Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

”) It was certainly the outcome that investors were hoping for Edmodo , which raised $25 million in 2012, boasting that it had 15 million users. Remember Edmodo? Edmodo was one of the early stars of the most recent resurgence in ed-tech startup founding and funding (circa 2008 onward, that is).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning. For a time, Edmodo was quite the ed-tech industry darling.

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Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

(It’s so revealing how this is framed – the problem with “personalized learning” up ’til now? “ Can Edmodo Turn Virality into Profitability? More, via Inside Higher Ed , on various colleges’ OER initiatives. Not enough money from the mega-wealthy!). And Betteridge again!

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