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Tired of ‘Zoom University’? So is edtech

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The rise of “Zoom University” was only possible because edtech wasn’t ready to address the biggest opportunity of the past year: remote learning at scale. It signals a shift from startups playing in the supplemental education space and searching to win a spot in the largest chunk of a students day: the classroom.

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Melbourne-based edtech startup Vivi raises $20M to accelerate overseas expansion in race to reach 1M classrooms

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The US, thus, remains a rich market for edtech companies like Vivi, which offers wireless presentation and screen mirroring technology to over 40,000 classrooms around the world, with the plan of reaching one million learning spaces in the next five years.

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Tableau partners with the government of India to build students’ data skills

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Working with a group of visionary educators, we’ve been able to achieve amazing milestones, such as introducing Tableau to all first year students at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore in 2018. or “How can I, as an educator, get better at Tableau to teach students?” We have provided more than 1.7

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Fulbright Award Winner Closes Data Skills Gap for Students and Teachers

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Scholar Program Award to share her expertise at the University of Eswatini. Seeing the benefits of Tableau first hand, she incorporated it into a data analytics workshop she was preparing for a group of liberal arts students. She has led several faculty training workshops at Morgan State University to upskill School of Business peers.

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Engageli nabs $33M more for its collaborative video-based teaching platform

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“At first the priority was on the best synchronous experience,” Avida said in an interview, of the priorities of universities when it came to remote learning. “At first the priority was on the best synchronous experience,” Avida said in an interview, of the priorities of universities when it came to remote learning.

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Engageli comes out of stealth with $14.5M and a new approach to teaching by video remotely

TechCrunch

But they’re not apps necessarily designed for classrooms, and that fact has opened a gap in the market for those looking to build something more fit to the purpose. But perhaps Engageli’s most unique feature is how it views the virtual classroom. million in seed funding from Benchmark and others.

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Digital Analytics Basics: Free Online Academy from Google

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They are also working on software that uses this approach in the classroom and takes the passivity and lectures out of classroom instruction. In the 60 minutes piece, it is referred to the flipped classroom or peer instruction a mindset that directs attention away from teachers and puts it squarely on the students and their learning.

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