EdTech4Beginners

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The 2019 IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index reports that the education sector is the ninth most targeted industry. We place emphasis on the word “habits,” as it’s imperative that this becomes second nature to students, should the possibility of dangerous cyberspace situations occur.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 19, 2022

Their submitted assignments, grades, dates, completed and ongoing classes and attendance stats can all be included in user-friendly, yet comprehensive reports. Read more: 5 Must-have LMS reports for schools. Show competency-based content recommendations. These smart platforms are infused with Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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ViewSonic Education

JUNE 20, 2019

Teachers report that the length of videos preferred is generally 2 to 10 minutes according to 79% of teachers surveyed. Blocked internet access and websites: Another 30% of teachers reported they have a hard time accessing videos saying that their school's blocks or limits access to the internet and certain websites.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Behind the scenes, there’s accreditation reporting, tracking and organizing work around tenure, plus managing and supporting students while staying on top of new technologies and instructional practices. The first centralizes faculty data for activity reporting, which administrators gather for accreditation. Washington D.C.-based

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Neo LMS

MAY 10, 2022

According to a 2021 McKinsey report , disruptions such caused by the pandemic left K–12 students five months behind in some key subjects such as Math. Learning gaps vary a lot in complexity and intensity. Some are quite easy to close.

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EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 7, 2022

There are three types of platforms available to launch your online course and reach your audience: Learning Management System (LMS) is a platform or software application designed to integrate learning tools, as well as administration, management, distribution, analytics, and reporting. Trading platforms (Udemy, Teachable, Thinkific, etc.).

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

Pitchbook reported a similar trend, noting that the pandemic’s “impact on aggregate VC activity was hardly apocalyptic,” with healthcare, digital enterprise and consumer-service startups attracting plenty of capital. Source: EdSurge U.S. edtech investment trends largely mirror patterns in other sectors.

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EdNews Daily

MARCH 26, 2019

In the United States, Udemy and Udacity have both reached $1.0B in 2017 (PWC Money Tree Report, January 2019). valuations, led by ICONIQ Capital and Bertelsmann Digital Media, respectively. Age of Learning also reached unicorn status through providing a strong curriculum for K-12 students. compared to $76.4B

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

But half of that went to just six companies, including the celebrity tutorial provider MasterClass, the online learning platform Udemy and the school and college review site Niche. Only about a quarter of these firms reported an increase in paying users. Only about a quarter reported an increase in paying users.

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Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2019

Industry reports and instructional designers alike typically report that only between 5 to 15 percent of students who start free open online courses end up earning a certificate. Today, 2U reports completion rates of up to 88 percent for their online degree programs. This does not necessarily make MOOCs a failure.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

A 2016 report funded by the Gates Foundation found that in the U.S. Start with the “big four” that most people have heard of: Coursera, Udacity, Udemy, and EdX. Udemy has also created a great toolkit to help online course instructors market their learning experience. alone, there are 13,000 instructional designers.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The companies include professional development partners: MT Groupo in Spain, IWBNET in Australia, TES in the United Kingdom and Udemy and Project Tomorrow in the United states. Material from a press release was used in this report.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

But that’s not the same as saying that employers no longer value college credentials, despite overhyped media reports that employers are “throwing out” degrees. The future will likely see a continued de-emphasis on merely requiring that prospective employees hold college degrees.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

businesses reported difficulty finding appropriately trained workers, up from 32 percent reported in 2015. The likes of Coursera, Udacity, Udemy, MasterClass, Lynda, and Pluralsight have together raised more than $1 billion and represent combined enterprise value of more than $5 billion. This dichotomy is not lost on investors.

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myViewBoard

JUNE 20, 2019

The majority of teachers who responded to our survey reported they tend to search for videos online using search engines such as YouTube (83%) and Google (61%). Common hits are videos from dispersed free and paid-for educational videos websites such as TEDx , Udemy , Khan Academy , and Coursera.

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Marketplace K-12

JULY 18, 2016

One investor, FastForward, disclosed in a report on UK-based Interactive Investor that Vested Finance Inc. Naspers most recently invested $60 million in Udemy , a San Francisco-based provider of online courses. traded under the brand name Schoold) “has successfully raised additional funding of $1.55

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Marketplace K-12

MARCH 14, 2016

Disclosed angel investors include executives from Apple, Dropbox, Blackboard, and Udemy, according to various news reports. -based Reach Capital, alongside Zuckerberg Education Ventures and Chinese education services provider TAL Education Group.

