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Automated Proctoring Swept In During Pandemic. It’s Likely to Stick Around, Despite Concerns

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And some analysts watching the edtech space expect colleges to continue to sign up for the services to make them an option for professors to use. The story with a lot of edtech is that the pandemic catalyzed a lot of growth, and the adoption holds even once ground-based [teaching] goes back.” The Practice May Be Here to Stay." “As

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The Post-Pandemic Outlook for Edtech

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Soon, schools would be inundated with sales pitches from edtech companies, and it didn’t take long before they started pushing back against those that seemed predatory. For the edtech industry, the pandemic poses a paradox. Yet this reality seems not to have dampened investor enthusiasm for private edtech companies.

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Course Hero Adds $70 Million to Series B Fundraise

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Capitalizing on increased usage seems to be the formula among edtech companies seeking new money this year. edtech companies raised over $800 million in the first half of 2020. Company officials say it has policies and processes in place to remove offending material (though the onus still falls largely on faculty to report them).

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Look Who’s Talking—Michael Trucano from the Brookings Institution on AI in education

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Current areas of inquiry include artificial intelligence in education, the use of digital educational credentials and, more broadly, emerging edtech policies, initiatives, and institutions after the pandemic. I’m going to use Chegg PT to do this. In the spirit of the keynote, here’s what Chat GPT4.0

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Acquisition Autopsy: Details—and Questions—Behind MissionU’s $4M Sale to WeWork

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In addition to MissionU’s institutional investors, the company attracted executives and well-known names in the education industry including Chip Paucek (CEO of 2U), Dan Rosenzweig (CEO of Chegg) and Ted Dintersmith, a former investor-turned-education philanthropist. Why sell if there was still that much left in the bank?

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” More on the policy change via IHE. “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.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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And certainly the expectation of many ed-tech products (and increasingly school policy) is that parents will do just this — participate in the incessant monitoring of student data. Kno was headed by Osman Rashid, the co-founder of the textbook rental company Chegg, and the tablet was aimed at the college market. 3D Printing.

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