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Coursera Couple Returns to Higher Ed With $14.5M to Recreate In-Person Learning, Online

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So goes the origin story of many education startups born this year, like ClassEDU, which raised $16 million to put some oomph in Zoom classrooms. It was started by one of the co-founders of Blackboard, now a household name in education technology. The couple is no longer with Coursera, which is now valued at $2.5

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8 EdTech Trends to Watch Out for This 2020

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Video-assisted Learning. Gone are the days when teachers had to drag TVs into classrooms to let students watch films. Now, nearly every classroom is at least equipped with a screen and projector. Additionally, Chron reports that some schools have even replaced the usual blackboard and whiteboard with smartboards this year.

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Data Helps K–12 School Districts Hire, Set Curricula and Improve Student Outcomes

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based 21st Century Cyber Charter School (21CCCS), teachers and administrators rely on learning tools such as Edmentum’s Study Island , Blackboard Collaborate and Moodle to identify student needs and trends. The classroom is no longer the anchor it used to be,” Nuland says. For instance, at the Downingtown, Pa.-based

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SIIA Announces Education Technology Finalists for 2023 CODiE Awards

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WASHINGTON (PRWEB) — In celebration of the 38th annual SIIA CODiE Awards, the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced Education Technology finalists. Their innovations stand to improve the teaching and learning experience for teachers and students here in the U.S. and globally.

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Crises and Capital: The Top Edtech Business Stories of 2020

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The education industry didn’t. US Edtech Raises $803M in First Half of 2020 As COVID-19 Forces Learning Online. Former Blackboard CEO Raises $16M to Bring LMS Features to Zoom Classrooms. to Recreate In-Person Learning, Online. “Never let a good crisis go to waste,” so the saying goes.

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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

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The first online class we launched in 1998 was little more than flat text on webpages, and we closely followed the birth of learning management systems, meeting with both Blackboard and WebCT before they achieved their first $1 million in revenue. The edtech industry made big strides during this era.

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The Teaching Machine Imaginary (And an Update on the Book)

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Teaching machines never sat on every desk in every classroom in America. But their proponents would insist that, when and where these devices were used – and they were used at home, at school, by the military, by manufacturers – that they did indeed enable people to learn at their own pace without the need for human instructors.