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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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.” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) ”) It was certainly the outcome that investors were hoping for Edmodo , which raised $25 million in 2012, boasting that it had 15 million users. Remember Edmodo?

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US Edtech Investments Peak Again With $1.45 Billion Raised in 2018

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Today, far fewer are getting funded on the “freemium” model, a proposition that has fueled the growth of startups like ClassDojo and Remind, but proved challenging for others like Edmodo. Once upon a time, she notes, “MOOCs were supposed to displace higher education. Now many MOOCs are embedded within these institutions.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

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When I first started working as a tech reporter, I assumed – naively – that venture capitalists were smart people who did thorough research before funding a company. Connexeo (school administration software): $110 million. Perhaps the biggest acquisition of the year was Edmodo. Vive la MOOC révolution.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Wants to Hold Colleges Accountable by Reporting Graduates’ Earnings. billion over next decade,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via the IBM press release : “How Watson Education , Scholastic and Edmodo are using AI to close the learning gap.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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“Publishers Wiley , Cengage , Pearson and McGraw-Hill Education have won a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a seller of fake textbooks ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). School administration software-maker Connexeo has raised $110 million from Great Hill Partners.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The Washington Post : “ Betsy DeVos was asked to address education reporters at their annual convention. ” Via The Washington Post : “Secret report shows ‘special’ treatment for public officials in D.C. But this isn’t the first time Edmodo’s had security issues , incidentally.)

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