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Duolingo IPO Shows Investors Think Edtech Is Still Growing.

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Since the beginning, the tool has focused on mobile delivery on a smartphone, and the company claims it is the leading mobile learning platform globally , with more than 500 million downloads between the Apple App Store and Google Play, and 40 million monthly active users. Duolingo has a few things going for itself.

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Course Hero Adds $70 Million to Series B Fundraise

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Companies like Coursera, which helps universities build and access online courses, have ridden the momentum from new registrations to secure a $130 million investment in July. Capitalizing on increased usage seems to be the formula among edtech companies seeking new money this year. According to the EdSurge database, U.S.

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The Post-Pandemic Outlook for Edtech

Edsurge

The recent shift to remote work and instruction has left many administrators wishing they could access their tools from anywhere. Accessibility and Equity The pandemic has revealed that many students don’t have internet access or the tech tools they need to learn remotely. billion in venture capital.

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Top Trends Higher Education Textbook Publishers Must Follow

Kitaboo on EdTech

Companies like Chegg, eFollett, and BookRenter are offering new textbooks on rent for less than the price of a used book. Cengage recently started the Cengage Unlimited subscription model, where it offers unlimited access to various digital textbooks and course materials at less than half the price of a new book.

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Top 80 Apps for Schools

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

There are tons of apps that simplify the whole process of learning coding making much more fun and accessible to all. Language learning apps Language learning, like coding, is now accessible to anyone anywhere using a wide variety of language learning apps. Coding apps Learning to code is easier than ever before.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. Um, they do.) Despite a few anecdotes, they’re really not.).

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