Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2021

Publicly traded education technology companies are rare. as the remaining trio of prominent edtech companies on the U.S. CLAS.U), a special purpose acquisition company headed by CEO Michael Moe, raised $225 million in its IPO. At the top of the iceberg, above the water, are the public companies, and that’s pretty limited.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 28, 2021

One of the greatest lessons I learned as a former educator turned e-learning company leader is that an organization is only as successful as its employees. Why edtech is needed for teacher work-life balance and wellbeing. One of these changes is edtech. Read more: How edtech strengthens parental engagement in online learning.

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Neo LMS

JULY 29, 2021

Despite claims that technology is negatively affecting learning schedules, edtech is a valuable tool for students. That’s because edtech solutions, advanced research, practical assessments, and improved communication give them maximum control over their learning. Prioritize PD to support remote, hybrid, and in-person learning.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2022

A consultant recently noticed a company announcement about the features in the U.K. The company did not respond to questions about the program. But recent reports have speculated that the company could “bootstrap an online course ecosystem.” version of the platform and shared a screenshot on Twitter.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Instead, the Norway-based company—which counts Disney as an investor —revealed a new suite of digital games, called Kahoot! It’s the latest example of an established K-12 education company moving into the early childhood space. It’s the latest example of an established K-12 education company moving into the early childhood space.

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Edsurge

APRIL 6, 2022

While they’re both ostensibly working to make education as strong as possible, educators and edtech don’t always see eye to eye. Observers of the space, for instance, have long noted that teachers are often excluded from edtech procurement , as are higher ed faculty and staff. The companies note that they forbid cheating.)

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 18, 2021

I’m the CTO of a tech company and for more than five years I have been busy with teaching programming courses and sharing my expertise with novice specialists. 6 Edtech Trends to Keep an Eye On. Thus, online courses can be programmed into the blockchain. . Let’s analyze them to find out what profit they offer.

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Edsurge

MAY 2, 2023

At a time when more than 11,000 edtech tools are on the market and schools are embracing learning technology like never before , there is a stunning lack of research and evidence to support the efficacy of those products. Most edtech companies are a long way off from randomized controlled trials — considered the gold standard in research.

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EmergingEdTech

AUGUST 29, 2022

Even though their edtech is simply the best, and they’re so excited to speak to you, knowing the right time and place and atmosphere for a chat or update call matters. Quick quiz: Would you rather talk to a company rep who listened to understand, or listened to argue? Of course, edtech vendors have the choice to move in any direction.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

In the next few days, thousands of edtech entrepreneurs, investors, educators and policymakers will flood a hotel in San Diego to attend the Mecca of Education Innovation Optimism known as ASU GSV. So now is the perfect time to reflect on the state of edtech. Today’s K12 educators are more digitally native than ever before.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 19, 2021

Karen Janowski and her coauthors have written a book Inclusive Learning 365: Edtech Strategies for Every Day of the Year. She also shares some practical examples and edtech tools in the process and how you can work to innovate every day of the year in a way that is not overwhelming. Listen to the show on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Department of Education made its move to strengthen oversight of revenue-sharing agreements between colleges and companies that help operate online courses — in steps that could have a big impact in the edtech sector, as well as for the many students enrolled in online degree programs. And a report issued last year by the U.S.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2023

And in the edtech world, normal meant more ed and less tech than in 2020 and 2021. Public and private edtech companies felt the pain of these poor results, announcing more than 8,000 layoffs in an industry that only employs about 100,000 people. Dozens more companies sold, or are currently for sale, at bargain-basement prices.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Its diverse catalog of award-winning courses in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences are taught by hand-picked, world-class instructors from NASA, MIT, Harvard, Yale, and other top institutions. The courses are designed to fit within a standard 45-minute period.

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Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2022

The story of how educational technologies (edtech) make their way into our schools is very different. Understanding how these two approaches differ can help us see why our country urgently needs to change its approach to edtech if we expect this type of teaching and learning to succeed. Let’s look at three key differences.

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Digital Promise

JULY 16, 2019

Access to technology for all students is a major goal for many schools, companies, and organizations—yet access is only part of the equation. Once an educational technology (edtech) tool is in a school, the hard work is just beginning due to a number of potential hurdles and challenges that leadership and educators need to overcome.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

education technology company has reached the billion-dollar valuation mark, and with that comes bragging rights to being a “unicorn.” I am careful about that term being the focus,” says Andrew Grauer, who co-founded Course Hero in 2006. The company has been turning a profit since 2012, according to Grauer. Another U.S.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The Singapore-based company Genius Group has turned some of its attention to the U.S. edtech market recently. In July, the company bought the for-profit University of Antelope Valley in California, saying it would incorporate it as a portal in the metaverse, part of the voguish effort to link the globe into “one big classroom.”

