Starring Taylor Swift, Intel, AI and more: ETIH rolls out the biggest education technology news stories of the week
It’s Monday afternoon, and ETIH is here to get you up to speed with the biggest EdTech stories from last week. From major leadership appointments and new AI education initiatives to the rise of gaming platforms teaching life skills, we’ve rounded up the headlines you might have missed.
10. Otter Learning taps Wei-Li Chong as CEO and expands WIN Consulting to lead next growth chapter
Otter Learning has named Wei-Li Chong as its new Chief Executive Officer and President, marking a leadership shift aimed at advancing the company’s expansion across the southeastern United States.
9. VitalSource and RedShelf join forces to meet growing demand for digital course materials
VitalSource says the deal will drive affordability, providing additional scale and talent to its operations, while advancing the company’s long-term plan to simplify the course content ecosystem.
8. Amanda Nolan joins Auspicious Group to shape global learning and workplace transformation strategy
The Auspicious Group says Nolan will work alongside its team of Co-CEOs and Chair to grow the company in the US and abroad, while assisting the group on employer branding, communications and change management.
7. Ohio AI Education Network launches thanks to NWN, AI OWL, Khan Academy & Intel partnership
AI technology solutions provider NWN has teamed up with AI OWL, Khan Academy and Intel to launch the new Ohio AI Education Network. The program will offer students hands-on opportunities to develop essential AI skills.
6. e.l.f. Beauty brings financial literacy to Roblox with Chime in first-of-its-kind Gen Z gaming move
e.l.f. Beauty has released a financial literacy game on Roblox in partnership with Chime, a financial technology company known for its digital banking app.
Fortune Island: Earn. Learn. Flex. is designed to help Gen Z players develop money management skills through interactive challenges.
5. University of Edinburgh’s AI enhanced Accelerator Program opens for applications
Delivered by the University of Edinburgh, the six-month program has widened its selection process for 2025, aiming to encourage applications from a broader range of scaleups.
4. PlayVS acquires Generation Esports and Playfly College to unify K–12 and college esports on one platform
PlayVS will integrate Generation Esports and Playfly College Esports into its leading amateur esports platform, creating a single platform for elementary, middle, high school, and college programs.
3. LiquidText launches real-time collaboration tools for academic research and learning
LiquidText, a platform used by educators and students for document analysis, has launched functionality that allows multiple users to work on the same project simultaneously. The update is intended to support collaborative tasks in higher education and academic research, including joint literature reviews, group projects, and co-authored papers.
2. Jus Mundi and Stanford CodeX hackathon team creates AI tool to uncover legal conflicts in arbitration
1. Superprof survey finds English tutors left with a blank space on Taylor Swift and T. S. Eliot quiz
Online tutoring platform Superprof has released the results of a new survey testing whether English tutors can tell the difference between Taylor Swift lyrics and classic poetry. The platform asked 199 tutors to match excerpts from Swift’s discography and well-known works by poets such as T. S. Eliot and W. B. Yeats. The results were mixed.
Here at ETIH, we’re self-confessed Swifties, so when we saw this story cross our desk, we knew all too well it was one we had to cover.
