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Fewer Deals, More Money: U.S. Edtech Funding Rebounds With $1.2 Billion in 2017

Edsurge

based edtech startups in 2017 saw a resurgence of investment capital. Yet at 126 deals, the number of fundraises in 2017 is also at its lowest since 2011. We counted five such deals, and if we took their funding into account, the 2017 total would be close to $1.8 million in 2017. The answers depend on who you ask.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) ” MOOCs looked – for a short while, at least – like they were going to pivot to become LMSes. They’re supposedly “engines of innovation.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

. … The state has until September 1, 2018 ‘to fully implement its program for basic education’ and it must have a plan for funding and implementing ‘by the final adjournment of the 2017 legislative session,’ the court said in a ruling written by Chief Justice Barbara Madsen.” Raise $146.1

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15 hot edtech trends for 2017

eSchool News

To get a glimpse into what the next 12 months will hold for everything from professional development to digital learning, and from communication to virtual reality, 15 ed tech luminaries looked back on 2016 edtech trends to help predict what’s in store for 2017. MOOCs continued to increase in number and attendance.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

MOOCs are out. Chromebooks. link] — Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) December 11, 2017. .” The Business of Job Training. Via NPR : “In Effort To Court Drivers, Lyft Offering Education Discounts.” ” It’s a partnership with Guild Education. More via Techcrunch. Bootcamps are in. Or something.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Big HR news about Coursera in the HR section below. Here’s the headline from Inside Higher Ed : “For-Credit MOOC: Best of Both Worlds at MIT ?” ” But if you look closer, it’s not a MOOC; it’s just an online class at MIT.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

pic.twitter.com/gOvmSOjcSf — Shelly (@ShellySometimes) February 14, 2017. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “Should Online Courses Go Through ‘Beta Testing’?” NPR on MOOC Micromasters. Via the AP : “How Google Chromebooks conquered schools.”