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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

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Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million. Robotics , with ~ $99 million in funding. 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.

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The Stories We Were Told about Education Technology (2019)

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Even if these publications fade away , the breathless stories about the possibilities of brainwave-reading mindfulness headbands and " mind-reading robot tutors in the sky " continue to be told. PowerSchool acquired the K-12 LMS Schoology. ASU ends its MOOC experiment , Global Freshman Academy. Udacity got a new CEO.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Former Kaplan exec Justin Serrano has been hired as the president of Schoology. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. .” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. Via The Diplomat : “ Online Learning in North Korea.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill on “ Schoology , NEO, Claroline, Chamilo: The beginning of the LMS long tail.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “What if Your Favorite Teacher was a Robot?”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Coursera ’s New Strategy Takes Inspiration From Netflix – and LinkedIn.” ” There’s more MOOC-related research in the research section below. Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill on layoffs at the LMS Schoology.