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8 EdTech Trends to Watch Out for This 2020

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In fact, a study on Forbes found that global education technology (EdTech) is one of the fastest-growing segments today, and is expected to be worth $252 billion by the end of this year. With more educational institutions adopting virtual learning management systems (such as Moodle, Edmodo, etc.), Artificial Intelligence.

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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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” You’ll often hear its advocates invoke Benjamin Bloom’s 1984 study on “ the 2 Sigma Problem ” and claim that one-on-one tutoring is radically effective at improving student outcomes. Perhaps the biggest acquisition of the year was Edmodo. Vive la MOOC révolution. It was big as in bad.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). The big “business of ed-tech” news of the week: Edmodo has been acquired by Chinese game-maker NetDragon. Edmodo had raised some $77.5 ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “New Study on Income-Driven Repayment Plans.” million total.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Education Week : “Congress Considering $95 Million for Study of Technology’s Effects on Children.” 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.” " But hey.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The Chicago Tribune : “Almost all student loan fraud claims involve for-profit colleges , study finds.” ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” The University of Iceland has joined edX. ” Via Education Dive : “Study shows Bridge GED programs help students continue on to college.”

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The Top Ed-Tech Trends (Aren't 'Tech')

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Rather it’s a history itself – ideally one that’s useful for our thinking about the past, present, and future in the way in which the study of history always should be. This is part of the push for MOOCs, we must be honest.). A failure to “platform.” ” Despite raising some $87.5

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