1 ELEARNING INDUSTRY

Link to Directory: https://elearningindustry.com/directory

Directory Size: 1,938 companies (Source 21)
Directory Beginning Year: eLearning Industry was founded in 2012 but the directory started around October 2015
with only some listings. (Source 22 corroborates with Source 23)
The directory is arranged according to tool categories such as authoring tools, content providers, translation
providers, LMSs, course marketplaces, voice actors, web conferencing software, software vendors and online
language providers. (Source 21)
Leading institutions such as Athena Health, Acer and USA Today Network reviewed some of the listings as easy to
work with. (Source 21)
eLearning Industry has 1,677,840 total monthly website visits. (Source 3)

2 EDSURGE

Link to Directory: https://www.edsurge.com/product-reviews

Directory Size: 2,548 providers of edtech products (Source 24)
Directory Beginning Year: EdSurge was founded in 2011 but the directory started around November 2015 with only
some listings. (Source 25 corroborates with Source 26)
The EdSurge Product Index is a community-driven database of educational technology products categorized as
curriculum products, teacher needs for classroom related activities, educational operations for school management,
post secondary and educational content and apps for K-12 curriculum. (Source 24)
Products are reviewed by teachers, students and school administrators and they often find the products easy to use
but they also suggested some improvements. (Source 27)
EdSurge has 629,730 total monthly website visits. (Source 12)

3 CENTRE FOR LEARNING & PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGIES

Link to Directory: http://c4lpt.co.uk/directory-of-learning-performance-tools/

Directory Size: over 1,000 tools for learning and working in education and the workplace categorised into 35 pages
under four main headings (Source 28)
Directory Beginning Year: Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies (C4LPT) was founded in 2000 but
the directory started around August 2011 with over 2000 listings. (Source 29 corroborates with Source 30)
The Directory of Learning & Performance Tools contains learning tools categorized as instructional tools, content
development tools, social tools, personal and professional tools and content. (Source 28)
Jane Hart, the founder, created another website which contains the Top Tools for Learning and provided some
reviews from users and most of them find the products as useful and seamless. (Source 31)
Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies (C4LPT) has 364,590 total monthly website visits. (Source 12)

4 COMMONSENSE.ORG

Link to Directory: https://www.commonsense.org/education/search?contentType=reviews

Directory Size: 3,378 providers of edtech tools (Source 32)
Directory Beginning Year: Common Sense Media was founded in 2003 and has been reviewing different movies,
games, etc but the directory page for education tool reviews started around August 2016 with only some listings.
(Source 33 corroborates with Source 34)
Common Sense edtech tools are categorized by subject such as arts, English language arts, Health and wellness,
Math, Science, Social Studies and World Languages. (Source 32)
Teachers reviews were mostly about the products being beneficial and interactive. (Source 32)
Common Sense has 283,500 total monthly website visits. (Source 7)
5 EDSHELF

Link to Directory: https://edshelf.com/

Directory Size: over 180,000 education apps, 4,000 tools (Source 36)
Directory Beginning Year: edshelf started as a directory in 2012. (Source 37)
edshelf is a directory of websites, mobile apps, and desktop programs that are rated & reviewed by parents &
educators, for parents & educators. (Source 35)
edshelf tool listings are reviewed by parents and teachers and mostly they find the tools excellent and engaging.
(Source 38)
edshelf has 75,930 total monthly website visits. (Source 5)

6 TRAINING INDUSTRY

Link to Directory: https://directory.trainingindustry.com/search/suppliers/authoring-tools

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7 THE ELEARNING LIST

Link to Directory: https://www.elearninglist.com/supplier-directory

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8 CB INSIGHTS

Link to Market map: https://www.cbinsights.com/research/ed-tech-startup-market-map/

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9 TRACXN

Link to Market map: https://blog.tracxn.com/2016/02/18/tracxn-report-edtech/

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10 CHRISTENSEN INSTITUTE

Link to Market map: https://www.christenseninstitute.org/blog/mapping-the-universe-of-edtech-that-connects/

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11 HOLONIQ
Link to Market map: https://www.holoniq.com/blockchain/
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12 NEWSCHOOLS VENTURE FUND

Link to Market map: https://www.newschools.org/blog/2011/10/13/edtechmap/

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