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Duolingo IPO Shows Investors Think Edtech Is Still Growing.

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Since the beginning, the tool has focused on mobile delivery on a smartphone, and the company claims it is the leading mobile learning platform globally , with more than 500 million downloads between the Apple App Store and Google Play, and 40 million monthly active users. Duolingo has a few things going for itself.

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Course Hero Adds $70 Million to Series B Fundraise

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Many of its services are similar to those offered by Chegg, a publicly traded education company that has also seen a meteoric growth in usage and revenue since the pandemic hit. Founded in 2006, Course Hero is already well known among college students, millions of whom use it to get study materials, share class notes and ask tutors questions.

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The Post-Pandemic Outlook for Edtech

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Districts expressed interest in additional DreamBox products that address other pandemic-related problems, like its new predictive analytics tool, designed to assess student progress and learning loss in lieu of now-canceled standardized tests. That strained the company, but it also notched DreamBox record levels of renewals.

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Best Second Jobs for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Chegg Tutors : Chegg is a popular platform that connects students to tutors in a wide range of subjects. Here are some of the types of resources a teacher might create and sell: Lesson Plans: Detailed plans that outline objectives, materials, procedures, and assessments for a particular lesson.

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Top Trends Higher Education Textbook Publishers Must Follow

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Companies like Chegg, eFollett, and BookRenter are offering new textbooks on rent for less than the price of a used book. Also Download: Whitepaper – Can the US Higher Education Publishing Industry Leverage A Subscription Model. Introduce eLearning Apps: Mobile apps have seen a surge in recent years.

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Best Annotated Bibliography Generators for Teachers and Students

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The annotation part consists of three main elements (it could be more and it could be less): Summary, Assessment, and Reflection. Next, you provide your own assessment of the cited work. Citation Machine Citation Machine by Chegg is another helpful bibliography generator to try out, well , if you can stand the annoying ads.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Despite predictions that badges would be the “ new credential ” and that we were looking at a “ Future Full of Badges ,” it’s not clear that digital badges have provided us with a really meaningful way to assess skills or expertise. Don’t just download the latest app — help design it. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.

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