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Duolingo IPO Shows Investors Think Edtech Is Still Growing.

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Since the beginning, the tool has focused on mobile delivery on a smartphone, and the company claims it is the leading mobile learning platform globally , with more than 500 million downloads between the Apple App Store and Google Play, and 40 million monthly active users. Duolingo has a few things going for itself.

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Effective Educational Videos in the Classroom

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Conduct the video search on your trusted video resource list such as Youtube , TEDx , Udemy , Khan Academy , and Coursera. Create back-ups to access your video if the first option does not work when needed such as a video link, downloaded copy to a USB, downloaded copy to your Cloud server, or email the video to yourself.

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What are the Most Popular Classroom Technologies in 2020?

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Teachers may ask the students to access the site or download its app on their smartphones. You can also pick up useful content from different sources (such as Khan Academy, Coursera, YouTube etc.) Students may also download its Android or iOS app on their smartphones. and mix it to play in class.

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Dr. Chuck on Inclusive Programming, Online Instructor Involvement and Coursera’s Paywall

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Charles Severance was one of the first professors at the University of Michigan to give the massive open online courses (MOOC) platform Coursera a try. To try to serve more students, Severance and his colleague, Colleen Van Lent, each have a new specialization on Coursera, which Coursera describes in part as a “series of rigorous courses.”

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Course Hero Adds $70 Million to Series B Fundraise

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Companies like Coursera, which helps universities build and access online courses, have ridden the momentum from new registrations to secure a $130 million investment in July. Capitalizing on increased usage seems to be the formula among edtech companies seeking new money this year. According to the EdSurge database, U.S.

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The Post-Pandemic Outlook for Edtech

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Case in point: Online course provider Coursera reported more than 13 million new registered users since mid-March, a 535 percent increase from the same period last year. College students are turning to digital tutoring platforms like Chegg and online course providers like Coursera, both of which have performed well over the last few months.

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Online Learning's 'Greatest Hits'

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Some of the systems also offer video editing, recording and screen downloading options. Of the top providers, Coursera, the Wall Street-financed company that grew out of the Stanford breakthrough, is the champion with 37 million learners, followed by edX, an MIT-Harvard joint venture, with 18 million.