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Edsurge

MAY 31, 2022

Like tech stocks in general, edtech has taken a nosedive over the past six months or so. The news might lead you to think edtech’s future is marked by doom and gloom. It showed the industry, Batra says, that consumers have become agreeable to purchasing edtech. Just in the U.S., The tight labor market seems to be easing up.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

One of those jobs is education technology (edtech) coordinator, a title that might not be the same in all schools and countries, but comes with similar tasks and responsibilities. Since not all institutions have such a position, many people might be wondering: what does an edtech coordinator actually do? Schools usually resist change.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

The sudden shift gave leaders at DreamBox Learning, a math education company headquartered nearby, an early glimpse at the upheaval to come and an inkling that digital teaching tools would soon be in high demand around the country. That strained the company, but it also notched DreamBox record levels of renewals.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Today one of the largest providers of course-management software for colleges and schools, Blackboard, announced that it plans to merge with Anthology, a company formed last year from the combination of three other edtech companies. Blackboard is one of the largest LMS providers.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Some introductory courses have a “weed-out” reputation for narrowing the paths students can take through college. Statistics show significant inequities in the completion rate in gateway courses,” says Andrea Jones-Davis of Educause. Research shows students may drop out or change their major based on these gateway courses.”

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eSchool News

JULY 14, 2020

In the middle of the abrupt changes to the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year, edtech companies offered resources and access to help educators, students, and parents make the best of at-home learning. Here is insight from a select few of those edtech leaders.

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eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2024

PRNewswire/ — Savvas Learning Company , a next-generation K-12 learning solutions leader, is excited to announce that it has been named to the 2024 edition of the GSV 150, an annual list of the top 150 private companies transforming digital learning and workforce skills. PARAMUS, N.J./PRNewswire/

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

This blog post is the second of a two-part series discussing relationship building in the edtech purchasing process. In our first blog post , we addressed how educators can build and maintain good working relationships with edtech developers. As an edtech vendor, you should do the same.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) in early January announced 15 startup companies selected to participate in the inaugural AWS Education Accelerator. Amazon Web Services (AWS) in early January announced 15 startup companies selected to participate in the inaugural AWS Education Accelerator. Oblio, Inc. Quizard AI, Inc.

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2022

Clicking onto their favorite courses at the end of May, educators found that they were getting redirected somewhere else. To their surprise, however, the educators found themselves not on Lumen’s website but on Course Hero, a homework-help site that’s blocked by some higher ed institutions for its use by some students as a cheating tool.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2021

Coursera’s founders and CEO rang the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange today, as the online-learning company became a rare edtech enterprise to go public. And because it’s a pandemic, the event was online and the bell was virtual (perhaps fitting for an online-learning company). There are 1.3

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2019

But the reality is that there are not enough people with this background in the edtech industry. So how do companies hire and develop standout talent who may be new to the sector? The journey into the edtech industry is different for everyone. Engage Edtech Employees in Extended Learning We call the program Freshman Seminar.

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2019

If you go to the “About Us” page on most websites of education technology companies, you will see many white faces, quite a few female ones and a good scattering of South Asian and East Asian staff. Most edtech companies don’t have bank accounts flush with cash earmarked for targeted recruitment services. Why is that?

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Edsurge

JULY 28, 2021

billion—which is a good moment to reflect on how mobile learning has entered classrooms and how the company has expanded from just an app. And it turns out that online language learning is the fastest-growing market segment within the edtech industry. billion, making its total valuation more than $4.7

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Sean Michael Morris knows that he has cultivated a certain “ethos” over his career in higher education—as a self-described critic of edtech and a champion of helping professors improve their teaching. The company he’s joining, valued at more than $3.6 Morris says he has long been dedicated to offering a “critique” of edtech. “My

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Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2020

When Course Hero raised $10 million in early February, the amount seemed curiously small for $1.1 As it turns out, the company wasn’t done fundraising. The deal pushes the company’s Series B round to $80 million. (It Capitalizing on increased usage seems to be the formula among edtech companies seeking new money this year.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Ever keen to catch a trend on the upswing, I’ve curated a list of EdTech tools, apps and programs that are not only effective, but teach through joy. EdTech that sparks joy. But what of the more complex arena of senior appropriate EdTech — can it too be joyful? International Journal of Research & Method in Education 249.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 13, 2021

billion in venture and private equity capital across 130 deals, according to the EdSurge edtech funding database. edtech industry. Edtech investing exploded in 2020. edtech deals were blueblood firms, like Andreessen Horowitz and General Catalyst, along with new funds betting on education startups for the first time.

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Neo LMS

MAY 21, 2019

Of course, we don’t live in an ideal world where it is possible to communicate with parents at all times. That is why schools should be prepared for these situations and act accordingly, whether it is by translating some school materials or by adopting edtech tools that enable multiple language use.

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