Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2019

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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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2019

Andela, the New York-based company that trains programmers in developing countries, raised $100 million in a Series D round. edtech companies in the first half of 2019. The high tally for venture funding this year is not unique to the edtech industry. These two deals make up 21 percent of the total venture funding raised by U.S.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Until lately, those online MIT courses have somewhat resembled so-called massive open online courses, or MOOCs, says Clara Piloto, director of global programs at MIT Professional Education. Now, as MOOCs have evolved to court professional audiences , so too have MIT’s efforts to harness companies and organizations.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 6, 2020

The following are a few examples of learning resources that are available for ongoing education outside of high school and university: Certification Programs – Certification programs are typically training programs that are offered by tech companies or other organizations outside of traditional academia. More on education reform.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MARCH 3, 2018

We were inspired by two incredible edtech gurus who were our guest experts for the chat, Steve Wheeler ( @SteveWheeler ) and Larry Ferlazzo ( @LarryFerlazzo ). We also had many teachers who are edtech gurus in their own right from around the world join the chat. Ask me about training your teachers, ShellyTerrell@gmail.com !

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Neo LMS

JUNE 16, 2020

How to learn more about edtech options. When it comes to professional development for educators, it’s vital to learn about the edtech options available. As members, educators can take part in events, forums, seminars, training and more. Read more: 8 Edtech organizations every teacher should know about [INFOGRAPHIC].

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2021

A decade ago, large-scale online courses known as MOOCs were all the rage, touted as a possible alternative to traditional college and celebrated in the popular press. Talbert had taken MOOCs back when they first started and was unimpressed. The grading was peer graded.] But it was right there in [what I submitted.]

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Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2020

While high-resolution data for community colleges isn’t available, we can see evidence for this in proxies such as Google search trends , consumers’ growing openness and intention to study online , booming MOOC enrollment , and publicly-traded online learning company enrollment results. That presents both an opportunity and a challenge.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Before, our only options were to send people to a training, sit in a course, and learn the material–whether from a university or a week-long certification,” says Shelly Holt, vice president of global learning for SAP, a leading enterprise-software company. According to the Association for Talent Development, U.S. Similarly, LinkedIn’s $1.5

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EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 7, 2018

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). MOOC is not a new concept in the e-learning industry. Many prestigious universities such as Harvard offers MOOC at minimal or no cost. MOOC also offers group collaboration and feedback through online evaluation. It is a powerful way to educate and train yourself or others.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Just as formal education systems made a dramatic shift to digital since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, on-the-job training is changing as well. The same forces that transformed classrooms have accelerated the adoption of more digital learning in workplace training—advancing a trend that was already underway.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

And just as universities haven’t been ‘job training facilities,’ more immediately, neither has K-12. When we seek to train students, we have to ask ourselves what we’re training them for, and make sure we can live with the consequences.” And anymore, they end being the punchline of edtech jokes, somehow.

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 1, 2019

Neil Rickus ; EdTech Consultant & Former Teacher. In order to reduce the amount of new content a teacher needs to make, YouTube videos, MOOC s, multiple choice questions and web-based resources can be combined. There is a great future for blended learning as part of an EdTech strategy. What is blended learning? ” ?

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

Designing online learning experiences is essential to training employees, mobilizing customers, serving students, building marketing channels, and sustaining business models. As online course platforms proliferate, institutions of all shapes and sizes realize that they’ll need to translate content into digital forms.

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Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

Some new services and platforms will emerge to cater for different forms of learning, MOOCs will evolve and improve and open badges will be hot. Things will be different in k12 and corporate training. The MOOC backlash. Of course I have to start with MOOCs. The MOOC backlash started in earnest in 2013.

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Linways Technologies

APRIL 22, 2020

Some of them are developing their own courses to train workers in the skills the company needs. Data-Driven Results As an institution, the way you treat education and manage it is different from MOOCs or short-term online courses. Employers are also taking new approaches to acquiring the needed set of job skills.

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The Shake Up Learning Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Many schools and districts will contract with outside consultants and instructional coaches to offer support and training for their teachers. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). MOOC’s are usually free online courses offered by universities with no limit on enrollment. New Teacher Training. What do you think?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2018

At the time they were not alone in their efforts; Coursera, Udacity (both of which were also co-founded by Stanford professors) and edX had launched MOOC platforms a year earlier. The pair then started the company in January 2013. These online courses are easy to sign up for, yet few students actually stick through and finish them.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Neil Rickus ; EdTech Consultant & Former Teacher : For myself, a flipped classroom approach enables me to spend more time with pupils and to develop our professional relationship. This is the twenty-first century – we don’t need training in being in the 21st century, we are nearly two decades into it already.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2022

Some edtech entrepreneurs are eager for Web3 to arrive and change education. The metaverse should probably reference them,” says Patel, who previously held positions at workforce-training companies Thinkful, On Deck and Maven. At least, in theory. That includes higher education. Artists and musicians, what can we learn from them?”

