Coming off a $2.1M round of fundraising at the end of 2015, Portfolium is ready to go head-to-head with incumbents like Symplicity Corporation while staying ahead of giants like LinkedIn that haven't quite replaced the career services office yet.
The ASU GSV Summit that was held here this week is easy to caricature. Robots roamed the hallways, thousands of attendees hung on every word as Bill Gates described his work in education, and technology companies big and small promoted their products and begged for dollars from Silicon Valley and other investors who are pouring money into education right now.
Competency-based education could be comparable to taking an online course, where students are afforded the freedom to earn college credits at their own pace and schedule. Under CBE programs, students could earn...
It took just 43 hours for the College of the Holy Cross to raise nearly $2 million.
The small liberal arts school in Massachusetts did it without bombarding alumni with phone calls, sending out a batch of mailers or soliciting donations for seats at a...
Two companies that serve higher education are teaming up to mesh learning resources with digital credentials. Wiley & Sons, which offers curriculum and learning technology, is working with Credly, a digital badging service provider.
Advocates of online education say it can provide learning opportunities as good as college coursework, but at a much lower cost. The broad offerings of edtech companies now range from foreign language instruction to history lessons to computer programming. What...
Recent reports suggest that over 500 colleges and universities are preparing to launch new competency based education (CBE) programs, up from an estimated 52 last year.
The Cal State system released a new effort to help students connect with potential employers through a new web-based program named Portfolium. Portfolium is a lot like LinkedIn but it is free for students to submit..
"I went through college focused on international law and did a bunch of internships. I had crises of faith about what I believed in... I didn't have answers and was worried I would close...
Wiley to Integrate Credly Digital Credentials Into Learning and Talent Development Solutions