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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." One feature of Netflix in particular seems to have captured the imagination of edtech companies.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 5, 2022

These systems also provide assessments, feedback and reporting tools, as well as automation and gamification, among many other features. ILPs take the analytics and reporting capabilities of LMSs one step further. Read more: 5 Must-have LMS reports for schools. Let’s see what features it takes from each one: .

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

This is part eleven of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” In May, venture capitalist and former securities analyst Mary Meeker released her annual “Internet Trends” report. Much of what Meeker says in this year’s report about education is placed under her category “gaming.”

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Edsurge

AUGUST 25, 2020

As EdSurge reporter Rebecca Koenig points out , some companies have satisfied the demands of parents and their school clients. So far in 2020, direct-to-consumer edutainment platforms like Roblox, MasterClass and Udemy top the list of biggest investments while institutional K-12 sales models continue to lag.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The recordings of recent FutureofEducation.com shows are posted: David Loertscher on Library 2.0 , Gina Bianchini on Mightybell , Tim Wilson on Redirect , Peter Cookson on a Children''s Education Bill of Rights , and an iPads in the Classroom report. Launches Rated JPG reports that beloved toy-maker LEGO is building its own social network.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 13, 2021

A report from CB Insights showed that investments for all venture-backed U.S. Just ask Duolingo and Udemy, which each closed a pair of investment rounds in 2020. “For many parents who were serving as tutors and teachers for their children, it helped create a lot of empathy for solution providers. While the $2.2 billion raised by U.S.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

When I first started working as a tech reporter, I assumed – naively – that venture capitalists were smart people who did thorough research before funding a company. Udemy (skills training): $173 million. They are, after all, typically investing someone else’s money. Networks matter. Coursera (online education): $210.1

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EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 4, 2017

For successful outcomes, plan teacher PD sessions avoiding holidays, weekends, extended school days and reporting/ assessment cycles. Some of these self-paced paced content providers for educators are: Udemy , Future Learn , edX , Coursera , iTunes U , and Youtube for teachers 9.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 10, 2020

Media Production Lesson s (by MediaSmarts): Browse MediaSmart's lessons focused on creating media ranging from videos to news reports. Udemy : This video-based learning site has high-quality courses for just about anything students will need to know. There's also a handy list of tools and websites.

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Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

“Asked About Discrimination , Betsy DeVos Said This 14 Times,” NPR reports : “Schools that receive federal funds must follow federal law.” said Thursday that he is still part of a higher education initiative for President Donald Trump,” Politico reports. Department of Education.”

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Hack Education

JULY 15, 2016

. “Ten more states sued the federal government on Friday over a directive to public schools on bathroom use by transgender students , adding their objections to those of 11 states that brought a lawsuit soon after the directive was released in May,” The New York Times reports. Via The Wall Street Journal : “ U.S.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

.” “ Kansas lawmakers, trying to head off a court shutdown of the state’s public schools, have increased aid to poor districts by $38 million,” NPR reports. ” (Related, via the US News & World Report : “Women Losing Out on Career and Technical Education.”). Presidential Campaign Politics.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Remind co-founder Brett Kopf was replaced as CEO by Brian Grey, formerly CEO of the Bleacher Report. These are just the ones that were reported by the press, of course.). Sebastian Thrun stepped down as Udacity’s CEO. Jen Medbery stepped down as CEO of Kickboard. Layoffs at Noodle.com (80% of its marketing and editorial teams).

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

” I mean… In other Arne news, Chalkbeat also reports that “‘I think that’s blood money’: Arne Duncan pushed charters to reject funds from Trump admin if budget cuts approved.” ” “Republicans try to take cheap phones and broadband away from poor people,” Ars Technica reports.

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Hack Education

JUNE 3, 2016

Dan Patrick (R) told reporters on Tuesday that he is sending letters to every superintendent in the state advising them not to follow the Obama administration's recently issued guidance on transgender students.” ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ BYU Police Are Investigated for Handling of Sexual-Assault Reports.”

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