Edtech Insiders Week in Edtech, 12/15 with Ben Kornell (& Guest Joshua Broggi of Woolf University)
This episode features special guest Joshua Broggi of Woolf University, the first global collegiate higher education institution that allows education organizations to join as member colleges and offer accredited degrees.
In this episode we discuss:
1) Higher Education's Sea Change (Axios)
- Changes coming to higher ed from many directions- testing, rankings, enrollment woes, hybrid courses and more. How can Edtech best support HE in a time of great pressure and change?
2) Credential Engine's Annual Report
- In a world with over 1mm credentials available, how can Edtech help learners sort out which will work best for them?
3) There’s a Reason There Aren’t Enough Teachers in America. Many Reasons, Actually. (NY Times)
- The teacher shortage is leading to some new policy ideas, like a $60k minimum wage for teachers- Ben says it should be more like $100K.
4) Edtech’s brightest are struggling to pass (TechCrunch)
- Edtech stars like Outschool, Bloomtech (formerly Lambda School) and Pluralsight continue to shed jobs and seek profitability
5) Course Hero creates parent company Learneo
- Course Hero takes a page from Google/Alphabet and creates an umbrella organization to manage all its acquisitions
Funding and M&A:
- Mathspresso raises $70m Series C
- Sana Labs raises $34M series B
- Uolo raises $22.5M
- Career Foundry raises 5M Euros
- Zeraki raises $1.8M
- McGraw Hill acquires Medical Training platform Boards & Beyond
Late Breaking news:
- Instructure acquires LearnPlatform (!) To be disc