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As Online Learning Grows, So Will Proctors. Case in Point: Examity’s $90M Deal

Edsurge

Kaplan also uses Examity for its nursing test-prep services. Among them is The College Board, which has approved Examity as a remote proctor for the Accuplacer exam, a computer-adaptive test used to assess students’ readiness for introductory college courses.

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Harvard and MIT Launch Nonprofit to Increase College Access

Edsurge

What would you do if you had $800 million to build a new nonprofit to support innovation in online learning? The $800 million underpinning the effort derived from a controversial decision by the two universities in 2021 to sell their edX online learning platform to 2U.

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Why State Universities Are Buying Up Online Colleges

Edsurge

But we’ve seen an interesting trend in how some state universities have decided to get into online learning—with a big splash. Here’s the emerging approach: buy an existing online college that already has thousands or even tens of thousands of students.

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YaizY Lands $2.1M Seed Investment To Transform The Traditional Learning System By Turning Kids’ Passions Into Professions

eSchool News

The Yaizy team led by CEO Vitaly Gordon is on a mission to become the most trusted online learning platform inspiring students to turn their passions into professions. The investment is coming from LearnStart , Flyer One Ventures , YellowRockets.vc , Angelsdeck , A.Partners , Vesdar Capital, and ALFIN.

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Edmentum to Acquire Apex Learning, an Industry Leader in Virtual and Hybrid Learning for Middle and High School Students

eSchool News

Minneapolis June 22, 2021 – Edmentum (edmentum.com ), a global pioneer in education technology, announced a definitive agreement to acquire Apex Learning, a Seattle-based industry leader in digital curriculum and virtual learning with over 20 years of deep expertise providing high-quality, rigorous, and teacher-centered programs.

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Beer making for credit: Liberal arts colleges add career tech

The Hechinger Report

In a survey conducted by Quest Research and the Kaplan test-prep company, they were four times more likely to say they’d hire an English major with a credential in cybersecurity than an English major without one. “We Related: More people with bachelor’s degrees go back to school to learn skilled trades. Only 26 percent of working U.S.

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April 22 Learning Revolution Mini-Conference: Emergency Remote Teaching & Learning: Survive, Thrive, & Plan for What Comes Next

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

If you are learning about the mini-conference right before or during the event, please join LearningRevolution.com and while you are waiting for your approval we will have a special link for you to use to join the sessions. How do we hold their attention, develop their abilities, and engage them in the online forum?