Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Businesses today have to be more agile and have to be able to pivot—access to content needs to be very rapid,” says Lori Bradley, executive vice president for global talent management at PVH Corp, a publicly- traded fashion and apparel company with 35,000 employees. According to the Association for Talent Development, U.S.

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Coursera lynda.com Training MOOC 151

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Like many teachers, I would tap into the the Library of Congress, which would give me tips for teaching with primary sources , including quarterly journal articles on topics such as integrating historical and geographic thinking. Instead of being limited to my teaching and our textbook, we’d have access to an entire planet of experts.

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Study Libraries Wiki MOOC 191

Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2018

Customers can now pay a monthly fee to get access to a library of content. As MOOCs surged in popularity from 2012 to 2015, universities, nonprofits, schools and companies all jumped into the game of developing online courses, and giving them away—often at the promise of no cost—to the world.

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Online Learning MOOC lynda.com Industry 68

Edsurge

MAY 10, 2018

That, in theory, will allow each campus to focus its energies on what it can do best and turn to outside companies and nonprofits for the rest. It doesn’t matter where you are in terms of having access to knowledge or content. Libraries are now completely different than they were even 25 years ago. What do you mean by that?

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Sakai MOOC Libraries LMS 77

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

For example, this story from the School Library Journal : “ Charter Schools , Segregation , and School Library Access.” ” There’s more on legal battles involving student loan companies in the business of financial aid section below. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Education Robotics OER MOOC 46

Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 2, 2019

But how do they compete with resources like MOOCs and OERs that have made high quality course content from respected university professors available for free? Wikipedia defines the subscription model as a business model in which a customer must pay a recurring price at regular intervals for access to a product or service. a semester.

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OER Education MOOC Adaptive Learning 16

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2015

NMC Summer Conference presenters are thought leaders within the education industry at colleges and universities, schools, museums, libraries, organizations, and companies. The Call for Proposals will open May 1st , immediately following the Library 2.015 Spring Summit. More information here. Did we mention it was LIVE?

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Conference Libraries Facebook Twitter 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Please register HERE to get instant access to the conference AND to receive all the recording links after the conferences. We are grateful for companies and organizations who believe in the power of globally connected learning. This event is FREE, but does require that you REGISTER.

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Conference Education Case Study Mobility 4

Bryan Alexander

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Continuing with our reading of Richard DeMillo’s Revolution in Higher Education: How a Small Band of Innovators Will Make College Accessible and Affordable (2015) ( publisher ; Amazon ): this week we’re discussing chapter 4, “Technology Curves.” ” (1990) Even mentoring gets the treatment. and get reading.

Education 40

Education MOOC Learning Analytics Data 40

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Rather than our traditional conception of “training” as a time-out from everyday work to visit to a classroom, on-the-job learning is increasingly about access to just-in-time, job-relevant content—often via a laptop or a smartphone, whether at a desk or on a manufacturing shop floor.

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Learning Training Digital Badges Coursera 168

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

I’ve called this “the Top Ed-Tech Trends,” but this has never been an SEO-optimized list of products that the ed-tech industry wants schools or parents or companies to buy (or that it claims schools and parents and companies are buying). Beyond the MOOC. The Collapse of For-Profit Higher Education (Or Not).

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Technology MOOC Trends Khan Academy 58

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

The New York Times notes it’s not just rural students who struggle with broadband access : “Why San Jose Kids Do Homework in Parking Lots.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). is the new company of Andrew Ng , Coursera’s co-founder.) on Coursera.”

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Education Coursera Facebook MOOC 53

Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “New mobile features: Transcripts, notes, and reminders.” " It’s lovely to see the big innovation from the MOOC startups in 2017 involves the learning management system. The adaptive learning company has raised $16 million total.

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Education E-rate MOOC Data 44

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Via The Guardian : “US library to enforce jail sentences for overdue books.” ” That’s the Athens-Limestone public library in Alabama (and that’s completely f *d up). ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Education in the Courts. ITT has closed its doors.

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Khan Academy Education LMS Company 40

Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

Not really ed-tech-related, except for all those companies saying they’re “Uber for education.” ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Andrew Ng , Co-Founder of Coursera , Returns to MOOC Teaching With New AI Course.” ” Education in the Courts.

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Education Coursera Khan Academy MOOC 45

Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2016

Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller has ridden the MOOC craze as the company’s CEO and later president. Yesterday, Koller announced she’s leaving the company to join Calico , a Google-funded research and development company that focuses on slowing aging and counteracting age‑related diseases.

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Coursera MOOC Company Course 60

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Trump’s education platform promises to “make post-secondary options more affordable and accessible through technology enriched delivery models.” ” “Make MOOCs great again.” ” Shares in for-profit higher education companies were up on news of Trump’s election. Is that possible?

