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JANUARY 10, 2017

billion purchase of Lynda.com and Instructure’s initial public offering, both of which took place in 2015. He also believes the market is also moving towards tools that bundle assessment and content, rather than being offered as separate products. Venture capital for U.S. Also missing were blockbuster exits, such as LinkedIn’s $1.5

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EdTech lynda.com Education Company 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

million in venture capital from high profile names like LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and from firms active in ed-tech investing such as Learn Capital. Pearson promises “personalization” through its “adaptive learning” products, for example. (It The company has raised some $77.5

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

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DECEMBER 11, 2016

LinkedIn, of course, had acquired online job training company Lynda.com last year for $1.5 We also see it in many instances of adaptive-learning software. But all these startups are going to have to battle another technology giant in the hunt for job-hunters : Microsoft. We’ve seen this before in the MOOC world.

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Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

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APRIL 28, 2017

The “nation’s report card” is the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP. ” Via NBC News : “How to Thrive: Arianna Huffington Launches E-Learning Series.” ” (It’ll run on LinkedIn Learning , formerly Lynda.com , which means it’ll cost you $24.99

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Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47