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How to close learning gaps with the help of an intelligent learning platform

Neo LMS

Even if schools strived to offer the best support and equitable distance learning opportunities, this was not always possible. This mix of factors increased learning gaps at individual, class, institutional, and state levels. This mix of factors increased learning gaps at individual, class, institutional, and state levels.

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What to Know About SQL and How to Try it Out

Ask a Tech Teacher

One of the Ask a Tech Teacher crew has suggestions on how to test it out and what are the most important elements to learn: How High School Students Can Try Out SQL and 4 Things They Should Learn About It . In this article, we’re going to make a case as to why high schoolers should learn SQL. Learn SQL Through Books.

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How to make competency-based education possible through an intelligent learning platform

Neo LMS

As its name suggests, this type of learning focuses on individual competency. Competency-based learning is easier to implement when you have the right tools. An intelligent learning platform (ILP) is the ideal option. An intelligent learning platform (ILP) is the ideal option. What is competency-based education?

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US Edtech Raises $803M in First Half of 2020 As COVID-19 Forces Learning Online

Edsurge

As people are forced to learn from home, some online educational services are in greater demand than ever. Software will reshape learning both in the classroom and out well beyond the pandemic.” In this analysis, EdSurge counts all publicly disclosed investments in private U.S. And that has private investors piqued.

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The Still-Evolving Future of University Credentials

Edsurge

This skills-based hiring trend has real momentum and is also evidenced in analysis of employer job postings and other data sources. Innovation in the lifelong learning and professional education space has also taken the form of bootcamps – which were relatively new on the scene in 2016.

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Bigger Deals, Bigger Bets: EdTech Venture Funding Trends Continue in 2018

EdNews Daily

With more than 4 billion users now connected to the internet, 50% of the global population (Forbes, December 2018), it is not surprising that the education sector has embraced devices and software to interact, engage, and enhance the learning environment for students. In the United States, Udemy and Udacity have both reached $1.0B

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Ka’Ching! 2016 US Edtech Funding Totals $1 Billion

Edsurge

In this annual analysis, EdSurge counts all investments in technology companies whose primary purpose is to improve learning outcomes for all learners, regardless of age. This year startups that serve primarily the K-12 market raised $434 million; those targeting the postsecondary and corporate learning sector raised $593 million.

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