Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2020

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. Udemy Got $50M. Entangled No More: Guild Education Buys Edtech Venture Studio. Duolingo Just Raised $35M.

EdTech 89

EdTech Coursera Udemy LMS 89

Marketplace K-12

MARCH 14, 2016

PASCO Acquires Ergopedia: PASCO Scientific , a provider of science education solutions, acquired Ergopedia , a Boston-based developer of interactive technologies that seeks to enable hands-on learning in science and engineering classrooms.

Udemy 40

Udemy Blackboard Company Facebook 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

This is the second part of my much-abbreviated look at the stories that were told about education technology in 2018 – and in this case, the people who funded the storytellers. I assumed that they looked to see if the company could do what it promised – financially, technologically. The technology did not work.

Trends 93

Trends MOOC Company Edmodo 93

Hack Education

JULY 15, 2016

” “Schools That Integrate Technology: Silicon Valley ” by Larry Cuban. A “ personalized learning explainer ” from Mindwire Consulting. ” “About The Blackboard Partnership With IBM And Amazon Web Services ” by Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill. .” ” Hooray.

Education 40

Education Blackboard Common Core MOOC 40

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Elsewhere in MOOC research… From Campus Technology : “Grouping MOOC Students by Communication Mode Doesn’t Help Completion.” ” Try learning styles, maybe. “ What We Learned From Talking with 100 MOOC Students ” by Justin Reich (and George Veletsianos and Laura Pasquini).

MOOC 48

MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48