The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2020

Others opted instead for less expensive, scaled-down kinds of test security, such as software that can lock a web browser while a student takes a test. Online tests have also meant a booming business for companies that sell homework and test answers, including Chegg and Course Hero.

Chegg 126

Chegg ProctorU Education Company 126

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

For the edtech industry, the pandemic poses a paradox. Many of the investors are new to the industry, Brothers notes. There’s a lot of private capital around the world that has a new appreciation for this industry.” For general investors, edtech wasn’t sexy and it wasn’t mainstream. Coronavirus really changed that.

EdTech 191

EdTech Khan Academy Chegg Coursera 191

Edsurge

JULY 28, 2021

Since the beginning, the tool has focused on mobile delivery on a smartphone, and the company claims it is the leading mobile learning platform globally , with more than 500 million downloads between the Apple App Store and Google Play, and 40 million monthly active users. Duolingo has a few things going for itself.

EdTech 165

EdTech Chegg Mobility Company 165

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. And “free” doesn’t last. 3D Printing. I know, I know.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2018

Chegg appears to have borrowed a page from Duolingo’s previous shenanigan for the Osmosis Pillow , which takes “memory foam” to another level. CONTROL+ALT+DELETE: In the biggest blockbuster deal that the industry has seen since Prussia was on the map, ControlSchool merged with AltSchool and DeleteSchool. Just don’t ask how this works.

Chegg 65

Chegg Robotics LMS Android 65

Hack Education

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Via The New York Times : “How Google Protected Andy Rubin , the ‘Father of Android ’ ” “Google could have fired Mr. Rubin and paid him little to nothing on the way out. Remember: the biases of engineers and managers get baked into the software you use. Enjoy your Google for Education products !

Education 60

Education Khan Academy Company MOOC 60

Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

” That’s Joel Rose ’s School of One software. OpenSecrets.org on how the student loan industry and higher ed institutions spend their lobbying dollars : “The politics behind your college and how you pay for it.” ” The Google Memo. Via The LA Times : “Former L.A. Upgrades and Downgrades.

Education 45

Education Coursera Khan Academy MOOC 45