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IBM | June 19, 2020

VR Education is focused on the benefits virtual reality can bring to education, with immersion and the remote connection opportunities as key drivers. The online student market especially will be perfectly suited to the immersion and remote aspects of VR, says CEO Dave Whelan. Even before its integration into the Oculus Go headset, VR Education’s Apollo 11 experience had already been downloaded more than 120,000 times and generated over €1mln in revenue for the group. Raid on the Ruhr...

prnewswire | September 13, 2020

Laureate Education, Inc.announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Ser Educacional S.A. (B3: SEER3) for the sale of its Brazilian operations. The transaction follows Laureate's announcements on Friday, September 11th regarding agreements to divest Walden University and its Chilean operations. All three divestitures are the result of Laureate's previously announced efforts to explore strategic alternatives for each of its businesses to unlock shareholder value. L...

Study International | January 30, 2020

Technology has permeated many aspects of education, but one area where technology has been slow to creep into is physical education (PE). However, schools that have tapped into the power of technology believe it can be transformative for students. Last year, The Hechinger Report wrote about how Jon Szychlinksi, a teacher at Berwyn North School District 98 in the US uses technology in his PE classes. Szychlinksi gets his middle schoolers to study game tapes to identify their weaknesses, not...

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Tinyhood | September 21, 2021

Tinyhood, the leading online education platform for parents, has launched a first-of-its-kind class Sleep 101: The Baby Sleep Solution for parents of babies 4-24 months. Taught by renowned sleep consultant Natalie Willes, this online class will teach parents to help their babies start sleeping 10-12 hours a night and taking predictable, longer naps in a matter of days. For parents whose babies are struggling with short naps, nighttime or early wakings, or need to be rocked or nurs...