Marketplace K-12
JUNE 6, 2016
A number of ed-tech companies, including Udemy and Tynker, have raked in funds from investors over the past week. Udemy Raises $60 Million: Udemy , a San Francisco-based online provider of courses, received a $60 million strategic investment from Internet and entertainment group Naspers through its Naspers Ventures division.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 21, 2021
We were in the early innings of what I argued at that time was more of a supply-side-driven phenomenon: universities and companies were experimenting with new offerings, and the groundwork was being laid for a more digitally-oriented, shorter-form credentialing future.
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Dangerously Irrelevant
JANUARY 5, 2016
Dennis Yang, CEO of Udemy, notes that. In short, as more companies choose to depend on contract workers for key parts of their business, those freelancers will see increasing competition for those gigs and, therefore, more pressure to differentiate themselves and their skills.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 3, 2017
And in the market of companies tackling the infamous employment gap between willing workers and open jobs, this maxim appears correct. The collection of edtech companies aimed at prepping educated, but still underprepared workers represents a virtual stampede of unicorns. This dichotomy is not lost on investors.
Edsurge
JANUARY 6, 2017
Quickly I found that even as I logged runs on Strava daily, I struggled to find the time to log into platforms like Coursera, Udemy or Udacity to finish courses produced by my fellow instructional designers. There were no formalized links between the activities that they would do online and how they would be assessed in their roles offline.
Marketplace K-12
MARCH 14, 2016
In addition, investment company Weld North Holdings acquired Performance Matters , a student assessment and data-analytics company that it will merge with K-12 ed-tech business Truenorthlogic, which provides data on teachers’ performance and tracks their professional development.
EdTechSandyK
MARCH 4, 2013
How do we assess quality with all of the online education providers that are out there? All of the panelists are from companies that connect teachers directly to students. Udemy - 80% male because focuses on tech space. Important to get feedback from students through surveys to assess quality of teaching and content.
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