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Edubull offers effective and accessible avenues for people to enhance their career and employability skills.

Edubull Gives Free Access to Its Training Courses on Skills and Career Development

August 8, 2020August 8, 2020 CWW Newsdesk Special min read

“The skills, qualities, and attitudes needed for success in the jobs market are fast evolving owing to COVID-19. While it certainly is the role of employers to support their professional

The app has been downloaded by more than 5 million parents around the world and currently has over 300,000 active subscribers. | In pic (L-R): Anupam Dhanuka (Co-founder and CEO, Kiddopia), Anshu Dhanuka (Co-founder and CPO, Kiddopia) and Nitish Mittersain (Founder and MD, Nazara Technologies Ltd.).

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Nazara Completes Majority Stake Acquisition in Kiddopia, a Gamified Edtech Venture

July 17, 2020July 17, 2020 CWW Newsdesk Special min read

Kiddopia was launched in 2017 by husband-wife duo, Anupam and Anshu Dhanuka. The app became an instant hit and has reached the #1 rank in the kid’s category on the US App Store.

On December 5, 2019, Vaibhav Srivastava (R) and Milan Roy, both alumni of IIT Delhi, started Edvicer, an online platform to aggregate, compare and recommend online courses from all the major course providers.

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Edvicer: A Curator of Appropriately Personalized Course Pathways for Skilling Online

January 25, 2020January 25, 2020 CWW Editorial Special min read

With the help of AI, Edvicer makes personalized pathway of online courses for students and working professionals who are planning to get skilled in a particular area. The platform today compares more than 100,000 online courses offered by major platforms with the help of ML algorithms to rate the courses.

The British Council is launching a campaign to give any student who wishes to take an IELTS test and study abroad up to £3,000 toward their study fees.

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The British Council Offers Students £3,000 to Study Abroad

January 23, 2020January 23, 2020 CWW Newsdesk min read

The offer is valid only for a university or college that requires IELTS as part of the admission process. The British Council also offers extensive online and offline resource material to help students understand the test.

Most popular healthcare courses in India in 2019

The most popular courses in the healthcare space focus on psychology, meditation, happiness, nutrition and of course technical skills needed by the professionals in the field.

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Mental Health and Nutrition Emerge as Top Healthcare Courses in India: Coursera

January 10, 2020January 10, 2020 CWW Newsdesk Special min read

Coursera recently came up with a list of 10 most popular healthcare courses on its platform in India in 2019.

The company also cited how AI as a subject became accessible to the masses in 2019, with AI For Everyone which was launched in February, from deeplearning.ai and is taught by Coursera co-founder Andrew Ng.

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Coursera Declares 2019 ‘The Year of AI’

January 10, 2020January 10, 2020 CWW Newsdesk Special min read

The world’s leading global published latest learner trends and most popular online courses in its end-of-year round-up for 2019. AI came out as the most demanded subject accounting for nearly 2 million enrollments through the past year alone.

The Association of Test Publishers, an international, non-profit organization representing providers of tests and assessment tools and services announces the fifth annual India-ATP conference on December 20, 2019 at the Habitat Centre in New Delhi.

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The Association of Test Publishers to Host the 5th Annual India-ATP Conference in Delhi

December 11, 2019January 23, 2020 CWW Newsdesk min read

The one-day, non-fee event for delegates will present sessions and workshops from event sponsors including The College Board, Internet Testing Systems, MeritTrac, No Paper Forms, Pearson VUE, Prometric and OpenEyes Software Solutions.

Pearson VUE Collaborates with FICCI Higher Education Summit and Exhibition 2019 as “Online Assessment” Partner

The three-day event is dedicated to covering: “Creative Economy Nation Building: Higher Education as the catalyst.” Pearson VUE is the official ‘online assessment’ partner at the event.

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Pearson VUE Teams up With FICCI Higher Education Summit 2019 as “Online Assessment” Partner

November 28, 2019January 23, 2020 CWW Newsdesk min read

Participants at the event broadly agreed that India must keep developing its universities to commercialize knowledge that will drive innovation. FICCI Higher Education Summit and Exhibition 2019 attracted delegates from more than 65 countries including regions such as Africa, CIS, Middle East and Asia.

Math Learning Platform Symbolab Reaches Over 100 Million Users Mark

Symbolab has become quite popular among students -- from K-12 to higher education -- worldwide because of its algorithm-driven problem-solving proficiency.

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Symbolab, Tel Aviv-Based Math Learning Platform, Reaches Over 100 Million Users Mark

November 11, 2019November 11, 2019 courseware19 min read

This feat is being considered a new gold standard in math education. The platform helps solving math problems with detailed procedure and adaptive learning capabilities.

Philippines-based Asian Institute of Management Launches New Digital Platform to Support and Engage Faculty

With Interfolio, AIM will translate critical activities related to faculty recruitment, retention and development into streamlined, digital processes managed in an easy-to-use online environment.

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Philippines-Based Asian Institute of Management Launches New Digital Platform to Support and Engage Faculty

November 7, 2019November 7, 2019 CWW Newsdesk min read

The Southeast Asian business school taps Interfolio’s Faculty Information System to attract and retain world-class faculty workforce and accelerate international expansion.

