Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2019

Coursera, the Mountain View, Calif.-based Rounding out the podium for top dollars raised in 2019 with $90 million is Examity , a Boston-based provider of exam proctoring tools used by colleges and universities, assessment groups, professional certification boards and employers. Not all acquisitions were cheered on by investors, though.

EdTech 137

EdTech Coursera Knewton Analysis 137

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

Some of the education sector’s most celebrated and best-funded startups—including Coursera, Minerva, and General Assembly—focus on providing alternatives to traditional postsecondary education, or challenging traditional approaches to higher education.

Company 83

Company Trends Kaplan Knewton 83

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2017

For what it’s worth, investment analyst firm CB Insights predicts that funding this year will not exceed that 2015 level , but one of the reasons I like to track the data myself is that everyone’s numbers and everyone’s assessment of the industry seem to be different, depending in part on “what counts” as ed-tech.

Coursera 57

Coursera Knewton Company Udemy 57

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Testing, Testing… “Big changes ahead for how California assesses school performance,” KPCC reports. ” The for-profit: Laureate Education (which once began as the tutoring chain Sylvan Learning and is now an investor in Coursera, I always like to point out). Knewton has partnered with WebAssign.

Khan Academy 40

Khan Academy Education LMS Company 40

Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

A new project from the Learning Policy Institute and EducationCounsel : “Reimagining College Access: Performance Assessments From K–12 Through Higher Education.” Via Techcrunch : “ Google and Coursera launch program to train more IT support specialists.” ” The company: Questar Assessment, Inc.

Education 44

Education Elsevier MOOC Knewton 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

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. He told NPR in 2015 that Knewton’s adaptive learning software was a “mind-reading robo tutor in the sky.”

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

” Via Education Dive : “ Coursera ’s Tom Willerer talks personalization, access.” IHE blogger John Warner responds : “Algorithmic Assessment vs. Critical Reflection.” “Mind-reading robo tutor in the sky” company Knewton has a new CEO , Brian Kibby , formerly with Pearson.

Education 45

Education Pearson Report Robotics 45