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

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Online education companies, including Coursera and Duolingo, also use Examity to verify the identities of students who earn certificates. Examity’s identity verification technologies include facial recognition analysis that checks whether a test-taker’s face resembles that of the picture on their ID card. billion in the U.S.

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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. In technology, all that matters is tomorrow." Despite the failure of AllLearn, in 2014, Levin was named the CEO of Coursera.

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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. The pilot, by the way, is at University College London’s Centre for Blockchain Technologies. I was wondering when #metoo would come to education technology. National) Education Politics. The State of the Union is a right mess.