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One of the World’s Best-Funded Edtech Companies Is Investing In AI Moonshots. Can It Work?

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The Indian edtech giant Byju’s keeps getting bigger , having raised more than $4.5 Specifically, the company announced a new research-and-development hub, with offices in Silicon Valley, London and Bangalore, that will work on applying the latest findings from artificial intelligence and machine learning to new edtech products.

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Deals and More Deals: The Top Edtech Business Stories of 2019

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Here’s a look at the biggest edtech business stories of 2019—the ones that captured the most attention, and the ones that should have your attention. For Today’s Kids, Playing Nintendo in the Classroom Isn’t Just a Dream by Emily Tate Anyone get a Nintendo Switch for Christmas? US Edtech Investments Peak Again With $1.45

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Real Questions About Artificial Intelligence in Education

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It can also come in handy for teachers: We had a hackathon at MIT and all the classrooms have cameras (and students know that). What does this look like in the classroom? Can adaptive platforms (such as ALEKS or Knewton) help students learn the facts and enable the teachers to guides? Will it free up the day? from Shivon Zillis.

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What Can Machine Learning Really Predict in Education?

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Panelist Janel Grant, a software engineer and former teacher, pointed out that this vision of machine learning in education is rarely what plays out in the classroom. Machine learning would be great for leveling my classroom library. And machine learning is not going to improve edtech.” Or does it?) So what’s missing?

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

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Knewton (adaptive learning): $182.3 “EdTech fails to pay, again,” The Financial Times chuckled. Zuoyebang (tutoring): $585 million. 17zuoye (tutoring): $585 million. EverFi (“critical skills” training): $251 million. Yuanfudao (tutoring) –- $244.2 Coursera (online education): $210.1

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Saddle Up for Silicon Slopes! Our Guide to the 2017 ASU+GSV Summit

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Luminaries in the edtech industry, including Richard Culatta (ISTE CEO and former director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. edtech deals. We’ve really broadened the focus beyond edtech and into enterprise training and talent,” says the co-founder and managing partner at GSV Acceleration. Kamau Bell.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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According to excerpts of speeches published by Wikileaks – stolen data – Clinton called the Common Core a “political failure” in a speech she gave to Knewton. Neither Knewton nor the Clinton campaign have confirmed the veracity of this leaked speech. Education Politics. ” Upgrades and Downgrades.