Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

The four focus areas include career credentialing, digital and adaptive learning platforms, STEM and computer science instructional tools and data analytic services for schools. This fund will be used to support investments between $1 million to $5 million at the Series A and B stages for up to 20 K-12 and higher-ed startups.

EdTech 146

EdTech Kaplan lynda.com Company 146

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2017

billion purchase of Lynda.com and Instructure’s initial public offering, both of which took place in 2015. Particularly disappointing to Greenfield are “adaptive learning” tools that aim to deliver customized content to learners based on data collected from their performance. Venture capital for U.S.

EdTech 60

EdTech lynda.com Education Company 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. ” Those “countless needs and niches” can be met thanks to all the data generation and data collection that happens on them. Platforms are “an extractive apparatus for data.”

Technology 63

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 63

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Funding data about “learn to code” startups can be found at funding.hackeducation.com. ”) As Data & Society wrote in November , Pay attention to online gig work because it is dramatically reshaping our society. LinkedIn, of course, had acquired online job training company Lynda.com last year for $1.5

Technology 89

Technology Education Microsoft Industry 89

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Senators Introduce Bill to Keep Government Research Data Publicly Available (Preserving Data in Government Act).” ” 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

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

.” I tweeted that the DACA database is one of the most important issues in ed-tech right now, and if you’re an ed-tech entrepreneur who says “nobody in ed-tech tracks immigration data,” you need to GTFO. Via Education Week : “ Mississippi Attorney General Sues Google Over Student-Data Privacy.”

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40