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Smartphones in Education: Redirecting Distraction with Mobile Learning

ViewSonic Education

Assess Learning and Stay Organized. Halla also uses polleverywhere.com to assess learning. Likewise, Udemy is an extremely popular learning resource that offers over 100,000 classes from top instructors, interactive quizzes, and the ability to track student progress.

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Master Mobile Learning: The Best Corporate Training Apps for On-the-Go Education

Kitaboo on EdTech

The Best Corporate Training Apps KITABOO Udemy for Business LinkedIn Learning IV. Quizzes, assessments, and performance analytics provide learners with data that helps them gauge their progress and adjust their learning strategies accordingly. With the Udemy app, employees can access these courses directly from their mobile devices.

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K-12 Dealmaking: Udemy, Tynker Raise Funds; PeopleAdmin Acquires TeacherMatch

Marketplace K-12

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.

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?Filling the Other Skills Gap

Edsurge

The likes of Coursera, Udacity, Udemy, MasterClass, Lynda, and Pluralsight have together raised more than $1 billion and represent combined enterprise value of more than $5 billion. The collection of edtech companies aimed at prepping educated, but still underprepared workers represents a virtual stampede of unicorns. And this is just online.

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This Observation Tool Is Helping Teachers Improve Their Interactions with Children

Edsurge

Simplifying a Complex System Most states that evaluate child care and pre-K centers calculate a star rating based on a complex constellation of metrics—everything from teacher-student ratios to whether the books in the library are stacked at eye level. Sometimes she asked a question, but then answered it herself.

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K-12 Dealmaking: Barnes & Noble Ed. Acquires LoudCloud; Volley Labs Raises $2.3 Million

Marketplace K-12

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.

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Ed Tech News, a New Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

ANNOUNCEMENTS The Library 2.011 worldwide virtual conference is almost here! Huge thanks to the San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science , the founding sponsor of the conference. E-book provider Overdrive reports that e-book checkouts from libraries are up over 200% from last year.

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