Texas State University

edsurge | March 05, 2020

When the Sloan Foundation had the bright idea to stimulate digital education at the nation’s colleges and universities a quarter of a century ago, it christened online learning as “asynchronous learning networks,” an eccentric name for what is now known simply as online learning. Since it was in its very early days, Sloan had no idea what to call it. But it surely bet on a winning horse. Eventually, the foundation invested nearly $75 million in institutions willing to test elec...

PR Newswire | July 10, 2020

Online education was considered a fast-growing market even before the pandemic spread around the globe. Now, the increasing penetration of internet in many regions across the globe is a major factor driving the market growth. Furthermore, other technological advancements, such as cloud-based solutions coupled with huge investments by major market players towards enhancing the security and reliability of cloud based education platforms also play a major role in the market development. By end user...

Study International | February 14, 2020

The ecosystem of donors in the higher education sector in Africa includes many foundations and international agencies, along with several development funds and pan-African organisations. Compared to other international organisations or governmental agencies like the World Bank, USAID, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, the British Council, the International Development Research Center of Canada, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Danish Agency for International...

TALENT DEVELOPMENT

Accenture | February 21, 2022

Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Talespin, a spatial computing company focused on workforce talent development and skills mobility. Talespin’s platform delivers XR-based learning and training applications, mixed reality job aides to support employee job performance and a new skills-based approach to work and productivity. The World Economic Forum projects that by 2030, over one billion workers will have needed to reskill, as the core ...