Edsurge
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
The four focus areas include career credentialing, digital and adaptive learning platforms, STEM and computer science instructional tools and data analytic services for schools. New Markets has supported 43 companies since its launch in 2003; edtech startups make more than 90 percent of its deals in the past five years, Palmer adds.
Edsurge
JANUARY 10, 2017
billion purchase of Lynda.com and Instructure’s initial public offering, both of which took place in 2015. These statistics offer a somber reminder that the edtech industry does not produce quick, home run hits. Other EdSurge stories about edtech venture capital. 2016 US Edtech Funding Totals $1 Billion.
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Edsurge
FEBRUARY 4, 2019
The company’s latest deal involves something a little bit more invisible and behind the scenes, but what it calls “one of the most powerful tools we have in modern education.” 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.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
If that offering sounds like what one might find on Lynda.com, which LinkedIn acquired 18 months ago. The new product, LinkedIn Learning , includes all 5,000 courses published on Lynda.com, and any new courses created will be published on both platforms. Today the social media site for professionals. billion , that’s because it is.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 15, 2017
Her nonprofit, Real World Scholars , provides classrooms with the online tools to start their own community-based businesses, which has been used in hundreds of classrooms to date. Founders Galore A gaggle of entrepreneurs, building tools for everything from assessments to student loans and storytelling, round out the 2018 list.
Edsurge
MARCH 12, 2018
Steph YoungGonzaga YoungGonzaga’s favorite online learning tools. Students learn by doing in a virtual environment and by having the actual hands on with the tools, they’ll have a greater chance of passing similar components in certification exams. Association for Computing Machinery. Are you happy with the results you’re seeing?
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
There’s been a lot of great edtech serving the knowledge worker, such as tools like Pluralsight. His company has set out to create a digital education platform similar to Lynda.com, but focused on hands-on trades. Technology may well change the nature of trades skills and what tools are used to get the job done.
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