Edsurge

MAY 17, 2023

King argues that data exchanges make it easier for teachers to try out new tech products in the classroom because they reduce the need for a school’s IT department to help serve as gatekeeper. When EdSurge reached out to Coursera, the company said it does not comment on business opportunities generally, but takes data privacy seriously.)

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 19, 2023

As educators, there are many new options opening up to us that will help improve our classrooms and make our professional development more accessible and available via our mobile devices. Subscribe to the Show Anywhere You Listen to Podcasts This week's sponsor Modern Classrooms will help you teach better today! You’ll be glad you did.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2022

That MOOC space includes online learning platform and edtech “unicorn” Coursera, which went public last year , and edX, which lost its nonprofit status when it was bought by the for-profit company 2U last year. Either way, Meta’s possible entrance into the market plays into a long-standing fear of big tech in the edtech industry.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 25, 2023

In recent years, we’ve used podcasts and short videos, adding vibrancy to our messaging with examples from the classroom. Each of ourdistrict sites adopts a “North Star” goal that supports teacher leaders at the site in co-creating and innovating classroom experiences. These goals become a priority at every school, every day.

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EdTech4Beginners

APRIL 18, 2022

Online resources like TED Talks and Khan Academy provide an endless amount of educational videos that can be used in the classroom. One great example of this is the online classroom platform, Edmodo. In addition, online tools like discussion forums and chat rooms can be used to facilitate classroom discussions.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

But instead of a classroom, Wolochow now works on the Silicon Valley campus of a company that’s using technology to make learning more accessible to people throughout the world. “I just really enjoyed learning about why people believe different things around the world and how that informs their actions everyday,” she said.

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Edsurge

JULY 28, 2021

As districts move back into classrooms, we are very focused on the fall and helping districts support the learning loss that occurred,” she added. Last week Instructure, which makes the Canvas learning management system, went public , and Coursera had its IPO in March. PowerSchool is one of a string of edtech IPOs this year.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

He’s one of about 2,500 volunteer beta testers for Coursera , and part of an expanded quality-control effort the company started in the past year. In some cases he decides to eventually take the whole thing, and Coursera waives the usual fee for him to get a certificate if he finishes.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 31, 2017

In my newest book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies: 10 Ways to Launch EdTech Missions in Your Classroom (out soon), I’ve dedicated one of the missions to citizen science projects. Simulate an eclipse in the classroom by NASA. Take the free Coursera online course about the 2017 Solar Eclipse.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 29, 2016

By registration count, Coursera is still by far the largest MOOC provider in the world with over 23 million learners. Of the top five providers, only XuetangX is an non-English platform: Coursera - 23 million edX - 10 million XuetangX - 6 million FutureLearn - 5.3 Coursera has added several paid-only courses since then.

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eSchool News

MARCH 12, 2024

Millions of educators and 17 million families in all 50 states rely on the unified platform that includes mass notifications, classroom communications, school websites, and other communication-based services – all expertly designed to better connect schools with families to improve student outcomes and school success.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Former Blackboard CEO Raises $16M to Bring LMS Features to Zoom Classrooms. Coursera Couple Returns to Higher Ed With $14.5M Coursera Raises $130 Million as Colleges Turn to Online Courses for the Fall. US Edtech Raises $803M in First Half of 2020 As COVID-19 Forces Learning Online. to Recreate In-Person Learning, Online.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2018

But in recent years a new type of online degree has emerged, born of partnerships between elite universities and the platforms that support MOOCs, such as Coursera, FutureLearn, and edX. Two years later, the University of Illinois and Coursera started a master’s program in business that it called an iMBA.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

In July, the company bought the for-profit University of Antelope Valley in California, saying it would incorporate it as a portal in the metaverse, part of the voguish effort to link the globe into “one big classroom.” And for the creators, they can then go out and attract their audience. You chose to move into the U.S. edtech market.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2017

MOOCs have evolved over the past five years from a virtual version of a classroom course to an experience that feels more like a Netflix library of teaching videos. These days, most MOOC providers let learners start courses whenever they like (or on a bi-weekly or monthly basis, as Coursera does). The MOOC Semester could fix that.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 25, 2019

Virtual Classrooms and Labs. The concept of virtual classrooms has been around for a while now, with many schools benefitting from in-house programs dedicated to the organization of courses. Many renowned names in the game, such as Blackboard and Google, are now offering their own cloud-based virtual classroom suites.

