2017

officials approve new rating system.” Via Google’s blog : “ Howard University opens a new campus at the Googleplex.” ” It’s a three-month summer program with classes taught by Google engineers and Howard faculty. Hopefully it’s not the robots that power Google’s search algorithm.

Education 52

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 52

Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

This is so important to consider, as Tufekci noted on Twitter, in light of Google’s domination of the K–12 computing market.). Ponddy Education has raised $6 million for its language learning software from Chenco Holding Company, Osnaburge Ventures LLC, and the MIC Ponddy AR Fund. Upgrades and Downgrades. million total.

Education 46

Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “Frank Brogan, the chancellor of the Pennsylvania State University System from 2013 until retiring this year, has joined the Department of Education in the Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development – likely ahead of a nomination to a separate position.” More via Politico.

Education 45

Education Facebook Company Report 45