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Education Common Core Company Facebook 54

Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

And this prompted me to update my list of education / technology companies that are ALEC members.). The Department of Education , under the auspices of “transparency,” promises more access to data about financial aid. His rather disastrous business history in ed-tech includes SoftKey and The Learning Company.

Education 40

Education Pearson E-rate MOOC 40

Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

Via Nature : “One of the world’s largest science publishers, Elsevier , won a default legal judgement on 21 June against websites that provide illicit access to tens of millions of research papers and books. ” (Among those education companies in Binary Capital’s investment portfolio : Educents.).

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Education Kaplan Pearson Elsevier 53

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Pokémon Go, a free augmented reality game developed by Niantic (a company spun out of Google in 2015), became the most popular mobile game in US history this year. ” “ How Asian test-prep companies swiftly exposed the brand-new SAT.” This is part eight of my annual review of the year in ed-tech.

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Data Technology Education Software 40

Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

” That is, the daycare company Bright Horizons will pay for its employees to get their degrees at four institutions – three of which are for-profits (including Ashford University and Walden University, which have been targets of lawsuits claiming they misled students). Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Education MOOC E-rate Coursera 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Um, they do.)

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). In related MOOC news, there's more on “ nanodegrees ” in the “credentialing” section below. ” “ Zynga ’s Headquarters Is Worth More Than The Actual Company.” But how do they compare to the old one and the ACT ?”

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Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

” Via Politico : “Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has increased her financial stake in a ‘neurofeedback’ company that says its technology treats attention deficit disorder and the symptoms of autism. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Lots of MOOC PR appeared in the news this week.

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Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the job training section below. . A new project from the Learning Policy Institute and EducationCounsel : “Reimagining College Access: Performance Assessments From K–12 Through Higher Education.”

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Education Elsevier MOOC Knewton 44

Hack Education

MARCH 17, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “By taking about a third of the program’s multi-billion-dollar surplus and cutting other college access programs, [advocates for low-income students] assert, the new administration would jeopardize Pell’s long-term sustainability and harm the prospects of low-income students.”

Education 46

Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

JULY 8, 2016

” The charges include receiving money from the ed-tech company Edgenuity. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Libraries remain relevant, and The New York Times is on it. Libraries remain relevant, and The New York Times is on it. There’s more on legal cases in the sports section below.

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Education Report Company Coursera 49

Hack Education

JUNE 29, 2018

” Via The Dallas News (one of many publications I cannot access from here in Europe, incidentally, so I think this is the headline): “ Charter School Founded by Southwest Key Wants to Educate Immigrant Kids Housed in Its Shelters.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Education Facebook Khan Academy MOOC 50

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

” Via PBS Newshour : “GOP reinstates usage of ‘ illegal alien ’ in Library of Congress ’ records.” The New York Times on The Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow , an online charter school: “Online School Enriches Affiliated Companies if Not Its Students.”

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Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Students at these schools will not immediately lose access to financial aid – that’s one of the implications of an institution’s loss of accreditation – but many students are rightly concerned about their ability to finish their degrees. .” Jobs for Grads. Preferably from Stanford.)

Technology 40

Technology Education Secondary Pearson 40

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). UC Berkeley says it will remove online course content in response to a Department of Justice assertion that the materials violate the ADA as they are not fully accessible to those with disabilities. – to the New York-based company Cyndx. The company has raised $7.45

Education 40

Education Report MOOC E-rate 40

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Big HR news about Coursera in the HR section below. Here’s the headline from Inside Higher Ed : “For-Credit MOOC: Best of Both Worlds at MIT ?” ” But if you look closer, it’s not a MOOC; it’s just an online class at MIT.

Education 44

Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

Here are the education technology companies that have raised money from ISPs. ” The New York Times looks at “ anti-tax fervor ” in southern Oregon , which will result in the one public library in Roseburg closing its doors. The open-access publisher PLOS has a new CEO : Alison Mudditt. That’s UploadVR.

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Edmodo Education Knewton Pearson 45

Hack Education

MARCH 24, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ Coursera Removes Biometric Identity Verification Using Keystroke Matching,” Class Central reports. ” Ng is, of course, the co-founder of the MOOC startup Coursera. More on UC Berkeley and publicly accessible video content. ” Bye, Mercator.

Education 52

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 52

Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

” (Did you know he recorded his first mixtape at the Chicago Public Library’s YOUmedia studio ?). ” Reminder: here are the education companies Palantir founder Peter Thiel has invested in. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Inside Higher Ed on online education at Simmons College.

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Education MOOC Company Pearson 40

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “Should Online Courses Go Through ‘Beta Testing’?” NPR on MOOC Micromasters. No mention that these are backed by big companies and venture capitalists. ” asks Edsurge. “How One Provider Taps 2,500 Volunteers.”

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Education Company MOOC Khan Academy 45