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As Online Learning Grows, So Will Proctors. Case in Point: Examity’s $90M Deal

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London was formerly CEO of Bloomberg Institute, an education startup affiliated with the media company that developed a test to evaluate candidates on their financial knowledge. Online education companies, including Coursera and Duolingo, also use Examity to verify the identities of students who earn certificates.

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What Happens When Ed-Tech Forgets? Some Thoughts on Rehabilitating Reputations

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Some of this is a result of an influx of Silicon Valley types in recent years — people with no ties to education or education technology who think that their ignorance and lack of expertise is a strength. Narratives about the “factory model of education” and whatnot. I mean forgetting what happened five, ten years ago.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. “What Trump Didn’t Say About Education,” according to The Atlantic.