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Edsurge
JANUARY 9, 2018
If I feel that one book will save my life this semester, I’ll break down and buy it,” she says. Gupta says she normally gets her reading materials from either Amazon or from a used book event at the end of the year, where students sell their books to students who’ll be taking the classes the next semester. I’m usually broke.”
Edsurge
JANUARY 22, 2020
Already, the Sydney, Australia-based company has pulled back on its social media presence. Its accounts on Facebook and Twitter are no longer active, as an education industry analyst noticed. On its website , the company claims it has more than 700 institutional customers across the K-12, higher education and corporate learning space.
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Edsurge
AUGUST 15, 2019
The 49-page brief argues that the merger would hurt competition, limit innovation and could lead to an eventual “platform monopoly” in education, just as Facebook dominates social networking. The joining of our two companies will allow us to offer students even more value and more affordable options to access textbooks and course materials.”
Iterating Toward Openness
NOVEMBER 18, 2019
Here’s a hint: they’ve produced more than double the number of books created by the next largest producer. They understood the outsized influence that billion dollar behemoths like Microsoft would continue to have, and knew that the only way the open source model could “win” would be if proprietary software companies adopted it.
NeverEndingSearch
JULY 1, 2019
I was honored to join several esteemed colleagues to present on the panel: Leading the Charge: Leveraging Librarian Leadership to Support the OER Journey. And here is the sketchnote Margaret Sisler created during the session: #oer and teacher librarians! Be sure to also connect with the ISTE Librarians Network on Facebook and Twitter.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 9, 2017
At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5 Think Facebook.
edWeb.net
JUNE 18, 2015
Learning Bird is an edtech company that gives great teachers a platform to make a difference to students all over the country. Register here , at Booth #2454 or Tweet to #MackinLeeBooks for a chance to win a full classroom set of 30 books! Check out Metiri’s Facebook page or follow @MetiriGroup on Twitter.
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