Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2019

Patent and Trademark Office granted two patents last year for creating, managing and tracking digital credentials, it raised new questions and concerns among a community of innovators who are trying to create an open platform for rethinking credentials. Much of the funding came from grants from the MacArthur Foundation.

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eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2023

HOBOKEN – Pearson , the world’s leading learning company, announced today that Connections Academy , its K-12 online school program will expand its slate of college and career readiness initiatives for middle and high school students. Credly is a Pearson business.

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Coursera Pearson Digital Badges Industry 57

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Software & Online ACCELERATE LEARNING STEMSCOPES SCIENCE ( www.stemscopes.com ) Accelerate Learning announced a new platform using the best of CNN’s digital content to create a new science education product.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 12, 2016

” The company – funded by Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Pearson, Learn Capital, and others – says it will remain open. ” “The Indiana Department of Education is seeking $4 million in damages from the company that created last year’s problem-plagued ISTEP test. ” Oh look. .

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2018

” (Related: “Theranos investor Tim Draper blames the company’s downfall on an investigative journalist,” Business Insider reports.). ” ECOT is the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, an online charter school company. Meanwhile on Campus… Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ U.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Textbook Publishers vs. Boundless.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Tony Bates looks at “Brexit and online learning in Europe.” ” She promises that every kid will learn to code (of course) by having the private sector train CS teachers. From the edX blog : “How to be a Better Learner: Determine Your Learning Style.” ” Try learning styles, maybe.

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