Edsurge
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
The pandemic has dramatically altered teaching and learning, and one side effect seems to be a rise in cheating on quizzes and tests, aided by websites designed to help students study. The biggest facilitator appears to be Chegg, which has become synonymous with cheating. We can’t go to the library. Because we are at home.
Edsurge
APRIL 14, 2022
“Before, I would say to myself, ‘I’m going to spend 20 hours of my [budget] on chemistry tutoring because I know that’s a high-challenge course,’” explains Kelli Listenbee, director of learning support services at Arkansas State. “We We’re really stepping away from content- specific tutoring and diving into learning and how to do that.”
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Edsurge
MARCH 5, 2020
At about the same time, though, Rutgers officials sent out an email to all faculty at the university, warning about Course Hero and another service, Chegg, where students were posting faculty tests and exams without permission. “We This is the engine that lets it boast a library of “30-million course-specific study materials.”
Edsurge
MAY 3, 2019
The announced merger this week between two of the world’s largest textbook publishers—McGraw-Hill and Cengage—could mean more students end up buying subscriptions to digital courseware libraries each semester, rather than making a trip to a bookstore. Only about 20 percent of courses in the U.S. We’re just at the beginning of that evolution.”
Edsurge
APRIL 26, 2019
In a 2018 survey of college students, the trade publication Library Journal found that 75 percent say that reading print books is easier than e-books. But while the tide may be tipping in digital’s favor, it may be premature to say that the print textbook is obsolete. It’s a coexistence. Blended is best,” he said.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
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.
Edsurge
JULY 30, 2018
This year, Francisco Partners is following suit, buying two established brands in Discovery Education and Renaissance Learning. The most recent of these, the writing feedback assistant WriteLab, was acquired by Chegg , a publicly-traded education company, for $15 million. WriteLab (Chegg). Yet not all investments pan out.
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