Edsurge
JANUARY 18, 2018
Purdue and Kaplan University stunned the higher education world. With voice and video monitoring devices becoming ubiquitous in American homes, technology companies will take increasing steps to collaborate with institutions to adapt voice assistants and develop new devices for active learning classrooms. So what will 2018 bring?
Edsurge
MARCH 1, 2017
Companies like Microsoft, Facebook and Google are all dipping their toes into virtual and augmented reality. DeSchryver and Cavanagh will look at how ESSA is guiding the work of edtech companies now and in the future. Will VR Really Impact Student Outcomes? But will VR and AR live up to its hype? Thursday, March 9 K-12 9:30 a.m.
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Edsurge
APRIL 18, 2018
Women entrepreneurs made up more than a third of the presenting companies. Learn Capital is closing on a seed investment vehicle dubbed “ LearnStart ,” which has already invested in a Finnish company, 3DBear. One of its investments announced this week is in Aula , a London-based company that just closed a $4.2
Hack Education
JUNE 23, 2017
Via Inside Higher Ed : “The as-yet unnamed online university resulting from the proposed acquisition of Kaplan University by Purdue University has set discounted tuition rates for in-state students and free tuition for Purdue employees.” Behavioral management company Hero K12 has raised $150 million from BV Investment Partners.
Hack Education
MAY 5, 2017
” Via Politico : “A complex legal battle involving dozens of debt collection companies fighting over contracts with the Education Department has essentially suspended the government’s ability to collect defaulted student loans , the Trump administration disclosed in a court filing on Monday night.”
Hack Education
AUGUST 31, 2018
Prior to the department spending $6 million on iPads, Apple spent more than $5300 on meals and lodging for state Superintendent Mark Johnson and five other education officials to visit the company’s HQ. His wife is also the founder of the OER organization CK12. ” The company in question: Spyfone.
Hack Education
APRIL 28, 2017
The NAACP endorses OER. Purdue University is buying Kaplan University for a dollar. Me, I wrote about how far Kaplan Inc ’s reach is in education politics and products. Greiff has previously been a partner at the 1776 venture fund and he was also a co-founder of the test prep company Grockit. Or something else?
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