Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Our primary and secondary education systems formed around teachers imparting knowledge. Unicorns such as Coursera, Udemy, Varsity Tutors and VIPKid led the way with innovative solutions. To date, our education systems sit atop a cultural assumption—that information is scarce. Our higher education system formed around libraries.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2019

AI courses through traditional universities like MIT , along with online courses through organizations like Coursera , will aim to prepare more people for jobs in AI.

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Edsurge

JULY 23, 2021

As prices rose at most post-secondary institutions over the last decades, tuition at these colleges fell. A recent study by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that colleges with a greater-than-average share of remote students largely charge lower tuition than their on-campus counterparts.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

Before joining JFF, Lexi spent nearly a decade in public service at the federal level, including working on Capitol Hill for six years, and serving as a policy advisor to the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education. Listen to the conversation below, or read highlights below.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2017

(But note: the kinds of companies that get coverage in the ed-tech and tech press – those that I’m likely to see and include in my research – are more likely to be those targeting K–12 and post-secondary education than those targeting the corporate learning market.). Coursera (online education) – $64 million.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2018

You see platforms like edX, Coursera and Udacity working with employers who are focused on jobs skills and demands that are out there in the external market, and then going to their university or college partners and really designing to that.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2016

Students like Battushig who used free online courses to achieve world-class education motivated players like Coursera and the State Department to launch initiatives like Learning Hubs and MOOC camps from Vietnam to Bolivia. primary and secondary education. In recent years, Latin America has enrolled nearly all students in.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2017

MOOC companies typically account for the bump in the “Post-Secondary” category, but aside from Coursera’s $64 million Series D round, few other companies focused in higher education scored a large deal. Source: EdSurge Fewer, but Bigger Seed Rounds. Deals of 2017. Duolingo: $25 million.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

From the Coursera blog : “Announcing ‘ AI for Everyone ’: a new course from deeplearning.ai on Coursera.” is the new company of Andrew Ng , Coursera’s co-founder.) .” Also via NPR : “The Benefits Of Taking Out Loans For College.” ” (deeplearning.ai More from Edsurge.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

“A Kayak for Credentials” – Inside Higher Ed on Credential Engine ’s plans for a big database on post-secondary credentials. More MOOC job changes: Techcrunch reports that “ Coursera ’s chief product officer just left to become a VC.” Once upon a time, Coursera updates went in the MOOC section.

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Hack Education

JULY 8, 2016

“ ‘Top universities to offer full degrees online in five years’ ” says the BBC, citing a prediction made by Coursera ’s Daphne Koller. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “For Students Taking Online Courses, a Completion Paradox.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

” The for-profit: Laureate Education (which once began as the tutoring chain Sylvan Learning and is now an investor in Coursera, I always like to point out). Via The Washington Post : “Inside Bill Clinton ’s nearly $18 million job as ‘honorary chancellor’ of a for-profit college.” Meanwhile on Campus.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Cecilia Martins - Unit Chief, Educational Portal of the Americas, Organization of American States - "OAS work in supporting STEMx education in Latin America and the Caribbean" Tim Bell - Professor, University of Canterbury - "Introducing Computer Science in NZ High Schools" Elaine Manton - Loreto Grammar School - "The Real Importance of STEM in the (..)

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

” MOOC startups like Udacity and Coursera have also rebranded to target this particular post-secondary technical training market. These unaccredited schools argue they’re best positioned to “ close the skills gap.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

He was an instructor in one of several high-profile Coursera failures back in 2013. Dan Meyer writes “Why Secondary Teachers Don’t Want a GitHub for Lesson Plans,” in a response to Chris Lusto who suggests that we do (or at least “We need GitHub for math curriculum.”) Remember Richard McKenzie?

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

With all the charges of fraud and deceptive marketing levied against post-secondary institutions this decade — from ITT to coding bootcamps, from Trump University to the Draper University of Heroes — we might ask if, indeed, this is the way it works now. Coursera has raised over $310 million. “And I’d never gotten my Ph.D.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

As a set of policies, accountability was instantiated in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965, reauthorized as the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2002, and reinforced by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Daphne Koller left Coursera this year. According to Edsurge , changes to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act will soon be another “ win for ed-tech vendors.” Sebastian Thrun stepped down as Udacity’s CEO. Jen Medbery stepped down as CEO of Kickboard. ” So congrats, ed-tech vendors.)

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