Silicon Valley’s “university in a box” will get a little bigger, after the Minerva Project announced the classroom teaching capabilities of its online platform would increase at the ASU GSV Summit.
The “Netflix of education”, Kahoot, has expanded its offerings for early-childhood learners, acquiring both maths-education games studio, DragonBox, and learn-to-read app Poio.
Australian academic support provider Studiosity is tackling inadvertent cheating and student anxiety around academic integrity with a new online tool.
US virtual exchange facilitator, the Stevens Initiative, has granted an additional round of funding to nonprofit Soliya, which it says will connect students in the US, Middle East, and North Africa.
German-based company Tandem has launched a new limited timed feature to allow users to support and discuss their favourite country and performer at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.
RMIT Online has expanded its Future Skills portfolio of short courses, focusing on cybersecurity to address predicted shortages in cybersecurity professionals.
An online “university discovery platform” has raised $8 million with the aim to assist students in India find places at higher education institutes.
US EdTech firm 2U has acquired Trilogy Education Services for $750m, whose digital skills training will “complement” 2U’s existing portfolio, bosses say.
Online learning platform FutureLearn has announced an investment of £50m (or $65m) from SEEK, a global group of “employment, education and volunteer businesses”. SEEK Group will become a joint-owner of FutureLearn, with a 50% stake.
Australia’s Redfern Legal Centre has launched a new mobile app for international students to access legal advice in their native language, in what is being touted as an Australian first.
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