Collaborate Disseminate
We don’t normally embrace the supernatural here at Hackaday, but when the topic turns to the radio frequency world, Arthur C. Clarke’s maxim about sufficiently advanced technology being akin to …read more Continue reading New Video Series: Learning Antenna Basics with Karen Rucker
Online education tools continue to see a surge of interest boosted by major changes in work and learning practices in the midst of a global health pandemic. And today, one of the early pioneers of the medium is announcing some funding as it tips into profitability on the back of a pivot to enterprise services, […] Continue reading Udacity raises $75M in debt, says its tech education business is profitable after enterprise pivot
One big technology by-product of the Covid-19 pandemic has been a much stronger focus on online education solutions — providing the tools for students to continue learning when the public health situation is preventing them from going into physical classrooms. As it happens, that paradigm also applies to the business world. Today, a startup out […] Continue reading Dublin’s LearnUpon raises $56M for its online learning management system for enterprises
More than 60 Springfield Public Schools shut down remote learning after a cyberattack affected the school district’s IT network on October 8. Yesterday, the second-largest school district in Massachusetts, offering classes for over 25,000 students, ann… Continue reading Massachusetts Public School District Cancels Online Classes after Alleged Cyberattack
The attack on the Newhall District in Valencia is part of a wave of ransomware attacks on the education sector, which shows no sign of dissipating. Continue reading California Elementary Kids Kicked Off Online Learning by Ransomware
[familylovermommy] has been homeschooling her kids even before the pandemic, so she’s pretty well-versed on being a learning coach and a teacher. One of the activities she designed for her boys has them creating 3D models using Tinkercad. In the spirit of openness and cultivating freethinking, she did not give …read more
Salesforce has been using the notion of trailblazers as a learning metaphor for several years, since it created a platform to teach customers Salesforce skills called Trailhead. Today, the company announced the availability of myTrailhead, a similar platform that enables company to create branded, fully-customizable training materials based on the Trailhead approach. It’s worth noting […] Continue reading Salesforce releases myTrailhead, a customizable training platform
Education tech startup Teachable (formerly known as Fedora) has raised $4 million in a Series A round of funding according to CEO and founder Ankur Nagpal. The company provides a platform that’s like a Shopify or a SquareSpace for tutors or teachers. Its platform allows subject matter experts to quickly construct online courses and sell or give them away to their followers, setting their… Read More Continue reading Teachable books $4 million to turn everybody into educators online