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APRIL 1, 2022
In the next few days, thousands of edtech entrepreneurs, investors, educators and policymakers will flood a hotel in San Diego to attend the Mecca of Education Innovation Optimism known as ASU GSV. So now is the perfect time to reflect on the state of edtech. A small but mighty movement was building – and it needed time to grow.
Edsurge
JUNE 14, 2022
That MOOC space includes online learning platform and edtech “unicorn” Coursera, which went public last year , and edX, which lost its nonprofit status when it was bought by the for-profit company 2U last year. Either way, Meta’s possible entrance into the market plays into a long-standing fear of big tech in the edtech industry.
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Edsurge
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
Marissa Mierow It’s no secret that voice-enabled technology is taking off in the domestic sphere, but how is this increasingly robust technology impacting education? It grew as she moved to Microsoft, working on various products that touched consumers' lives both in and out of the education sector, including MSN, Encarta and Xbox.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 28, 2021
Coursera went public , while edX was acquired by the public company 2U for $800 million and lost its non-profit status. In March, Coursera went public on the NYSE, raising $519 million. million) and how much Coursera paid its university partners ($281 million). In 2021, two of the biggest MOOC providers had an “exit” event.
Edsurge
JUNE 18, 2017
Over the past 25 years, multiple waves of education technology and innovation have slowly washed into America’s schools and colleges. Join me on a quick tour of the past quarter century in education technology history. the ideology of Silicon Valley [into public schools].”. the ideology of Silicon Valley [into public schools].”.
Edsurge
AUGUST 15, 2020
COVID-19 has transformed the education technology landscape in ways few could have anticipated. As edtech-focused investors, we at Rethink Education set out to unpack the impact of the pandemic. Employers enacted broad layoffs and unemployment claims in the U.S. have reached nearly 46 million.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 6, 2017
Well-funded MOOC providers Coursera, Udacity and EdX have evolved their business models to focus squarely on corporate learning and serving professionals seeking credentials. Pluralsight—an online IT training provider—has scaled to become an edtech “unicorn,” with a valuation over $1 billion. Similarly, LinkedIn’s $1.5
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