By taking just a quick look at my schedule for the coming weeks and all the talks with startups in education 2.0, I can feel in an almost palpable sense that there is something happening in education from language learning … Continue reading →

In a previous posting on this site some Internet based language learning companies came under criticism. They came under criticism for failing to include a strong educational perspective among the top leadership of the company (the top 3-4 decision makers). … Continue reading →

Ask a VC: Mike Maples Defends Digg’s Honor and the Kno (TCTV) - Some interesting insights on the Kno technology at the end of this interview. What Starbucks Taught Us About Redesigning College Campuses - What can we learn from Starbucks … Continue reading →

In today’s MRU we take a look at the whooping $32 million funding for 2tor, the new recording feature of Busuu, the first episode of Tofugu TV and the future of building blocks developed by a company called Sifteo. 2tor … Continue reading →

This weekend it’s time for the 4th Virtual Round Table Conference. From Friday March 25th to Sunday March 27th Heike Philp and her team Shelly Terrell and Berni Wall will host the marathon event on Second Life and several Adobe … Continue reading →

Over the past months I got in contact with more and more startups in the flashcard learning and spaced repetition vertical. As I don’t believe this to be a mere coincidence, I thought it would be interesting to do a … Continue reading →

It seems as if the latest study from Xplana in which they predict that the tipping point for digital textbooks is as near as 2015 has opened up the wallets of two major publishers for an undisclosed "multi million Dollar" … Continue reading →

Next Monday I will be heading to Paris to take part in a YouTube partner event with the flamboyant title "Devenez une YouTube Star". The event is in partnership with the EICAR, Ecole Internationale de Creation Audiovisuelle et de Réalisation … Continue reading →

Prior to my presentation at the Virtual Round Table Conference I announced that I was planning a Q&A session afterwards. As I am a talkative person (you did not notice that?) I decided to answer questions from the audience already … Continue reading →

In part 2 of my KWestions series with startups in the flashcard learning space I covered a service called Memrise. Memrise is a UK-based startup which has a clear focus on a more scientific approach of helping people to learn, … Continue reading →