The world's most expensive educational startup from China, Yuanfudao, sponsored by the fund of Russian businessman Yuri Milner, announced that it plans to raise another $1 billion.
In the fall, when the University of Texas had an online exam, it was reported that hundreds of students spent less time on their assignments than is needed to at least read through all of them.
Robbo, which specializes in the production of educational robotics for children, has launched an online system for studying robotics on its official website robboclub.ru.
Descriptive pictures on a chalkboard are crucial for conveying information when teaching preschoolers.
The American platform HolonIQ has compiled a list of outstanding women from around the world who are leading the world's most promising start-ups in the EdTech field.
For International Women's Day on 8th March, the online platform Rusbase has compiled a list of 100 brilliant Russian women, each of whom is changing the world, launching her own projects and developing unique startups.
Teachers have also encountered problems because of unstable Wi-Fi; many teachers cannot hold lessons and give exams.
According to a survey by Pearson in India back in 2019, 62% of university graduates positively rated the concept of online education.
Ten months after transferring schools in Mumbai to remote learning, about sixty thousand people still cannot study online.
And about 80% are sure that the online format is absolutely unsuitable for studying at a traditional university.
German schools were transferred to a distance teaching format to fight the coronavirus and reduce infection risk. As a result, children began to learn remotely from home and there have been some issues.
Eje Agalar, a sophomore at Weinberg College, goes to bed at 3 a.m. and wakes up around noon. The native of Istanbul spends most of her time studying online, but her course is taught in a US time zone. Consequently, the difference in time between Turkey and the US turned her from a morning person into a night owl.
Due to the new wave of the coronavirus pandemic, many schools in European Union countries have not opened in the new year.
University spokesman Rajeev Gupta said that the university is preparing for the phased opening of offline classes.
More than 3,500 students from Loughborough University have signed a petition calling for the partial refund of their tuition fees. They claim that due to the transfer of classes into online space, their education quality has significantly decreased.
TABIS is designed to teach students who find it difficult to cope with the school environment and social adaptation. Its Director, Pia Marker, told Financial Express Online about the challenges educators are faced with during the Covid19 pandemic.
A new Wealth-X report revealed which universities had the most graduates with successful careers and high earnings.
Certified online courses completely replace classical university education. According to experts, some of them may even compete with degrees from Indian universities.
Alibaba, Tiger Global Management, Softbank Vision Fund, FountainVest Partners, and Sequoia Capital China have invested $1.6 billion in Chinese start-up Zuoyebang. The company offers distance learning for school children.
Classes will be held online until the end of the semester.
Maxim Spiridonov, the CEO of Netology, one of the largest EdTech companies, said in his statement that education will have to adapt to the new environment and develop original approaches to education and create special platforms to broadcast lessons.