Academic Earth was founded in 2008 by Richard Ludlow, Chris Bruner, and Liam Pisano, and backed by an angel investor group including four Yale professors, Honest Tea founder Barry Nalebuff, and Pulitzer prize winner Daniel Yergin.
The site began with an idea that combining world-class online education resources with a technology platform that facilitates learner engagement could fuel a robust ecosystem that enables anyone with an Internet connection to access video course and lecture material from the world.s leading scholars.
In 2011, Academic Earth was acquired by Ampush Media, a leader in online media and technology with a strong presence in higher education. Under this new ownership structure, Academic Earth gains the expertise and resources to improve its online learning platform and better connect visitors with the best higher education content on the web.
Academic Earth's purpose remains to be a best-in-class education portal by providing learners with a regular stream of high quality content and resources. Richard Ludlow will serve on the Academic Earth advisory board as we continue to build a free, world-class learning platform.
The site began with an idea that combining world-class online education resources with a technology platform that facilitates learner engagement could fuel a robust ecosystem that enables anyone with an Internet connection to access video course and lecture material from the world.s leading scholars.
In 2011, Academic Earth was acquired by Ampush Media, a leader in online media and technology with a strong presence in higher education. Under this new ownership structure, Academic Earth gains the expertise and resources to improve its online learning platform and better connect visitors with the best higher education content on the web.
Academic Earth's purpose remains to be a best-in-class education portal by providing learners with a regular stream of high quality content and resources. Richard Ludlow will serve on the Academic Earth advisory board as we continue to build a free, world-class learning platform.