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Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2016

Students like Battushig who used free online courses to achieve world-class education motivated players like Coursera and the State Department to launch initiatives like Learning Hubs and MOOC camps from Vietnam to Bolivia. The question is: are there viable edtech opportunities in so-called bottom-of-the-pyramid markets?

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Graphite Blog

JULY 16, 2020

" If you miss a session, you can catch up on the Global EdTech Academy YouTube channel. Teaching Digital Citizenship (free) This roughly one-hour, interactive online training prepares educators to teach students the crucial skills and dispositions to be mindful and responsible online citizens.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2017

These statistics offer a somber reminder that the edtech industry does not produce quick, home run hits. Other EdSurge stories about edtech venture capital. 2016 US Edtech Funding Totals $1 Billion. Following Edtech Money (in-depth report on U.S. Rethink Education , an edtech investment firm based in White Plains, N.Y.

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TeacherCast

JUNE 20, 2015

He has lead technology groups and provided considerable training and support as they implemented a 1:1 environment. Kurt is also part of EdTech Sages , LLC, an educational technology training and consulting group. Mapping with google mooc https://mapping.withgoogle.com/. Show Information. Google My Maps [link].

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 2, 2017

20 NEW Ways to Use #GoogleClassroom #gttribe #SUL #googleedu #gsuiteedu #edtech Click To Tweet. googleedu #gsuiteedu #edtech Click To Tweet. googleedu #gttribe #edtech Click To Tweet. Many schools and districts will contract with outside consultants and instructional coaches to offer support and training for their teachers.

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GoConqr

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

But that hasn’t stopped us from asking a number of experts in education and technology to gaze into their crystal balls and share their thoughts on one major EdTech trend we can expect to see lighting up learning and one major challenge that education will face in 2016. This will require a shift in the way teachers are trained too.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2019

Here’s a look at the latest edtech crop. Blair also helps place users into jobs and offers mentorship, resume help and interview training. Everyone is trying to make education online, but we’ve seen the rise and fall of MOOCs,” says Payne, 32. They’ve got it all wrong.” Payne says the school has always been profitable.

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2018

The trained programmer knew there had to be a more efficient way. Other efforts such as MOOC platform edX’s Enhanced AI Scoring Engine have similarly tried to use automation to reduce the time educators spend on grading. Gradescope is hardly the first group to give automated grading a shot.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

ESSA: What Edtech Providers Need to Know : Whiteboard Advisors Senior Vice President David DeSchryver and Education Week Senior Editor Sean Cavanagh break down one of the biggest federal education policies to pass in the last decade: the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). continues to grow, how can edtech help serve this population?

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Edsurge

JULY 27, 2017

That’s what the former MOOCs [such as Coursera and Udacity] have driven toward for a business model and they’re getting some revenue and scale out of it. You can train someone to have a skill set; you can't train the spirit. As you think about the future of digital education, where do you see microcredentials fitting in?

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Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

Some new services and platforms will emerge to cater for different forms of learning, MOOCs will evolve and improve and open badges will be hot. Things will be different in k12 and corporate training. The MOOC backlash. Of course I have to start with MOOCs. The MOOC backlash started in earnest in 2013.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Smith, Director of Programs Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for STEM - Revolutionary or Evolutionary?

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). A call to rebrand MOOCs , from Edsurge. ” The Business of Job Training. Edtech Funding Rebounds With $1.2 .” More via Inside Higher Ed. The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. NPR reviews the year in for-profit education. Billion in 2017.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” The University of Iceland has joined edX. ” The Business of Job Training. Via The MIT Technology Review : “Finally, a Useful Application for VR: Training Employees.” trains students become venture capitalists.” ”). .”

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 28, 2017

Ask me about training your teachers, ShellyTerrell@gmail.com ! I actually did this for one of my Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). Find out more about mission minded learning in my new book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies: 10 Ways to Launch EdTech Missions in Your Classroom. Ideas & Resources. Gamify your syllabus!

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Mark Smithers

AUGUST 24, 2015

We might just need to provide a bit of training. It’s no wonder there is no widespread adoption of e-learning and edtech across the institution. It was only when the large MOOCS arrived and shook up the university administrators that they collectively lifted their heads from the sand. They’ll produce stuff. They were wrong.

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Mark Smithers

AUGUST 24, 2015

We might just need to provide a bit of training. It’s no wonder there is no widespread adoption of e-learning and edtech across the institution. It was only when the large MOOCS arrived and shook up the university administrators that they collectively lifted their heads from the sand. They’ll produce stuff. They were wrong.

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