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May 8, 2012 03:34 pm GMT
Education is changing, and startups like Coursera another, CodeAcademy, Treehouse, StraighterLine, Khan Academy, Lynda.com, and Udacity,(among others) are all carrying the torch for online education and the flipped classroom. But what also unites them is that they are fortunate to have the resources and capital to build their own custom platforms and infrastructure. But the reality is that there are thousands of traditional schools, education providers, learning coaches, etc. producing stellar learning content that lack the engineering resources or tools necessary to share their awesome content with the masses.This is where Pathwright comes into play. Greenville, South Carolina-based Pathwright was founded by a team of hackers (and educators) who have set out to build a platform for "the next wave of educators" -- a simple, DIY content management system that lets any and all educators create, distribute, and sell online courses under the banner of their own branded, online schools.
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Pathwright Launches Platform To Let Anyone Create, Sell Branded Online Courses
Education is changing, and startups like Coursera another, CodeAcademy, Treehouse, StraighterLine, Khan Academy, Lynda.com, and Udacity,(among others) are all carrying the torch for online education and the flipped classroom. But what also unites them is that they are fortunate to have the resources and capital to build their own custom platforms and infrastructure. But the reality is that there are thousands of traditional schools, education providers, learning coaches, etc. producing stellar learning content that lack the engineering resources or tools necessary to share their awesome content with the masses.This is where Pathwright comes into play. Greenville, South Carolina-based Pathwright was founded by a team of hackers (and educators) who have set out to build a platform for "the next wave of educators" -- a simple, DIY content management system that lets any and all educators create, distribute, and sell online courses under the banner of their own branded, online schools.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/WhRPq2L3yeo/
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