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Voxy Partners with Coursera to Provide Career Development Opportunities

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Tuesday, September 14, 2021
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"We are pleased to partner with Voxy to provide our global learner base with practical English communication courses in a flexible, fully online environment."

Key Points: 
  • "We are pleased to partner with Voxy to provide our global learner base with practical English communication courses in a flexible, fully online environment."
  • English for career development is an increasingly critical priority for institutional clients such as universities and governmental agencies that want to provide professional career advancement opportunities for their employees, as evidenced by the demand for those courses in Coursera's Global Skills Report 2021 .
  • "Coursera has an enormous global footprint, excellent reputation and a very impressive list of partners, so we are honored to be working with them," said Jan Viviani, CEO, Voxy.
  • Coursera partners with over 200 leading university and industry partners to offer a broad catalog of content and credentials, including courses, Specializations, Professional Certificates, Guided Projects, and bachelor's and master's degrees.

New Research-Based Certification Awarded to Voxy for Product Design Efficacy

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Monday, June 22, 2020
Articles, Education, Language education, Voxy, Certification, Professional certification, Digital Promise, Product certification, Educational technology

WASHINGTON, June 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Voxy has earned the Research-Based Design product certification from Digital Promise, which confirms a link between research on how students learn and Voxy's product's design.

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON, June 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Voxy has earned the Research-Based Design product certification from Digital Promise, which confirms a link between research on how students learn and Voxy's product's design.
  • The new product certification is intended to serve as a rigorous, reliable signal for consumers, including school administrators, educators, and families, looking for evidence of research-based educational technology products.
  • "This certification demonstrates Voxy's unique ability to help English language learners (ELLs) succeed in school and after graduation."
  • Further detail about its development can be found in Digital Promise's new report, "Designing Edtech that Matters for Learning: Research-Based Design Product Certifications."

Futuro Health Announces Six New Partners to Tackle Health Worker Shortage Worsened by Coronavirus

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Thursday, March 26, 2020
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To ramp up efforts to address this critical demand, Futuro Health today announced six new partners in its quest to produce more credentialed healthcare workers for the state and nation.

Key Points: 
  • To ramp up efforts to address this critical demand, Futuro Health today announced six new partners in its quest to produce more credentialed healthcare workers for the state and nation.
  • "The pandemic is bringing to light the importance of the health workforce," said Futuro Health CEO Van Ton-Quinlivan.
  • Futuro Health is a new nonprofit focused on improving the health and wealth of communities by growing the largest network of credentialed allied healthcare workers in the nation, starting in California.
  • Futuro Health improves the health and wealth of communities by growing the largest network of credentialed allied health care workers in the nation.

Language Learning Startup Taps Immigration Experts to Help New Americans Build Critical English Language Skills

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Wednesday, March 13, 2019
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Tadd Wamester, who recently served as Director of Development & Strategic Partnerships at Upwardly Global, has also joined Voxy to lead a social impact initiative for the startup, focused on helping new Americans develop critical English language skills.

Key Points: 
  • Tadd Wamester, who recently served as Director of Development & Strategic Partnerships at Upwardly Global, has also joined Voxy to lead a social impact initiative for the startup, focused on helping new Americans develop critical English language skills.
  • Working-age adults with limited English proficiency, most of whom are immigrants, earn 25 to 40 percent less than their English proficient counterparts.
  • But the current adult education system meets less than 4 percent of the national need for English language instruction.
  • Recent research suggests that personalized English instruction can address critical language skill gaps to spur economic mobility for this large - and growing - population of new Americans.

New AIR Study Quantifies Positive Impact of Software on English Language Acquisition

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Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Language education, Voxy, Second-language acquisition, Academic disciplines, English-language education, English-language learner, English as a second or foreign language, Language acquisition, Bilingualism

The study, conducted by American Institutes for Research (AIR), was designed to evaluate the impact of Voxy's language learning software, which uses machine learning to personalize content and adapt online instruction for English language learners (ELLs).

Key Points: 
  • The study, conducted by American Institutes for Research (AIR), was designed to evaluate the impact of Voxy's language learning software, which uses machine learning to personalize content and adapt online instruction for English language learners (ELLs).
  • "This study found that Voxy drove a 15% increase in English language development in just one college semester.
  • "This study suggests that educational technologies that provide personalized support for English language learning, like Voxy, can improve student language proficiency outcomes for English language learners," said Rebecca Bergey, one of the authors of the study and a researcher in the Center for English Language Learners at AIR.
  • AIR leads the Center for English Language Learners at AIR, with overarching goals to reduce the achievement gap and improve outcomes for ELLs across the PK20 grade span.

