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EDBRIEF: 2U reports 33% Revenue Increase in 2014
2U, which offers select partner colleges and universities a cloud based SaaS platform, reported its fourth quarter and full year 2014 financial results last week. For the fourth quarter 2014 revenue...
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3 Reasons why MOOC Completion Rates are so low (…and why this is OK)
Massive Open Online Courses have been around now for just over 3 years. Since then they have become more popular and are more known. Nevertheless, completion rates of MOOCs remain low (on average,...
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HEDLINE: Udemy’s Online Course Millionaires
21 months have gone by since our last report on how much top course creators on the online learning platform can make. That definitely qualifies for an update as Udemy shared new data on its course...
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EDBRIEF: AltSchool hires Execs from Google, Uber, Rocket Fuel and Zynga
AltSchool, a collaborative community of micro-schools that aims to transform K-8 education, has hired four seasoned tech executives from Google, Uber, Zynga and Rocket Fuel. Joining the AltSchool team...
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EDBRIEF: Versal leaves Beta – partners with Wolfram Research
Versal, a platform for publishing online courses, announced that it ended its beta testing phase. Along with the announcement comes a partnership with Wolfram Research, with its founder, Stephen...
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MEP #010 with David Blake from Degreed
In this episode, David Blake from Degreed joins MEP to talk about unbundling the college degree, new models of credentialing, and what his company Degreed is doing to disrupt the education status quo....
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OP-ED: MOOCs and the Rockstar Lecturer
MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses offered through outfits like Coursera, Udacity, and EdX) have raised the profile of online education and sparked important conversations about educational access and...
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EDBRIEF: Apple to overhaul iPad in Education Program
According to an email obtained by MacRumors, Apple plans to overhaul its iPad in Education Program in order to ease the distribution process and classroom adoption of its tablets for schools and entire...
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Startup Profile: Learnyst
Trainers, coaches and tutors across the globe are increasingly interested in expanding their local audience by creating and selling online courses. Marketplaces like Udemy offer the advantage of a...
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EDBRIEF: More than 80% of Students use Mobile Technology to Study
According to a report from McGraw-Hill Education, the use of mobile devices for studying was on the rise in 2013 and 2014. 81% of the 1,700 college students surveyed used mobile devices like...
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EDBRIEF: Udacity partners with Accredible to track Nanodegrees
Accredible, an edtech startup that tracks learning behaviour and performance, announced a partnership with Udacity to power its new professional profiles and nanodegrees. Launched in October last year,...
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EDBRIEF: Instructure and Pearson announce Partnership
Instructure Canvas and Pearson announced a bi-directional integration of the Instructure Canvas LMS with the Pearson PowerSchool SIS. According to Instructure’s Mitch Benson, this feature was the most...
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PowerSchool – Instructure’s first post-IPO Acquisition?
Instructure and Pearson announced an interesting partnership at SXSWedu. The bi-directional integration of the Canvas LMS and the PowerSchool SIS is a strong statement by itself, but if we add the fact...
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MEP #012 with Kristen McEntyre from Tutti Dynamics
On episode 012 of Meet Education Project, Tutti Dynamics co-founder Kristen McEntyre joins the program to talk about music/arts education, the importance of experiential learning, and the vibrant ed...
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7 Factors Impacting the Future of Higher Education
We know that radical innovation and massive disruption is under way in higher education. Everything in the sector seems extreme. Whether it is new products, regulation, the rates of closure by...
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EDBRIEF: Code for India launches Skill Up India, a free Online Education Portal
Non-profit Code for India launches a free, open source education portal with high-quality educational content in different areas, including business, technology and job skills training. The portal aims...
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Startup Profile: HelpHub
Tutoring is an important part of college life, may it be on the receiving end as a student who needs some extra help, or at the providing end to earn some extra income. Technology has added new...
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EDBRIEF: LinkedIn extends Add to Profile to Higher Ed Institutions
In a further step to become the de facto online resume, LinkedIn announced the extension of its Add to Profile program to colleges and universities. The program initially launched last year with...
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EDBRIEF: Paper Maker FiftyThree to enter Education with Think Kit
FiftyThree, the startup behind the popular iPad drawing app Paper, announced a $30 million Series B led by NEA with participation of existing investors. FiftyThree launched its own highly rated iPad...
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EDBRIEF: Learnteria wants to be Yelp for Educators
Learnteria aims to reduce wasteful edtech spending in the PreK-12 space by launching a Yelp-like review platform for educators and parents. At launch Learnteria enlists 300,000 products and services...
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