Deal Radar 2008: Grockit

Grockit, which describes its approach as “Learning 2.0”,  is developing tools to harness the power of the Internet to help the world learn. It began by helping students prepare for standardized tests and is now developing a learning game that will allow students from all over the world to teach each other, thereby creating an innovative method for people to learn online. The

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Tutoring Social Network

As you know, I am very interested in online education. This morning, a news item from Techcrunch caught my eye: a social network for finding tutors. In parallel, another news item in EETimes also caught my eye: MIT puts all its courses online. I work with the MIT OCW consortium, and have had a number

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The Education Problem: Raj Reddy (Part 9)

Our discussion now focuses on a key element of the ‘learning by doing model’: mentors, and evolves into the root of education – the process of learning. SM: Right now what is happening is at a very low level. There is no “methodology”, just a connection with a tutor who knows the material, sort of

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The Education Problem: Raj Reddy (Part 8)

In the next segment, we discuss how Raj’s model could be applied on a global scale. When thought of in these terms, it could become a revolutionary methodolgy and change the concept of education throughout the world. SM: So Raj let me explore a different thread with you. Kind of like an evolution; let’s assume

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Dissecting Online Tutoring

Online Tutoring is a strong market opportunity, especially 1 On 1, and by leveraging tutors from India. However, venture deals out there have not yet got the strategic marketing right. A set of questions to ask …

Tutoring: Enormous Opportunity

Tutoring within the NCLB framework is a great business opportunity.