For all of their amazing innovation, the explosion
of edTech startups has also resulted in extraordinary fragmentation; a symptom of an unstable marketplace of soon - to - be-acquired apps with varied user authentications, redundant features, locked - down content, and worrisome privacy policies around student (and instructor) data.
Not exact matches
I think that's a fatal flaw,» says Matthew Gross, founder
of Newsela, an
edtech startup.
Any one
of these universities could have launched
edtech startup Coursera alone, but building it together helped attract VC interest while distributing the risk.
The
edtech startup is now a part
of India's prestigious unicorn club with $ 1 billion in estimated worth.
Prior to Haystack Partners, Stephen led business development as a member
of the founding team at MasterStreet, a New York
edtech startup.
nexquare is an
EdTech startup leveraging the power
of new - age thinking and science
of data to re-imagine education.
Lastly, if you're an
edTech startup looking to seriously change the institution
of education — first off, I applaud you — but it's time to take a serious look at how you can gain an honest understanding from the inside out.
Every new
startup (
edTech or otherwise) is looking to create the next InstaSnapBook — the one - size - fits - all miracle app that captures the attention
of a generation.
• Studytracks has announced that Cathy Guetta, Fay Arjomandi and Raphael Aflalo have joined the
edtech startup's advisory board with the aim
of continuing its rapid development, including plans to partner with renowned music artists.
Key themes include showcasing sessions from emerging
edtech startups, effects
of developing technologies on student - teacher relationships; stepping back to «re-imagine» the curriculum; and working together to tackle online safety challenges: parent, teacher and student perspectives
James is a co-founder
of Grok Learning, a learn - to - code
edtech startup.
Through established internal partnerships and a wide array
of strategic department faculty, and external partnerships with other universities, local entrepreneurial think - tanks,
edTech startups, community services, and small businesses, events such as PitchLX have the potential to become a significant solution to the problem
of how to effectively cultivate pedagogically sound innovation within higher education.
Before coming to Alpha, he participated as a school leadership resident at High Tech Middle School in San Diego, California, was the director
of educational game design at an
edtech startup in Shanghai, China, and taught middle school math in Portland, Oregon.
EdTech Times spoke with Joel Jacobson, co-founder
of Defined Learning — a
startup that's developing an application, Defined STEM, enabling students to make connections between STEM classroom content and career pathways.