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Jacobs Foundation

40 Millionen CHF für weltweite EdTech Forschung

Zürich, November 2021 – Für das weltweite Bildungswesen war das Jahr 2020 ein gewaltiger Umbruch: 1,5 Milliarden Kinder konnten aufgrund von Lockdowns nicht zur Schule gehen. Gleichzeitig war das Jahr ein Meilenstein für die EdTech-Branche, die mehr als 16 Milliarden Dollar Risikokapital einwerben konnte. 2021 könnte dieser Rekord noch übertroffen werden. Dies gilt als vielversprechendes Signal für anhaltende Investitionen in Bildungstechnologien rund um den Globus. 

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Exclusive Online Platform

eLearning Africa Virtual Exchange for Cybersecurity and EdTech Solutions

Berlin (GER), August 2021 - The eLearning Africa Virtual Exchanges offer an opportunity to network and engage with representatives from the eLearning Africa Network and Community of high-level planners, decision makers, and practitioners from education, business, and government, the three key areas driving ICT-supported learning, training adoption, and innovation. It is announced for 26-28 October 2021.

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IMS Global

100 EdTech Institutions Have Signed the Standards-First Pledge

Lake Mary, FL (USA), July 2021 - IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS Global/IMS), a world-leading non-profit collaborative advancing edtech and learning impact, has announced over 100 signatories of the recently published Standards First pledge to support collaboration and transparency that ensures standards-based interoperability is the first choice in edtech. Standards First ensures all stakeholders are investing together for better user experiences at lower integration costs.

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Focus on Video

Open LMS Launches Latest Edition of E-Learn Magazine

Indianapolis, IN (USA), July 2021 - Learner engagement and video are the big themes of Open LMS's latest edition of E-Learn Magazine, the thought leadership initiative that offers insights, from-the-field success stories, and best practices from educators and industry experts globally.

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Careers of the Future

Udacity Strengthens Executive Team with Two Key Hires

Mountain View, CA (USA), June 2021 - Udacity, an online learning and talent transformation platform powering the careers of the future, has announced the additions of York Poon as Chief Product Officer and Aparna Vemuri as Chief of Staff to its executive team.

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Startup

One-Year Anniversary of Lectera.com

Dubai (ARE) / Miami, FL (USA) / Moscow (RUS), June 2021 - Since its launch in June 2020, the online learning platform Lectera.com has shown some great results: apart from the company's impressive growth rate, it has undergone noticeable qualitative change, while receiving multiple international awards along the way.

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Customer-First Philosophy

Nimble's Recent Team Expansion

Gloucestershire (UK), June 2021 - There's no doubt that the world of learning and development has changed rapidly year-on-year, and the landscape is now a completely different space compared to the past several years. With changes in trends, training deliveries, and new technologies - not to mention a global pandemic - Nimble continues to rise to these challenges.

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Global Rollout

StuDocu Raises US$50M to Expand Its Knowledge Sharing

Amsterdam (NL), May 2021 - StuDocu, an Amsterdam-based edtech startup offering an online platform for students to exchange knowledge, has announced its raising of US$50 million in a Series B funding round. The funding round was led by Partech, a Paris-based global venture capital firm.

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Digital Content in EdTech

Open LMS Launches Latest Edition of E-Learn Magazine

Indianapolis, IN (USA), May 2021 - Open LMS has launched the latest quarterly edition of E-Learn Magazine, the thought leadership initiative that offers the latest insights, research, and best practices from educators and industry experts globally. Published by one of the world's largest open source LMS providers, the online digital magazine for the education community, contains diverse insights, perspectives, expert analysis, research, and best practices from top-level practitioners in education and training. It brings together the most relevant articles and research surrounding digital learning content today.

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Preparatory Assistance

Great Learning Launches CareerPlus for College Students

New Delhi (IN), May 2021 - Great Learning, one of India's leading edtech companies for professional and higher education, recently launched CareerPlus, a career support and jobs product that focuses on providing holistic career support to college students, freshers, and recent graduates through high-quality job preparatory programs, live sessions to strengthen key skills tested in job interviews, job-readiness assessments to assess their preparation, and  job postings from corporate hiring partners.

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