During stay-at-home orders for COVID-19, distance learning became the only possible form of education. While it helped prevent teachers and students from being infected, did students achieve the same learning outcomes as usual? …

In my previous article, I mentioned how Duolingo successfully monetized its online proctoring and language assessment services. I also noticed Busuu, another leading language learning app, offers online placement tests. Seeing the rapid growth of the online assessment business, I began to ponder if language learning apps can replicate this…

By Lance Huang, Education Lead @ Agora.io — While 2020 was turbulent for many educational institutions as they shifted to remote classes, some language-learning providers overcame the odds and realized record growth by embedding real-time engagement components — such as interactive voice, video, and streaming — into their solutions. I was interested in understanding how these providers innovated…