Edsurge
MAY 26, 2020
The term comes from the physical devices that other companies used to sell, where students literally pressed buttons to respond to multiple-choice questions. The Toronto-based company once relied on textbook publishers to distribute its technology. To date, the company has raised $105 million in venture capital.
Edsurge
AUGUST 8, 2017
For Brian Fitzgerald, what began as a newborn side project in 2012—when he was working at edtech startup Knewton—has become a fully-grown venture of its own. These activities may seem silly, perhaps even a tad frivolous, but the company claims they help build cognitive, physical, social and emotional skills. Yes, even the gnomes.)
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Edsurge
APRIL 26, 2017
So states a recent Wall Street Journal report on the tens of billions of dollars that Chinese companies have poured on U.S. To adapt, many companies are investing domestically, particularly in China, where edtech companies raised more than $1.2 Edtech Companies With Asia-Based Investors. Based Company. Authess $2.2
Marketplace K-12
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
In an interview with Fortune magazine , Kahn said his company “technically bought [Duck Duck Moose] for $1, and we immediately went into fundraising mode to figure out how to also bring the team. iAugmentor Raises $149,000: India-based ed-tech company iAugmentor Labs Pvt. Omidyar Network stepped up.”.
Edsurge
AUGUST 13, 2019
How can technology be used at scale to address the massive re-skilling that’s going to be needed in the workforce going forward? On the lifelong learning and certification side, I would say Colibri Group [an online education company that serves licensed professionals], which bought Western Schools. billion purchase of Turnitin.
Edsurge
JUNE 9, 2020
Among the choices educators make are what instructional technique to use, when and how to give feedback, and when and how to test student knowledge. Newkirk calls his company Acuitus , in hopes of encouraging sharpness of thought. At any time, students can ask for a hint, but even those are only clues about how to proceed.
Edsurge
JANUARY 18, 2018
With that in mind, institutions should ask: How will an impending market consolidation affect my institution? Paul Freedman : They should consider how to not go out of business. How much consolidation—in mergers and acquisitions, and closures—of colleges and universities will we see in the new year?
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