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European Edtech Investor Brighteye Ventures Raises $54 Million for Second Fund

Edsurge

The global education technology industry is headed for a record-setting year when it comes to venture capital investments. companies like Coursera are raising hundreds of millions at billion-dollar valuations. In the U.S., Quite quickly, all our travel plans were cancelled,” says Wirz. Wirz notes.)

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US Edtech Raises $803M in First Half of 2020 As COVID-19 Forces Learning Online

Edsurge

While the pandemic has disrupted education much more than any Silicon Valley fad, it has also accelerated the kinds of technology adoption that the industry has long pined for. education technology companies raised more than $803 million in venture capital, according to an EdSurge database of publicly announced funding deals.

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?A Starter Kit for Instructional Designers

Edsurge

Most people with “instructional design” in their job title are involved in converting “traditional” written curriculum or in-person teaching into an online course. To get serious about education technology, you have to read Seymour Papert. Get a lay of the technological landscape, but don’t let your LMS hold you hostage.

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Top 80 Apps for Schools

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

With the growing use of technology in education, it's becoming increasingly important for schools to be up-to-date with the latest apps and teaching tools. They provide a convenient way for teachers and educators to create and share instructional materials and step by step guides. Which ones are worth investing in?

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The Business of Education Technology

Hack Education

Daphne Koller left Coursera this year. I maintain a dataset of all education technology investments and all education technology investors. Glaring in its absence from this list: “personalization,” one of the most trumpeted technology “solutions” this year. (I’ll

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “ Texas , a Prized K–12 Market , Approves Wave of Instructional Materials.” I’m ending that series, I think, so I can focus on writing books.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” The provider in question is Coursera , which has raised some $146.1 Bridget Foster has been named the head of the SIIA’s ed-tech association, the Education Technology Industry Network. ” Via Education Week : “ New Online Tool Aims to Help K–12 Leaders Choose Instructional Materials.”