Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2017

MOOC companies typically account for the bump in the “Post-Secondary” category, but aside from Coursera’s $64 million Series D round, few other companies focused in higher education scored a large deal. In the past, publishers such as Pearson and McGraw-Hill were counted on to be the exit strategy. Source: EdSurge.

EdTech 89

EdTech Pearson Company Knewton 89

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

The second is to improve strategies for how students take in that information and retain it. The Acuitus strategy that has evolved over 20 years involves mixing a digital tutor with in-person instructors. Even in more normal times, Newkirk’s overall strategy has limitations. That’s referred to as the cognitive aspect.

Education 215

Education Learning Software Knewton 215

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Tom Webster, the VP of strategy at the market research firm Edison Research, argued that the report should be viewed as “an extremely effective piece of content marketing,” pointing to the number of slides that cite data about or by a portfolio company of Meeker’s employer, the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Smith Caulfield.

Trends 56

Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

Hack Education

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Pearson said it would shift its strategy and make all its textbooks “ digital first ” (which you just know is going to cost students more). ASU ends its MOOC experiment , Global Freshman Academy. Mind reading robo tutor in the sky” company Knewton was acquired by Wiley for $17 million — LOL — having raised over $180 million.

Technology 67

Technology Pearson Education MOOC 67

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan called badges a “game-changing strategy.”. In 2013, on the heels of “the Year of the MOOC,” Barber released a report titled “An Avalanche is Coming,” calling for the “unbundling” of higher education. MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Campus Technology : “ Udacity has announced a partnership with a ride-sharing service in China to host a $100,000 prize competition to find the best machine learning strategy to improve customer experience.” ” Upgrades and Downgrades.

Education 46

Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “The University of California, Los Angeles , is planning a major expansion in the online certificate and graduate degree markets that it hopes will reach as many as 15,000 students by early next decade,” Inside Higher Ed reports. .”

Education 45

Education Pearson Report Robotics 45