Bryan Alexander

MARCH 5, 2016

Another example: phones are much more important than tablets for less affluent students, but CIOs see them as equally significant. Possiblye the FCC will extend E-rate funding to poorer areas. Providers are growing more features, each company or project following or leapfrogging the others. What next for the LMS?

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Trends LMS VLE Technology 40

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

awards debt collection contract to company with ties to DeVos.” ” Via Buzzfeed : “Here’s How A Student Loan Debt Relief Company Preyed On Its Customers.” ” The company: the Student Loan Assistance Center. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

Education 43

Education Company Blackboard Kaplan 43

Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

” “Modern E-Rate Puts Telephones On Hold in K–12,” Education Week reports , noting that schools are struggling to pay for phone service (still totally necessary) as well as expanded broadband. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Education in the Courts. DESTROYED. .

Education 40

Education lynda.com Knewton E-rate 40

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.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Via CNET : “ Verizon to pay $17M to resolve FCC, Justice E-Rate probes.” SoFi is the ed-tech company that has raised the most venture capital. And more on who’s buying student loan companies in the “business of ed-tech” section below. But Do Tablet Programs Work? Pay attention.).

Education 48

Education Coursera MOOC Report 48

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

” Via The Recorder : “Four cities including Boston could face downgrades in their bond ratings if state voters approve an expansion of charter schools, a major credit rating agency suggested this week.” Testing, Testing… Via EdSource : “Testing company fined in California for second year.”

Education 40

Education MOOC E-rate Company 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

I wrote “an explainer” of sorts on Thiel and his politics, and I listed the education companies that he’s invested in. Have any ed-tech companies, particularly those funded by Thiel or Zuckerberg or Y Combinator, spoken out about this? Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).

Education 40

Education Company Pearson E-rate 40