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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

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Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million. Udemy (skills training) – $173 million. Robotics , with ~ $99 million in funding. Absorb (learning management system) – $59 million. Changingedu (tutoring) – $55 million. Yixue Education (online education) – $41 million. Kaltura (video) – $166.1

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Not sure why these are the four, but there you go: Udemy , Lynda , Coursera , and Skillshare. ” Via Techcrunch : “ Mystery Science partners with Google to bring eclipse glasse s to elementary school students.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Personalized learning is anything you want it to be.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via Education Dive: “Fifth graders from Tennessee ’s Nolan Elementary have created a campaign to convince the Tennessee Department of Education and Gov. ” Also via The New York Times : “A Mission to Bring STEM Skills, and Robots, to Children in West Africa.”