#edtech

#edtech

Stemaide's goal is to bring science and technology skills to all young Africans. Started in 2022 in Ghana, it has developed a science kit that will work in areas without the internet. Prince Boateng Asare, CEO of Stemaide, says the firm wants to prepare young Africans for the jobs of the future. This is the second in a six-part series on technology in Africa. More on Technology in Africa

Chegg is slashing about 45% of its workforce-388 roles-as the company says the "new realities of AI" and a sharp drop in Google-driven traffic have significantly reduced its student traffic and revenue. The edtech company will eliminate 388 positions globally, about 45% of its staff, in a major restructuring aimed at cutting costs and reshaping operations for an AI-first market environment. Chegg attributed the cuts to generative AI's rapid adoption among students and reduced Google referrals to content publishers, which it said have materially eroded demand for its services.

"There are few solutions available on the market that are dedicated to non-technical people," Aureliusz Gorski, founder and CEO of Warsaw-based CampusAI, told TechCrunch. CampusAI's solution? An educational platform focused on making learning accessible to everyday people who want to bring AI into their everyday workflows - whether that's to help improve sales, HR, legal, or just give your personal branding a boost with AI. The platform aims to help people understand and work with AI, rather than be intimidated by it.

We have been concerned about the expansion of EdTech includes a wide range of tools that enable the surveillance of students and academic staff, often facilitating monitoring by both public authorities and private entities. We brought our concerns responding to the UN Special Rapporteur on education call for contributions on safety as an element of the right to education and a precondition for its full realization.

The Role ITHAKA is looking for a Software Engineer to join the JSTOR Labs team. As Software Engineer, you will have a pivotal role in building the Transfer Explorer pilot application. The Transfer Explorer is a collaboration between Ithaka S+R and JSTOR Labs which aims to make it easy for students, school administrators, and advisors to see how earned credits and prior learning experiences will transfer and count toward a degree at a new institution.

They're for things like figuring out bus pickup timings, notifying the school about days off, and keeping parents informed about grades and special events. All of those things are helpful! (It'd be easier to have them all in one app.) But these apps and services are often clunky, buggy, and have confusing design - making it hard to figure out where to get the information you need.

"Many of the products that were on the market catered to someone who knew chess already, and we really saw an opportunity to bring it more to the masses," says Edwin Bodge, group product manager on Duolingo's chess team.

The EdTech sector has witnessed explosive growth with innovations like AI-powered platforms and adaptive learning systems, promising to revolutionize how we teach and learn.

"Agentic AI systems are designed to make decisions, take effective actions, and then adapt their behavior based on the environment, along with the types of goals that they are pursuing."

"At some point, you become a manager, and you spend a lot of time in communication. We realized a lot of our communication wasn't fun."

"The fewer decisions that have to go to the CEO, the faster the organization will move," Hart tells Fortune.

ZNEXT, a €60M initiative by Zanichelli Editore, aims to invest in technologies that unlock human potential, focusing on long-term growth in education and wellbeing.

Gamification can significantly increase student engagement and motivation, improve knowledge retention, and encourage healthy competition while providing instant feedback and rewards to boost confidence.