Edsurge

JULY 30, 2018

We are advocates for early and equal access to education,” said Jeff Dunn, President and CEO of Sesame Workshop,” told EdSurge via email. “If In 2017, private equity firms including BV Investment Partner and The Rise Fund poured hundreds of millions into acquiring edtech companies. WriteLab (Chegg). Socrative (MasteryConnect).

Blendspace 66

Blendspace Chegg Technology Education 66

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

To support that effort, the startup has raised $1 million in a seed round from a group of investors that include Metallavon VC, an early-stage investment fund based in Greece, and LearnStart, the seed fund affiliated with edtech investment firm Learn Capital.

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Training Chegg Company Course 70

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

They’re much more comfortable with access, not ownership model.” Earlier this month, McGraw-Hill, Barnes & Noble Education and Chegg teamed up for a new digital textbook rental program that the trio claims can help students save as much as 70 percent from buying print copies.

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Pearson Chegg Company Instructional Materials 108

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2023

In today’s blog post I am sharing with you this handy collection of best vocabulary apps for students that I carefully curated based on my long standing experience as both language teacher and EdTech blogger. It includes features like study schedules, top articles, and tutor help, all accessible offline for flexible learning.

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Android Chegg Study Common Core 59

Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 25, 2019

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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Trends eBook Education Industry 97

Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 13, 2019

Cengage recently introduced a new subscription model that gives students access to all of the company’s digital course materials for a semester or an year. Students can access more than 20,000 course materials— courseware, eBooks, online homework and study tools, across more than 70 disciplines and 675 courses.

Technology 80

Technology eBook Classroom OER 80

Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2018

I'm thinking you could sell a single book for $120 and now you're giving unlimited access for $120 total. Over the last 10 years or so, the majority of the acquisition activity for smaller edtech startups came from the big textbook companies. Tell me a little bit about some of your recent partnerships with companies such as Chegg.

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Chegg Pearson Company EdTech 106

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 20, 2023

That’s why I have compiled a list of what I think, based on my long experience of reviewing hundreds of edtech apps, are some of the best apps for schools! There are tons of apps that simplify the whole process of learning coding making much more fun and accessible to all. Coding apps Learning to code is easier than ever before.

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Adobe Khan Academy Chegg Udemy 123

Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2019

Kelly met him through Planet3 co-founder Albert Yu-Min Lin when Lin received an award sponsored by Switch, Kelly told EdTech Digest at the time. Planet3 agreed to earth and life science curriculum with supplemental lesson plans and free 24-hour access to the platform for students, teachers and parents.

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Education Company Chegg Pearson 83

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2022

the edtech “unicorn” and homework help site. or Canada who’re accessing the content via direct link, like you might expect someone using links from an official course to do. But there’s another problem: Course Hero’s domain—like other companies such as Chegg—is blocked by the content filtering of some districts. What the heck?”

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OER Course Chegg Company 178

Edsurge

AUGUST 25, 2019

Together they have run the ASU GSV Summit , the annual must-go-to event for business leaders and investors in edtech. But that grew into the 25-year passion for me, both professionally and personally, around re-imagining the education system and how you provided people equal access to the education they need to thrive.

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Industry EdTech Company Chegg 90

Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

“Is Your Edtech Product a Refrigerator or Washing Machine?” ” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals. “Ed access to VR growing as low-cost options expand,” says Education Dive. Upgrades and Downgrades. ” asks the Clayton Christensen Institute ’s Julia Freeland Fisher.

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Education E-rate MOOC Data 44

Hack Education

MAY 18, 2018

Via Forbes : “The Startup President: How France ’s Macron Nearly Built An EdTech Company.” ” An op-ed from someone from Kelly Services – you know, the temp agency – in Edsurge on “Why Solving the Teacher Shortage Is Critical for Edtech.” Chegg has acquired WriteLab for $15 million.

Education 49

Education Company MOOC Report 49

Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

Via eCampus News : “Is higher ed ready for the big edtech explosion ?” ” Via the press release : “ Cengage , McGraw-Hill Education , and Pearson have joined forces with Ingram and Chegg , Inc. Via Edsurge : “What Colleges Should Know About A Growing ‘ Talent Strategy ’ Push By Companies.”

Education 40

Education MOOC Company Pearson 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

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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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

OCTOBER 5, 2018

” There is no schooling here, among other things (whereas there was school and access to lawyers in their previous detention facilities). ” Even more depressing, this look at behavioral modification to do corporations’ bidding offered by Edsurge : “What Do Edtech and IKEA Have in Common? Persuasive Design.”

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Education MOOC Company Chegg 49