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What to Make of Blackboard’s Acquisition of Moodlerooms
Blackboard, one of the largest and most well known learning management systems (LMS), announced yesterday that it has acquired Moodlerooms and Netspot, companies that build additional services and a...
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6 Education Technology Companies Started by Educators
The emerging opportunities in education technology is attracting a variety of entrepreneurs. But there is a selection of innovators who are bringing their own expertise in education. Here are profiles...
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$2.8B in Venture Capital Invested in Education from 2002-2012 [Infographic]
Recently, VentureBeat released this infographic from Boundless Learning that gives a nice overall picture venture capital investment in education over time. We were surprised to find that education...
View ArticlePlay for College Tuition with Edtech Startup Grantoo
Playing games to pay for college? Sounds crazy. But edtech startup Grantoo just snagged a cool $1.7 million in new funding, so the idea might be more viable than you’d think. Grantoo is a San...
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Does Pearson Blue Sky Mean Dark Clouds for Startups?
Blue Sky, from PearsonLearningSolutions.com Two years ago, angel investors and VCs would always love to ask startup founders, “What if Google enters your market?” Now, for the education space, this...
View ArticleIncubating the Era of the Flipped Edtech Startup
Remember the discussion about a possible edtech bubble we had at the end of 2012? If you worried back then, the recent launch of at least four new edtech incubators and accelerators might add to this...
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3 EdTech Companies Changing the Campus Experience
By Mary Fineday Educational technology has become a way of life in the classroom, and students are reaping the rewards. A recent educational study reported by OnlineEducation.net notes that purchasing...
View ArticleFighting Distraction on Campus: The Next Lucrative Vertical?
Last week, I read a piece on university students in the online version of German magazine Der Spiegel. Apparently, there is an ever increasing number of students who rather check their Twitter stream...
View ArticleHas Coursera Already Won the MOOC Game?
On Wednesday, Coursera announced that they have raised an additional $43 million, bringing the startup’s total funding to $65 million. This opens up an interesting set of questions, some of which I am...
View ArticleThe Grim Future of Language Learning
My personal journey in the edtech space, which eventually led me to become an edtech blogger, started with language coaching. I never liked the term “teacher” or “tutor” — for me there are very...
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