Title:
What makes South Korea a major testbed for global edtech?
Author:
Yojana Sharma
Published:
University World News, 14 August 2021
From the article:
South Korea’s high-speed internet, strong technology companies and reputation for early adoption of technologies – combined with one of the world’s largest proportions of teenagers entering higher education and huge household spending on out-of-school classes – has made it a major testbed for educational technology start-ups wanting a springboard to global markets.
It is also part of a growing trend of edtech start-up companies from Asia going global and gaining ground in the West, diluting the predominance of Western edtech.
So heard a global edtech summit held in San Diego, California, this week and organised by Arizona State University (ASU) and the Global Silicon Valley (GSV) investment platform.