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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

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In the next few days, thousands of edtech entrepreneurs, investors, educators and policymakers will flood a hotel in San Diego to attend the Mecca of Education Innovation Optimism known as ASU GSV. So now is the perfect time to reflect on the state of edtech. A small but mighty movement was building – and it needed time to grow.

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US Edtech Investments Peak Again With $1.45 Billion Raised in 2018

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edtech startups in 2017. And that dip in dealflow has been happening in recent years: Investors are pouring more money into the edtech industry, but across fewer companies. Source: EdSurge One trend is clear: The dollars invested in the US edtech industry has ticked up steadily since 2011 (considering 2015 as an aberration).

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US Edtech Funding Already Nears $1 Billion in First Half of 2019

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By comparison, in the first six months of 2018, companies raised $750 million across 62 deals. edtech companies in the first half of 2019. The high tally for venture funding this year is not unique to the edtech industry. edtech companies, but their counterparts overseas have also attracted plenty of venture capital.

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Elite Colleges Started EdX as a Nonprofit Alternative to Coursera. How Is It Doing?

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It has the most users of any provider of MOOCs (as the large-scale online courses are sometimes called), claiming more than 77 million learners. And how is edX doing by comparison? Dhawal Shaw, founder of MOOC-discovery platform Class Central. EdX is like a distant No. Downsides of Openness?

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Triumphs and Troubles in Online Learning Abroad

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Modest by comparison, Western Governors University, the largest in the U.S., Phil Hill, a prominent edtech consultant, told me that because Africans are forced to introduce mobile, not as an add-on, but as a priority, “from day one, Africans optimize digital learning for mobile. boasts merely 120,000 enrollments.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via EdScoop : “Edtech and industry leaders say they’re stuck if they can’t scale.” I’d love to see a comparison between Pluralsight and Lynda.com.). ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. ” (Psst.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). According to Metaari (formerly known as Ambient Insight), “ Global Edtech Investment Surges to a Record $9.5 EdWeek’s Market Brief on a report by Allovue : “ K–12 District Spending Analysis Raises Red Flag About ESSA School Comparisons.”