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Via the EFF : “Stupid Patent of the Month: Elsevier Patents Online Peer Review.” Shawn Graham responds to this patent on peer review by patenting Elsevier. ” More on ed-tech funding via Education Week’s Market Brief : “Self-Paced E-Learning Market Evaporating, Report Finds.”

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From the press release : “ Knewton Launches Alta, Fully Integrated Adaptive Learning Courseware for Higher Education, Putting Achievement in Reach for Everyone.” I don’t recall if I talked about Elsevier when I wrote about platforms as part of my 2017 review. That’s certainly it’s aspiration.

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Speaking of feedback, Inside Higher Ed also profiles a sentiment analysis surveillance tool , developed at the University of St. blog : “ Elsevier Collaborates with Hypothesis to Integrate Open Annotation.” The “ invisible ” “adaptive learning” company has raised $38.7 Via the Hypothes.is

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Elsevier has acquired Hivebench. The adaptive learning company has raised $4.57 “Examining ethical and privacy issues surrounding learning analytics ” by Tony Bates. From this article, I learned that Sal Khan earns more than $540,000 a year. Funding and Acquisitions (The Business of Ed-Tech).