EDUKWEST - on the search for better education

EDUKWEST #100 with Audrey Watters of Hack Education

After more than three years of interviewing EDUKWEST made it to its 100th episode. What better guest to invite than Audrey Watters to celebrate the occasion.

EDUKWEST #99 with Matthias Ick of Macmillan Digital Education

For the last repdigit episode of EDUKWEST I invited Matthias Ick, managing director of Macmillan Digital Education to talk about edtech investments.

Today’s Campus Innovation Interview #10 – Anant Agarwal of edX

What makes edX distinct to other MOOC platforms is its nature as a not-for-profit and the pursuit to open-source its underlying platform.

EDUKWEST #98 with Vikas Pota of GEMS Education

My guest on the program is Vikas Pota, Global Head of Corporate Affairs of GEMS Education and Chief Executive of the Varkey GEMS Foundation.

Today’s Campus Innovation Interview #9 – Andrew Shakman of LeanPath

LeanPath can help customers to reduce their food waste by up to 80% and save 2%-4% or more on their annual food purchases.

Today’s Campus Innovation Interview #8 – Ulrik Juul Christensen of area9

area9 is the startup behind McGraw-Hill’s LearnSmart product. In this interview I talk with Ulrik Juul Christensen, area9 co-founder & CEO.

Interviews

May 20, 2013
EDUKWEST #100 with Audrey Watters of Hack Education

After more than three years of interviewing EDUKWEST made it to its 100th episode. What better guest to invite than Audrey Watters to celebrate the occasion.
May 14, 2013
EDUKWEST #99 with Matthias Ick of Macmillan Digital Education

For the last repdigit episode of EDUKWEST I invited Matthias Ick, managing director of Macmillan Digital Education to talk about edtech investments.
April 25, 2013
Today’s Campus Innovation Interview #10 – Anant Agarwal of edX

What makes edX distinct to other MOOC platforms is its nature as a not-for-profit and the pursuit to open-source its underlying platform.
March 12, 2013
EDUKWEST #98 with Vikas Pota of GEMS Education

My guest on the program is Vikas Pota, Global Head of Corporate Affairs of GEMS Education and Chief Executive of the Varkey GEMS Foundation.
March 7, 2013
Today’s Campus Innovation Interview #9 – Andrew Shakman of LeanPath

LeanPath can help customers to reduce their food waste by up to 80% and save 2%-4% or more on their annual food purchases.
March 1, 2013
Today’s Campus Innovation Interview #8 – Ulrik Juul Christensen of area9

area9 is the startup behind McGraw-Hill’s LearnSmart product. In this interview I talk with Ulrik Juul Christensen, area9 co-founder & CEO.

News

June 18, 2013
How much does an Online Course Creator earn? Up to $450k on Udemy

Today Udemy shared the combined revenue generated by its top 10 instructors is $5 million with the top online course creator making $450k in two years.
June 12, 2013
Veduca and University of Sao Paulo offer MOOCs with Certification

Today Veduca launched its own first two MOOCs in partnership with the university of São Paulo, (USP) offering certifications for completion.
June 10, 2013
MOOC Production Fellowship announces Winners

Today iversity and Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft announced the ten winners of the MOOC Production Fellowship contest.
June 7, 2013
Edxus Group and IBIS Capital announce European EdTech 20 List

What are the top performing and fastest growing e-learning companies in Europe? Edxus Group and IBIS Capital created EdTech 20 to answer that question.
June 5, 2013
Instructure raises $30 million Series D Funding – Heads for IPO

In a press release announcing a $30 million Series D round, Instructure Canvas CEO Josh Coates indicates that the company is heading for an IPO.
June 2, 2013
Bill Gates took part in the $20 million ResearchGate Funding Round

According to the Wall Street Journal Deutschland Bill Gates is one of the investors in the $20 million ResearchGate funding round in early May.

Opinion & Analysis

June 4, 2013
3 Tests for a Website that Make Prospective Students Want to Matriculate

What makes a website stand out as superior? Take a few minutes to evaluate it with Lida’s 3 questions to make it more relevant for prospective students.
June 3, 2013
Student Testing: Where Sal Khan and I Differ

In this post Fahad Hassan, founder of Always Prepped, shares his thoughts on Salman Khan’s premises that student testing is a bad and incomplete concept.
May 16, 2013
A Broken Education

Dave Gill, filmmaker, writer and dropout is currently cycling 11,000 miles around North America for a documentary shares his thoughts on a broken education.
May 2, 2013
Over-the-Counter Data Is the Next Frontier for Data in Edtech

In her first post about data in edtech, Jenny Grant Rankin gives you an overview about its role in education and how to make best use of it.
April 14, 2013
Are Investors Reluctant or do Edtech Startups not need the Money

Analysis of the Ambient Insight report titled “The 2012 Boom in Learning Technology Investment” which I think misses some essential points.
March 21, 2013
babbel.com enters US Market through Acquisition of PlaySay

German based language learning startup babbel.com announced the acquisition of PlaySay, a San Francisco based competitor in the mobile space.