All posts by Henry Kronk
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Language Learning Apps Like Babbel Are Popular, But Do They Work? Yale Researchers Investigate.
July 24, 2019 Henry Kronk
Language learning apps have seen massive uptake in recent years. Duolingo reported it had surpassed the 300 million user mark last year. Other…
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edX Launches First Online MBA with Boston University Questrom School of Business
July 23, 2019 Henry Kronk
edX and Boston University’s Questrom School of Business announced on July 23rd that the institutions were partnering to launch an online MBA degree…
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Researchers Found Positive Effects from a Personalized Virtual Reading Coach. But Teachers Don’t Want to Use It.
July 22, 2019 Henry Kronk
As more and more adaptive personalized learning solutions enter the market, educators and schools are increasingly looking to use them to augment their…
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Pearson Is Going “Digital First” With their College Textbook Catalogue
July 16, 2019 Henry Kronk
Pearson laid plans on July 16 to transition out of their traditional college textbook publishing strategy to cater to the evolving needs of…
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Ashford University Gets Accreditor’s Go-Ahead to Transfer Legal Status
July 16, 2019 Henry Kronk
Ashford University announced on July 15 that they had received the green light from their accreditor, WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC),…
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SAM Labs Secures $8.9 Million in Series A2 Equity Round to Expand Reach and Develop New Products
July 15, 2019 Henry Kronk
On Monday, the London-based company SAM Labs announced it had raised $8.9 million from a group of investors in a Series A2 round.…
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Riiid, a South Korean AI Tutoring Platform, Raises $18 Million in Series C
July 15, 2019 Henry Kronk
The Seoul-based Riiid announced on July 15 that it had raised $15 million in Series C funding. The round includes previous investors DSC…
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In Edtech, a Common Interest Shouldn’t Get in the Way of a Common Mission
July 14, 2019 Henry Kronk
2019 marked my first InstructureCon, but according to what I heard from almost every attendee in Long Beach, Calif. over the past week,…
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LMS Come and Go, But the Difficulty of Switching Platforms Remains the Same
July 12, 2019 Henry Kronk
As one might expect, the majority of attendees at InstructureCon 2019, Instructure’s annual conference, fell somewhere along the spectrum between happy Canvas users…
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Instructure Eyes Adaptive Personalized Learning, But CEO Dan Goldsmith Says They’ll Follow Their Community’s Lead
July 11, 2019 Henry Kronk
Over the course of the three days at InstructureCon 2019, the makers of the Canvas learning management system (LMS) delivered a ‘state of…
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