Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2021

And even though there are unicorns—Coursera, Course Hero, Duolingo and Udemy among them—they may not command those levels of dollars from public-market investors. Skillsoft, a corporate learning company, was merged with IT skills provider Global Knowledge Training and taken public by Churchill Capital last October.

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Company EdTech Chegg Coursera 152

Neo LMS

APRIL 14, 2016

This means a world of students getting close to equal rights to education, not being constrained by the boundaries of the physical classroom, and encouraged to pursue active learning. MOOC platforms like Coursera, Udemy, or Udacity, have massive numbers of enrolled students in their courses, yet a shamefully low number of graduates.

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MOOC Udemy Flipped Classroom Education 154

TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 1, 2021

Much of this has to do with fluctuating learning priorities where critical thinking and problem-solving skills for a future-ready, tech-savvy student body are given precedence. These learning priorities are met with increased blended learning methods that combine in-person instruction with online experiences. .

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Tablets Classroom Khan Academy Chromebook 90

Neo LMS

APRIL 5, 2022

An intelligent learning platform (ILP) for schools and universities might be the tool you’ll start using soon if you’re a teacher, academic institution leader, student, or parent. Especially during the past two years, the interest and necessity of online learning have skyrocketed. . Let’s see what features it takes from each one: .

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LMS Gamification Learning Dropout 345

Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2016

Comments from both established learning companies like McGraw-Hill , as well as more recent entrants like D2L and Udemy , reveal a strong push among edtech companies seeking to position themselves as "education's answer to Netflix." Unlike movie enjoyment, which is an inherently subjective evaluation, learning is an objective outcome.

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Education Udemy EdTech E-rate 60

Marketplace K-12

MARCH 14, 2016

Dallas-based LoudCloud’s platforms include a competency-based courseware platform, a learning-analytics platform and services, an eReading product, and a learning management system. Disclosed angel investors include executives from Apple, Dropbox, Blackboard, and Udemy, according to various news reports.

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Udemy Blackboard Company Facebook 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

” She posits gaming as the new site for “modern learning,” with an emphasis on skills training and data-driven self-improvement. There is much to learn from the Meeker report. There may be no better example of this in 2017 than “personalized learning.” It’s just not what you think.”

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Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

Edsurge

MAY 13, 2020

Udemy ( $2B ). Its recent investments include language-learning app Duolingo, along with Byju’s and Ruangguru, widely used in India and Indonesia, respectively. We are a technology-focused company, so things that are of interest will have some footprint in machine learning and artificial intelligence,” adds Glotzbach.

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Udemy Company Coursera Data 187

Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

DreamBox Learning (adaptive learning): $130 million. DadaABC (English language learning): $100 million. DadaABC.com (English language learning): $608.9 Knewton (adaptive learning): $182.3 Age of Learning (educational apps): $181.5 Age of Learning (educational apps): $181.5 Notable Investment Trends.

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Trends MOOC Company Edmodo 93

Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

Udemy has a new CEO : “Kevin Johnson, former CEO of EBates, a marketplace for coupons and shopping discount deals.” “ Gates , Zuckerberg Philanthropies Team Up on Personalized Learning ,” Education Week reports. The “personalized learning” company has raised $6.8 million total.

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Education Coursera MOOC Udemy 46

Hack Education

JULY 15, 2016

Facebook blames its lack of diversity on “the pipeline” ( riiiiiiight ) and so it’s giving $15 million to Code.org so that more kids learn to code. A “ personalized learning explainer ” from Mindwire Consulting. The learn-to-code startup has raised $42.5 ” Oh look. ” Hooray.

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Education Blackboard Common Core MOOC 40

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Tony Bates looks at “Brexit and online learning in Europe.” ” She promises that every kid will learn to code (of course) by having the private sector train CS teachers. From the edX blog : “How to be a Better Learner: Determine Your Learning Style.” ” Try learning styles, maybe.

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MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

Via Business Insider : “Online learning may be the future of education – we compared 4 platforms that are leading the way.” ” Not sure why these are the four, but there you go: Udemy , Lynda , Coursera , and Skillshare. Spoiler alert: it’s about learning how to teach differently.).

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Khan Academy Elsevier Education MOOC 46