US-based Istruzione Helps Institutions in Procuring Infra at Subsidized Cost

Istruzione does work in India through its subsidiary, Istruzione Edutech Services OPC Private Limited under its brand name EDIMPACT.

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US-based Education Technology Company Istruzione Helps Institutions in Procuring Infra at Subsidized Cost

November 7, 2019November 7, 2019 CWW Newsdesk min read

In India, in the last one year, Istruzione has helped around 1800 schools procure 13000 Honda Activa Scooter for its women staff under Women Empowerment Scheme and has developed 300 digital literacy labs.

Penda Learning's game-based, standards-based science and math intervention resource helps students in grades four through 10 build their skills, close achievement gaps and have fun learning through the use of avatars and student-driven competition.

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Learning 2020 Acquires Penda Learning

November 7, 2019November 7, 2019 CWW Newsdesk K-12 Leraning min read

The acquisition will expand access to high quality science and math content proven to close gaps for struggling students and accelerate achievement for all learners.

Chandigarh University Receives UGC Assent for Distance and Online Education Courses

CU has developed a technology-driven academic delivery platform through which the students undergoing degrees from different parts of the country would be able to access quality academic learning material, e-lectures, e-library resources, and industry certification programs.

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Chandigarh University Receives UGC Assent for Distance and Online Education Courses

November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 CWW Newsdesk min read

The university will offer admissions in 10 courses from January 2020 including which includes BBA, MBA, BCA, MCA, BA, MA (English), MA (Phycology), B.Sc. (Travel & Tourism), B.Com and M.Com.

Simplilearn Collaborates With Purdue University to Launch AI and Machine Learning Training Programs

Simplilearn-Purdue collaboration offers learners a strong program curriculum with industry projects, covering in total over 450 learning hours and more than 25 projects.

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Simplilearn Collaborates With Purdue University to Launch Postgraduate Program in AI and Machine Learning

November 5, 2019November 5, 2019 CWW Newsdesk min read

Launched on November 4, the Postgraduate Program in AI and Machine Learning will be offered in India and provides the most comprehensive program blending Purdue’s academic excellence and Simplilearn’s award-winning curriculum.

Pearson India Launches PTE Academic 79 Plus and PTE Academic Official Practice' App

PTE Academic 79 plus is a user-friendly guide with simple and lucid language, comprising of more than 150 examples. The newly launched app includes a Q&A section which will give detailed, section-wise information about the test.

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Pearson India Launches PTE Academic 79 Plus and PTE Academic Official Practice’ App

October 17, 2019October 17, 2019 CWW Newsdesk Special min read

Pearson Test of English (PTE) is the leading computer-based test around the globe with over 250 test centers around the world in 50 plus countries. PTE Academic 79 Plus and Official Practice’ App will help test takers in preparing for the language proficiency test.

Learnyst allows teachers to create online coaching branded in their name

Learnyst was started in 2014 by Mr. Shivranjan Kumar and Mr. Shankar Mahesh with a vision to create a level-playing field for any teacher or educator who could provide quality learning to the students.

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With Learnyst’s White-Labelled Web & Mobile Apps, Online Teaching Becomes Plain Sailing

October 10, 2019October 11, 2019 CWW Editorial Special min read

Within a short 4-years’ time, Learnyst has succeeded in enabling the individual teachers, educators, and small-scale coaching centers to successfully run and sell courses online on its white-labelled platform.

The AI-enabled automated (online) remote proctoring solutions for conducting online exams are emerging as a handy and effective solution to creating a secure examination environment.

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Automated Remote Proctoring, the Final Frontier of a Successful Online Learning Experience

September 16, 2019December 5, 2019 Rikisha Bhaumik Online Proctoring, Special min read

Quality online learning can be ensured only with a fool proof, precise, and trustworthy examination. Automated remote proctoring therefore is a must for a viable online learning scenario. Are the latest technologies capable to provide such remote yet viable proctoring experience?

Whither E-learning, to Digital divide or to Digital Inclusion?

The digital revolution can be put to use in allowing education to reach every household without any discrimination.

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Whither E-learning, to Digital divide or to Digital Inclusion?

July 6, 2019October 10, 2019 Rikisha Bhaumik Special min read

The unequal spread of technology is often blamed for creating a digital divide between those enjoying affordances of technology and others devoid of its benefits. E-learning is also accused of

Byju’s Teams Up With Disney to Teach Kids

The co-branded app is to use Disney's popular animation characters from movies like Cars, Frozen, and Toy Story.

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Byju’s Teams Up With Disney to Teach Kids

June 1, 2019July 14, 2019 CWW Newsdesk 0 Comments min read

Early Learn, the learning app by Disney and Byju’s, is targeted at K-3 students and likely to go live soon. The standalone app is to use characters from Disney’s Cars, Toy Story, and Frozen in the lessons.

Toppr Tapping Tier-2 Cities With Its Personalized Learning Approach

For creating personalized learning paths for each of its user, Toppr has created AI-based machine learning (ML) algorithms for operating its online learning platform.

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Toppr Tapping Tier-2 Cities With Its Personalized Learning Modules

May 29, 2019July 14, 2019 CWW Newsdesk 0 Comments min read

Learn how an offline contact strategy made Toppr where it’s today. The company has adopted a unique offline counsellor strategy under which it visits door-to-door to identify the needs of students.