Edsurge
AUGUST 7, 2019
Rounding out the podium for top dollars raised in 2019 with $90 million is Examity , a Boston-based provider of exam proctoring tools used by colleges and universities, assessment groups, professional certification boards and employers. The high tally for venture funding this year is not unique to the edtech industry.
Edsurge
JUNE 9, 2020
Imagine students in a control group go from 50% on a pre-test to 60% on a post-test, whereas in the treatment group they go from 50% to 80%,” he explains. Another dashed hope was the digital tutor made by a New-York-based company called Knewton, which one education consultant rated as “snake oil” in an NPR story in 2015.
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Hack Education
DECEMBER 9, 2017
” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) platforms are digital infrastructures that enable two or more groups to interact. Google gives a lot of money to similar sorts of groups, including many, many education-related ones.).
Hack Education
DECEMBER 29, 2017
Knewton ( mind-reading robo tutor in the sky ) – $157.25 Or one could look at ed-tech companies that laid off staff: the coding bootcamp Galvanize , the analytics company Civitas Learning , the learning management system Schoology , MOOC provider Coursera , the education giant Pearson , for example. Kaltura (video) – $166.1
Hack Education
SEPTEMBER 22, 2017
Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “Peter Thiel May Finally Get His Flying Cars, Thanks to a New Udacity Nanodegree in 2018.” From the Knewton blog : “ Introducing Knewton Product Updates for Fall 2017.” ” The startup is called Learning Beautiful.
Hack Education
SEPTEMBER 9, 2016
” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “ MOOCs no longer massive, still attract millions,” Class Central’s Dhawal Shah claims in a VentureBeat op-ed. Knewton has partnered with WebAssign. Capital will sell the International School of Europe Group to Inspired.
Hack Education
JANUARY 26, 2018
” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Civil Rights Groups Sue DeVos Over Title IX Policies.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A group of former ITT Technical Institute students reached an approved settlement Wednesday that would allow them to participate in bankruptcy proceedings with the institution’s parent company.”
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