John founded D2L in 1999, at the age of twenty-two, while attending the University of Waterloo. D2L is a global software company that believes learning…
Category: Founders Parade
Bios & entrepreneur-evaluations of current real-world learning technologies ventures, rated and reviewed by ETEC522 professionals.
Founder: Lisa Wang, CEO & Founder Venture name: Almost Fun Link to official website: https://www.almostfun.org/ Description of the venture: Almost Fun is an education tech…
Tynker, founded in 2012, is an educational programming platform that provides learners with STEM education in fun and interactive ways. It includes game design, web…
Founder/Leader: Priya Lakhani OBE, is the founder CEO of CENTURY Tech, a company that designs AI powered learning tools for all age groups (amongst several…
Founder name: Johnny Warström Venture name: Mentimeter Description of Venture: Menitmeter is an online presentation platform that allows presenters to garner and visualize data and…
Originally posted by anouk tenten on January 31, 2020. Now updated with changes. Enterprise name: Duolingo (founded in 2011) Co-owner and CTO: Severin Hacker (photograph) Duolingo…
What is TikTok? TikTok is a Bytedance Limited mobile video app that integrates artificial intelligence with short video sharing. Users can film or post a…
Venture description Wikipedia (founded 2001), which lead to the foundation of Wikimedia (founded 2003). Wikimedia manages Wikipedia and its sibling projects as a non-profit. Wikipedia…
Wes Kao: Co-founder of Maven
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Maven is a cohort-based online learning platform that facilitates the implementation of social engagement and a sense of community through the blending of MOOC’s and…
In 2008, Nic Borg founded Edmodo alongside Jeff O’Hara, and Crystal Hutter. Edmodo is a free and secure cloud-based learning network that connects classroom community…