Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2019

London was formerly CEO of Bloomberg Institute, an education startup affiliated with the media company that developed a test to evaluate candidates on their financial knowledge. Online education companies, including Coursera and Duolingo, also use Examity to verify the identities of students who earn certificates.

Online Learning 149

Online Learning ProctorU Kaplan Coursera 149

Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2017

Since the early days of online instruction, the response of many new instructors has been to figure out how to transfer elements of their face-to-face class into the online format. In response, education technology companies have been quick to create products that attempt to replicate in-person teaching.

Course 150

Course ProctorU Tools Assessment 150

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Some of this is a result of an influx of Silicon Valley types in recent years — people with no ties to education or education technology who think that their ignorance and lack of expertise is a strength. Narratives about the “factory model of education” and whatnot. I mean forgetting what happened five, ten years ago.

Blackboard 96

Blackboard Coursera LMS ProctorU 96

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2020

Scott McFarland, CEO, ProctorU. Before Covid-19 forced millions of students online, one of the companies that provides that service, ProctorU, caught people cheating on fewer than 1 percent of the 340,000 exams it administered from January through March. And for most online test-takers, no one has been watching.

Chegg 130

Chegg ProctorU Education Company 130