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EdTechTeacher

APRIL 12, 2016

If you’ve used VideoNot.es , you know that it is a powerful application that allows users to take time-stamped, synchronized notes alongside a YouTube, Vimeo, Khan Academy, edX, Udacity or Coursera video. But what if teachers are using Google Classroom ? Teachers can use VideoNot.es Teachers can use VideoNot.es Because VideoNot.es

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Another point of contention: In an era of heightened tension about academic freedom and “controversial” courses, some instructors are loath to make it easier for their material to escape the classroom and possibly be used against them. If a classroom is being recorded, students need to know, according to Pendse.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Despite the failure of AllLearn, in 2014, Levin was named the CEO of Coursera. But I want to call out Proctorio in particular in this talk because this company has demonstrated it has no business in schools; its products have no business in classrooms. " Cop s**t supposedly brings order to the classroom by demanding compliance.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

These stories also show that innovative teaching was top of mind this past year, from shaking up the way instructors teach online, to talking about race in the classroom, to experimenting with augmented and virtual reality. So what do the top courses on MOOC platforms like edX and Coursera tell us about where teaching is heading?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Last year, we introduced the Alexa Education Skill API , which is a set of interfaces that allow edtech developers—such as those building Learning Management Systems, Student Information Systems, Classroom Management providers and massive open online course platforms—to quickly and easily build voice experiences.

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Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2017

Coursera sits somewhat awkwardly on the border between traditional higher education and the Silicon Valley-forces working to disrupt it. EdSurge: I’ve heard folks at Coursera refer to your courses and microcredential programs as “products.” It has been five year since Coursera launched its first MOOCs. How’s that going?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

I’d send instructors off into virtual classrooms, practically on their own, with little or no support. After all, most professors started out believing they were destined to do scholarly work, perform research, publish results and teach in classrooms; but for most, teaching online was not what they had in mind. Sink or swim.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Online classroom management, technical knowledge, video conferencing, creating online presentations, designing instructional visuals, among several other practices, are all integral to the practice of teaching virtually. Coursera, edX, Udemy, are good places to start looking for specialized teaching courses.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Despite their exhaustion, educators across our nation have worked tirelessly, transforming their kitchen tables into classrooms while simultaneously becoming the cafeteria, technology, custodial and counseling staff for their own children. Educators have recounted to us that they feel forgotten and undervalued, overworked and under-resourced.

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Edsurge

JULY 28, 2021

billion—which is a good moment to reflect on how mobile learning has entered classrooms and how the company has expanded from just an app. Duolingo officially goes public today, with the app-based language tool now has a valuation of outstanding shares at about $3.7 billion, making its total valuation more than $4.7

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 25, 2019

For Today’s Kids, Playing Nintendo in the Classroom Isn’t Just a Dream by Emily Tate Anyone get a Nintendo Switch for Christmas? But what makes sense for medicine, where conditions can be carefully managed, doesn’t always work in classrooms where variables are difficult to control. Stay tuned!

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 9, 2015

University of Houston System via Coursera. Commonwealth Education Trust via Coursera. Commonwealth Education Trust via Coursera. University of Oregon via Coursera. Performance Assessment in the Virtual Classroom. University of California, Irvine via Coursera. University of Michigan via Coursera.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

Case in point: Online course provider Coursera reported more than 13 million new registered users since mid-March, a 535 percent increase from the same period last year. College students are turning to digital tutoring platforms like Chegg and online course providers like Coursera, both of which have performed well over the last few months.

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EdTechSandyK

OCTOBER 19, 2014

I''m taking a MOOC through Coursera and UC Irvine called Advanced Instructional Strategies in the Virtual Classroom. blended learning Coursera MOOC multimedia online learning ThingLink video virtual learning' This week, we had to turn in an assignment. Unported License.

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Edsurge

MARCH 17, 2021

EdSurge put that question to Engageli’s co-founder, Dan Avida, a venture capitalist who was an early board member of Coursera—the online course giant that his wife, Daphne Koller, co-founded. We're not going to replace the physical infrastructure of the classrooms. This interview has been lightly edited for clarity.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

University of California, San Diego via Coursera. Commonwealth Education Trust via Coursera. University of Oregon via Coursera. University of California, Irvine via Coursera. University System of Georgia via Coursera. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign via Coursera. Harvard University via edX.

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EdTechSandyK

JULY 27, 2014

After a couple of weeks in the course and success on the quizzes, I decided to go ahead and pay for the Coursera Signature Track option, which will allow me to earn a verified certificate. There is a way to report these in Coursera. Coursera elearning MOOC online learning onlinelearning professional development virtual learning'

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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2018

When professor Lorena Barba talks to other educators about flipping their classrooms, the approach she hears is often similar. They come primed to discuss those things and learn in classroom,” says Barba. “We Transitioning to a flipped classroom doesn't have to include using Python workbooks or creating a complimentary MOOC course.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 14, 2016

This means a world of students getting close to equal rights to education, not being constrained by the boundaries of the physical classroom, and encouraged to pursue active learning. MOOC platforms like Coursera, Udemy, or Udacity, have massive numbers of enrolled students in their courses, yet a shamefully low number of graduates.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2020

The model of mixing classroom learning with practical vocational experience has been effective in Europe, where employers tend to have a longer-term view of retaining and training their employees. Tech-enabled apprenticeships and high school-to-workforce pathways. In the U.S.,

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Previously, students were confined to learning in the classroom or reading a textbook. Nowadays there are so many online learning courses available from places like Khan Academy or Coursera. Crowdfunding is providing opportunities for new learning methods. These platforms provide a good theoretical foundation for beginner students.

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