Language Learning Pioneer Taps Machine Learning to Help Employers Quantify Skills Gaps and Personalize Learning Experience

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Thursday, January 24, 2019
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Voxy's investment in the development and application of machine learning to personalize each learner's experience with its existing content library represents a step-change in the historically content-focused language learning market.

Key Points: 
  • Voxy's investment in the development and application of machine learning to personalize each learner's experience with its existing content library represents a step-change in the historically content-focused language learning market.
  • By continuously understanding user preferences and behavior, Voxy's approach reflects recent advances in learning science and personalization.
  • "The pairing of learning science and machine learning is a step forward for language learning -- a field that has been slow to embrace new approaches."
  • Access to rich analytics gives talent management the ability to track learner engagement, benchmark progress and quantify business impact and economic returns on English language skills.

New Analytics Tools Enable HR Leaders to Quantify Employees' Language Learning Skills

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Tuesday, August 28, 2018
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NEW YORK, Aug. 28, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Language learning pioneer, Voxy , today announced the release of Command Center, a suite of analytics and reporting tools designed to provide HR executives with data-driven insights into their English learning programs.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Aug. 28, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Language learning pioneer, Voxy , today announced the release of Command Center, a suite of analytics and reporting tools designed to provide HR executives with data-driven insights into their English learning programs.
  • Rich dashboards and data visualization allow businesses leaders to understand the dimensions of both individual and team language development, to personalize skill building and boost engagement.
  • "Effective language learning for the enterprise starts with data-driven decision making.
  • "We've translated powerful analytics into an intuitive platform that gives business leaders a real-time understanding of language skills gaps and insights into what's working so they can design programs that make a quantifiable impact."

Global NGO Taps Language Learning Platform to Prepare Refugees for Higher Education

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Monday, August 13, 2018
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NEW YORK, Aug. 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Jusoor, an international humanitarian NGO committed to empowering Syrian youth, today announced its collaboration with language learning pioneer, Voxy, to help hundreds of refugees improve their English language skills.

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  • NEW YORK, Aug. 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Jusoor, an international humanitarian NGO committed to empowering Syrian youth, today announced its collaboration with language learning pioneer, Voxy, to help hundreds of refugees improve their English language skills.
  • "We are proud to apply the transformative potential of innovative language learning technology to maximize the reach of an NGO that understands the people - and dynamics - on the ground."
  • According to the State Department, the U.S. has re-settled just 44 Syrian refugees in FY 2018; down from nearly 6,000 during the same period last year.
  • "Voxy provides an effective way for these students to learn the language, and it gives them the confidence they need to make the leap to higher education, despite extraordinary odds."

Language Learning Pioneer Welcomes Sales Veteran as Chief Revenue Officer

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Monday, May 14, 2018
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NEW YORK, May 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Language learning pioneer Voxy today announced the appointment of Anita Absey as Chief Revenue Officer.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, May 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Language learning pioneer Voxy today announced the appointment of Anita Absey as Chief Revenue Officer.
  • "She has proven herself a successful leader of sales and service teams before, during, and after periods of high growth."
  • Global demand for mobile and web-based language learning tools has increased as more businesses invest in talent development of international workforces.
  • Voxy's English language learning platform is designed to provide adaptive learning technology, real-world content and live online instruction to global companies, higher education institutions, and governments.

Voxy Partners with University of Maryland on Language Learning as International Student Population Grows

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Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Language education, Voxy, English-language learner, Education, Second-language acquisition

NEW YORK, May 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Language learning pioneer Voxy today announced a partnership with the University of Maryland to provide research-based language training to the institution's growing population of international students.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, May 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Language learning pioneer Voxy today announced a partnership with the University of Maryland to provide research-based language training to the institution's growing population of international students.
  • "Providing this sort of support to students, before they begin classes, can have a profound impact on learning outcomes," said Katie Nielson, Ph.D., Chief Education Officer at Voxy.
  • "By personalizing the content used to support language acquisition, we will be able to offer the sort of authentic, needs-based support that international learners need to thrive in school."
  • In recent years, the number of English language learners in higher education has ballooned, reaching 1.1 million students during the 2016-2017 school year.