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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

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As this article was being written, the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world, forcing a global experiment in online education as schools and colleges closed their doors and moved teaching to online formats. Newkirk calls his company Acuitus , in hopes of encouraging sharpness of thought.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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.” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe. At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

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Tom Webster, the VP of strategy at the market research firm Edison Research, argued that the report should be viewed as “an extremely effective piece of content marketing,” pointing to the number of slides that cite data about or by a portfolio company of Meeker’s employer, the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Smith Caulfield.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

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When I first started working as a tech reporter, I assumed – naively – that venture capitalists were smart people who did thorough research before funding a company. I assumed that they looked to see if the company could do what it promised – financially, technologically. One should be conscientious, as such.

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The Stories We Were Told about Education Technology (2019)

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Far too many articles — and this is surely what its venture capitalist and philanthropist backers hope — have not reflected the landscape but have tried instead to shape it. Cengage and McGraw-Hill announced a merger that would make the new company the second largest textbook publisher in the US. Good work, Adam and Rebekah.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The New York Times : “ Rolling Stone Faces Revived Lawsuit Over Campus Rape Article.” Via The Washington Post : “ Student loan companies reach $21.6 From the Knewton blog : “ Introducing Knewton Product Updates for Fall 2017.” The literacy software company has raised $14.8

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Yes, “that pays superintendents to attend meetings with educational tech companies.” ” Here’s a list of the companies that work with ERDI. ” Here’s a list of the companies that work with ERDI.