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SplashLearn Raises $18 Million in Series C Funding Round From Owl Ventures & Accel

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San Francisco based Owl Ventures is the largest edtech sector-focused venture capital firm in the world. SplashLearn fits into our objective of supporting innovative companies in the edtech space, helping drive a paradigm shift in the way education is imparted, bringing it to scale” said Amit A. SplashLearn was incorporated in 2010.

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Microsoft Takes a Bite Out of BrightBytes, Acquiring Its DataSense Platform and Team

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That tool is data, and it marks the focus of Microsoft’s first edtech acquisition of 2019: DataSense , a data management platform developed by Brightbytes. It also offers a rostering solution that expedites how student and educator accounts for third-party edtech applications are created and managed.

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As Corporate World Moves Toward Curated ‘Microlearning,’ Higher Ed Must Adapt

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When there’s a need for information or new skills, employees today are increasingly turning to instantly accessible sources such as search engines and online course libraries available on their mobile devices. Information today is pushed so quickly at people that the landscape has fundamentally changed.” Similarly, LinkedIn’s $1.5

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Forbes’ 2018 ‘30 Under 30’ Came Early This Year. Here’s Who Made the Education List.

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Finally, machine learning company, EquitySim ’s cofounder Justin Ling (28) made the list for his work on using technology to remove the bias from hiring practices. Edtech investment professional Hilary Shirazi (29), now at LinkedIn , was a force behind her company’s acquisition of skill site Lynda.com.

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This Professor Uses Virtual Labs to Teach Real-World IT Skills That Employers Want

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As Assistant Professor and Program Chair at the Forbes School of Business and Technology at Ashford University—a fully online university—she developed the new Master of Information Systems Management degree program. When I joined Ashford University, I was asked to create a master's program in managing information systems.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” (It’ll run on LinkedIn Learning , formerly Lynda.com , which means it’ll cost you $24.99 Perhaps this will help the Grovo fellows: “Tips for Landing an Edtech Gig – From the EdSurge Jobs Team.” Via Campus Technology : “ Pearson Expands Textbook Rental Program.” ” (Wow.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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A bill in Missouri would end tenure for all new faculty hires starting in 2018 and require more student access to information about the job market for majors. The Department of Education has released a “Higher Education Supplement to the National Education Technology Plan ,” just in the nick of time I guess. Is the New T.A.

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