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New Markets Venture Partners Adds $30 Million, Former Gates Foundation Executive to Edtech Fund

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The four focus areas include career credentialing, digital and adaptive learning platforms, STEM and computer science instructional tools and data analytic services for schools. New Markets has supported 43 companies since its launch in 2003; edtech startups make more than 90 percent of its deals in the past five years, Palmer adds.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Classroom

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

It’s a transformation that’s been largely driven by the unprecedented pace of technological advancement. These reflections are not just an academic exercise but a practical one, aimed at understanding and adapting to the evolving dynamics of education. The concept of a 21st-century classroom has evolved significantly.

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Online Learning's 'Greatest Hits'

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More than two decades ago, when I was hired at Stevens Institute of Technology, as dean of web-based distance learning—a quaint title for what is now known as online learning—few tools were available to help faculty migrate their on-campus courses online. million students. The LMS market today is valued at $9.2

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Hoping to Spur 'Learning Engineering,' Carnegie Mellon Will Open-Source Its Digital-Learning Software

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In an unusual move intended to shake up how college teaching is done around the world, Carnegie Mellon University today announced that it will give away dozens of the digital-learning software tools it has built over more than a decade—and make their underlying code available for anyone to see and modify.

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Can Entrepreneurs Balance Educational and Financial Returns?

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While the emergence of “edtech” and the growing tide of investment towards this industry has led to a seemingly endless proliferation of new startups claiming to be in service of education, the perception of many educators, including some of my professors at Penn, is often one of skepticism. Blackboard Inc.,

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Classroom Design Trends: Update Classroom Layout to Boost Engagement

ViewSonic Education

The blackboard or overhead projector for the teacher at the front of the room. At its core is the idea that meaningful learning is a creative process. This shift is both a result of, and further propelled by, technology. Within this fluid environment, educators are striving to adapt. Traditional tech did this well.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

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This is the second part of my much-abbreviated look at the stories that were told about education technology in 2018 – and in this case, the people who funded the storytellers. I assumed that they looked to see if the company could do what it promised – financially, technologically. The technology did not work.

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