(Getty Images) University of Florida now offers faculty and staff free AI courses In a bid to promote AI education, the University of Florida is offering free microcredential courses in AI to its faculty and staff. Jun 29, 2022 By Emily Bamforth
Concentric Sky Founder Wayne Skipper sits near a chicken coop while he pitches a talk for the SXSW EDU conference. (Concentric Sky / YouTube) Instructure acquires Concentric Sky, the firm behind Canvas’ badges Instructure has purchased Concentric Sky, the firm behind the default badging tool included in the Canvas learning management system. Apr 14, 2022 By Colin Wood
Anant Agarwal, CEO of EdX (Rick Friedman / Corbis / Getty Images) Edtech firm 2U is buying EdX for $800 million The online course platform EdX, founded by MIT and Harvard in 2012, is set to become 2U's public benefit arm. Jun 29, 2021 By Emily Bamforth
(Getty Images) Career development firm Emeritus buys STEM bootcamp company for $200 million With the purchase of iD Tech, Emeritus executives said they'll span K-12 and career development education at universities. May 19, 2021 By Emily Bamforth