Edsurge
JANUARY 10, 2017
billion purchase of Lynda.com and Instructure’s initial public offering, both of which took place in 2015. Prior to launching Rethink, Greenfield and co-founder Rick Segal had invested in SchoolNet and Wireless Generation, acquired by Pearson and News Corporation for an estimated combined $620 million. Venture capital for U.S.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 9, 2017
Pearson is Not a Platform. I’m not sure if we can still call Pearson “the world’s largest education company.” That restructuring has involved shedding some of the products and subsidiaries unrelated to education, Pearson executives have said. Pearson does not have a platform.
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The Learning Revolution Has Begun
APRIL 20, 2015
New brain science shows poor kids have smaller brains than affluent kids - The Washington Post The Art of Self-Directed Learning — John Holt GWS The ‘most powerful’ classroom innovation — by the $1 million teaching prize winner - The Washington Post Schooling an Industrial Proletariat : John Taylor Gatto Escaping the Education Caste System — John Holt (..)
Hack Education
DECEMBER 11, 2016
And then there’s the advice from Pearson. ’” asked a venture capitalist in an op-ed published by Pearson. LinkedIn, of course, had acquired online job training company Lynda.com last year for $1.5 “Which major is the best?” ” the education giant asked in June.
Hack Education
APRIL 3, 2017
Turns out that Pearson, which once funded and acquired a lot of startups, isn’t in particularly good financial shape itself.). Now, it’s so very typically American to come to the UK to talk about ed-tech and to insist “oh really, it’s all about the US – our values.”
Hack Education
APRIL 28, 2017
” (It’ll run on LinkedIn Learning , formerly Lynda.com , which means it’ll cost you $24.99 Via Campus Technology : “ Pearson Expands Textbook Rental Program.” .” From the press release : “ MOOCs and books initiative launched by Springer and Federica Weblearning.”
Hack Education
DECEMBER 17, 2017
Pearson filed a patent for badges. You can look to Lynda.com, which was acquired by LinkedIn in 2015 for $1.5 Sony’s in the business. And Northeastern has teamed up with IBM to put digital badges on the blockchain. In other badging news, Salesforce received a patent for badges.
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