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Gig’s Up: CreatorUp Raises $1 Million to Train and Match Creative Professionals for Work

Edsurge

To support that effort, the startup has raised $1 million in a seed round from a group of investors that include Metallavon VC, an early-stage investment fund based in Greece, and LearnStart, the seed fund affiliated with edtech investment firm Learn Capital.

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Reach Capital’s Newest Education Technology Investment Fund Closes at $82 Million

Edsurge

It eyed the edtech industry as early as 2014, says Elizabeth Fisher Marshall, a managing director at Hall Capital, but “our concern at the time was the depth of the opportunity set and the unproven exit market.” WriteLab (Chegg). New investors include the Los Angeles Police and Fire Pensions fund. Yet not all investments pan out.

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Can Technology in the Classroom Replace Expensive Textbooks

Kitaboo on EdTech

Similarly, Pearson has made some of its textbooks available for rent through Chegg. Provide Access to K-12 Libraries. Instead of buying ten different supplementary learning materials for different subjects, students can make use of K-12 libraries, where all learning resources are stored.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“Is Your Edtech Product a Refrigerator or Washing Machine?” ” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals. “Why Fixing the Pipeline Alone Won’t End Edtech’s Diversity Problem ,” says Edsurge. .” Upgrades and Downgrades. ” Icon credits: The Noun Project

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” (Did you know he recorded his first mixtape at the Chicago Public Library’s YOUmedia studio ?). Via eCampus News : “Is higher ed ready for the big edtech explosion ?” ” Via the press release : “ Cengage , McGraw-Hill Education , and Pearson have joined forces with Ingram and Chegg , Inc.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

And like so many products on this list, 3D printing was hailed as a revolution in education, and schools were encouraged to reorient libraries and shop classes towards “maker spaces” which would give students opportunities to print their plastic designs. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That).

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