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

APRIL 21, 2021

Udemy has become one of the best-funded companies in edtech, having raised another $80 million earlier this year, bringing its total raised to nearly $300 million. So, what are its plans, and how does it see the market for online courses changing after the pandemic? There are some guidelines for the courses allowed on the site.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2021

What that metaverse will look like is still a bit vague, but the company gave some hints in prepared statements and in an hour-long video it released. In 2014 the company bought VR company Oculus for $2 billion. And he is targeting education as one key part of that vision. Zuckerberg’s interest in virtual reality is nothing new.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

But now, with much of regular schooling happening in homes, the company has seen a dramatic expansion of its audience. To date, the company has raised $55 million. In the edtech industry, venture capital flows where business grows, and that’s been the case for the San Francisco-based company.

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Edsurge

JULY 17, 2020

education technology company in 2020. To close out the week, another higher-education company secured a nine-figure fundraise. Coursera, which provides online courses to higher-ed institutions, businesses and government agencies, has raised $130 million in a Series F round led by NEA. based company an estimated $2.5

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2021

16, 2021) – Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, announced today that all schools throughout Alabama can now boost literacy instruction via LETRS® (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) professional learning. Lexia Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, is the structured literacy expert.

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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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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

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

In my first-ever job, I sat in front of a computer teaching English over the internet to a group of students in South Korea. Tutoring companies have since formed and grown all over the world, from Eastern Europe to Canada, from the U.S. Over the course of my career, I’ve learned what makes a good ESL program (and a bad one). (The

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 3, 2017

If you are a teacher looking for a summer gig, or unique ways to make extra money over your break, please find 10 companies hiring now. Varsity Tutors is a nationally recognized company that connects students with personalized tutoring services in both academic and test prep subject areas. Some of these jobs are remote, too.

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2019

That scenario is one reason that a group of nine universities, led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, today announced a collaboration to build a system that would let institutions issue digital diplomas and credentials in a way that can be verified without needing to check with a human registrar.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 11, 2024

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AUGUST 1, 2023

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Edsurge

MAY 3, 2019

That appears to be the hope of officials at the two companies, which have both been trying for years to shift the focus of their businesses from selling print books to shipping software and other online tools, and have recently been experimenting with subscription models. Only about 20 percent of courses in the U.S.

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Edsurge

MARCH 19, 2024

But one group is often left out of the design process: students. Many educational products are never shown to students until they have already been designed,” said Elliott Hedman, a consultant who works with edtech companies, in a talk this month at the SXSW EDU festival. In an interview after his presentation, Hedman, who has a Ph.D.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2019

So the college offered him the chance to retake one of the course subjects online over the summer—even though Eureka doesn’t teach any online courses. The offering was possible thanks to a new online course-sharing arrangement among members of the Council of Independent Colleges, a group of independent liberal arts colleges.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 23, 2023

This is pretty rare in the courses I’ve seen. A two-year nationwide survey of 2,500 students taking the course showed knowledge gains in 90% of the students taking this free course. These results were across all student demographics, making this course an excellent fit for every middle school.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2021

BOSTON (June 8, 2021) – Lexia Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, announced today that Florida’s Commissioner of Education has approved Lexia® Core5® Reading (Core5) as curriculum in elementary intervention courses. In fact, Lexia was the only company to make the list across K-5 intervention courses.

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Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2019

Artificial intelligence has become a ubiquitous buzzword for tech companies these days, but even though all kinds of founders and CEOs say their product is infused with AI, the meaning of the term varies from advanced machine learning to a smart spreadsheet. At the same time, there’s growing public awareness around the risks of AI.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

And now, the company that helps groups of colleges—a “consortium” in Acadeum parlance—share online courses has raised a new round of funding to support its marketing efforts and woo more schools to its digital course-sharing consortia. Our goal is to be the biggest open network,” says Pierce, the company’s CEO.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

In its latest move in the education space, Facebook has launched career development courses geared toward adult learners looking to get a foothold in the digital economy. The 13 free, digital courses, each run around nine minutes long. The broader goal of this initiative is to give people access to economic opportunity, she adds.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

But as courses rushed online during the pandemic, things changed. Meanwhile, business at the company is booming. Is the company doing enough to keep students from misusing the service? Gallant’s group has some advice. “If Professors are seeing cases of cheating during exams skyrocket as a result.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2019

When Barbara Ciaramitaro joined Capella University in 2018, she and her fellow faculty members faced a dilemma—what sort of course work could the online, for-profit university assign students that would also appeal to potential employers. says company CEO and co-founder Dana Stephenson. million round of funding for the startup.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 29, 2020

So, last week I called one of my major sponsors – a distance learning professional development company – Advancement Courses. They agreed for three of their top course designers to come on a free webinar with me to talk about distance learning. They know how to do distance learning. What will not be covered?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2021

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2020

Examples from The Hechinger Report’s collection of misleading research claims touted by ed tech companies. Same for Matific, which gives students math practice tailored to their skill level, and Edgenuity, which develops online courses. Some companies are trying to gain a foothold in a crowded market. Video: Sarah Butrymowicz.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2019

In the fall, Cooper will leverage those college partnerships to serve about 2,000 students on the platform by her company, Pathstream , which offers career-based certifications to college students. On a superficial level, they earn a certificate from a software company. They want career-oriented skills,” says Cooper, 30. “On

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 29, 2021

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2021

That kind of recruiting was a relatively new solution for IBM and other companies that generally require bachelor’s degrees for entry-level white-collar workers. It feels like we’re the kids of the company,” said Haruza, now 27. Bridget Gainer, Aon’s chief commercial officer, said the company is stronger for it.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2019

Dozens of colleges and universities are taking courses in healthcare and medicine online—and making them free or low-cost—with massive online course platforms. More than a dozen universities are offering Coursera’s new healthcare courses. Courses in healthcare and medicine have been available online for years.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2023

In response, Coach throws up explanations, summarizes lessons, links videos and suggests further courses for the learner to check out. And it’s not the only high-tech strategy that Coursera employs to shepherd users through courses. Today’s online courses are evolved cousins of the early MOOC, or massive open online course.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2019

An open-access advocacy group on Wednesday sent a formal filing to the U.S. The group joins others who have spoken out against the merger, including a letter sent last month by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group on behalf of several student organizations.

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2019

So how do companies hire and develop standout talent who may be new to the sector? Over the past seven years, we’ve continually developed and tweaked a seminar-style onboarding course to help all new employees, regardless of their background, catch up to speed on key issues in education and technology. Not a bad idea, right?)

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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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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 24, 2021

I like how each of these courses aligns with national and state standards. Many of these units fit easily into an existing course, adding fun and real-world engagement as students learn. In this six-lesson course, students start off by learning about banking options. Everfi sponsored this post. All opinions are my own.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

So, it’s perhaps not surprising that there are game-based edtech companies hoping to leave a mark in classrooms. But all of the sudden, you might find that your company, and the world, is changing—and as a result, you might have to question, or change, those initial decisions. Playing games in the classroom is not a new concept.

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eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2021

EdisonLearning a premier provider of digital learning solutions for grades 6-12, and Pointful Education, a leading publisher of career and elective courses, today announced a partnership that expands EdisonLearning’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) and elective offerings with the integration of Pointful Education’s online courses.

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