Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2019

Other investors include education technology executives, like Penn Foster CEO Frank Britt and Chegg CEO Dan Rosensweig, along with Zynga founder Mark Pincus and Flatiron Health CEO, Nat Turner. -based startup has raised $1.9 million in a seed round led by Mark Cuban and ECMC Group, an education nonprofit.

Industry 134

Industry Chegg Kaplan Company 134

Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2018

Chegg appears to have borrowed a page from Duolingo’s previous shenanigan for the Osmosis Pillow , which takes “memory foam” to another level. Students are virtually beamed onboard a cruise via a robot, which has a screen and camera to give students at home a sense that they are roaming around the ship.

Chegg 78

Chegg Robotics LMS Android 78

Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. No mention that Lexia Learning is owned by Rosetta Stone. Very thorough research, gj. Via CMX : “ How Edcamp Scaled Up 1,500 Community Events Connecting Educators All Over the World.” ” Spoiler alert: humans.

Education 44

Education E-rate MOOC Data 44

Hack Education

MAY 18, 2018

Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Techcrunch : "Starting a robotics company out of school? Chegg has acquired WriteLab for $15 million. Via The New York Times : “ Assassin’s Creed Has a New Mission: Working in the Classroom.” Not so fast, suggest investors. Selected has raised $1.2

Education 50

Education Company MOOC Report 50

Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. I missed this news back in February: Chegg acquired RefMe. Phil Hill on an “LMS Revival: D2L picking up new customers and showing they can listen.” ” “ The Giant Inflatable Trump Chicken of Ed Tech ” by Michael Feldstein. Tech Researcher Costumed as Car Seat.”

Education 46

Education Coursera Khan Academy MOOC 46

Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Chegg has acquired Cogeon for $15 million. .” That’s Tom Preston-Werner who resigned from GitHub after an investigation into sexual harassment claims at the company. Now he’s launching a new company – and of course it’s ed-tech. Chatterbug is a language learning startup.

MOOC 48

MOOC Education Company Coursera 48

Hack Education

MARCH 2, 2018

” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Alex Usher reviews Robot-Proof : Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Via Edsurge : “ Cheating on Chegg ? ” So Chegg’s algorithms declare you’re a cheater, and you don’t get a tutor. Maybe Not on Its Tutoring Platform.”

Education 48

Education Chegg MOOC Broadband 48