Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2020

But one particularly promising solution to engaging adult learners and increasing degree attainment is to more intentionally integrate learning and work. Working adults are self-directed, bring experience into the classroom and prefer learning that is practical and problem-centered.

Digital Badges 186

Digital Badges Coursera Learning Industry 186

Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2020

This is already evident in the latest national job-market data, which shows a 15 percent unemployment rate for high school graduates with no college and 13 percent for those with some college or an associate degree—compared to 7 percent for individuals with a bachelor’s or higher.

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Learning Digital Badges E-rate MOOC 185

Wired Campus

MARCH 13, 2015

Big data is coming to education, if it’s not here already. But the rules and norms for handling digital information generated by students are far from clear. My colleagues in the learning sciences are just thrilled that these new waterfalls of data” will allow them new windows into pedagogy, he said.

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Company Digital Badges Secondary Conference 28

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Just as formal education systems made a dramatic shift to digital since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, on-the-job training is changing as well. The same forces that transformed classrooms have accelerated the adoption of more digital learning in workplace training—advancing a trend that was already underway.

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Learning Training Digital Badges Coursera 167

Hack Education

AUGUST 12, 2016

” The company – funded by Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Pearson, Learn Capital, and others – says it will remain open. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Education Dive makes claims about “ MOOCs as tools for equity in under-resourced high schools.” ” Oh look.

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Education MOOC Facebook Company 40

Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” If you can’t create revenue, raise venture capital. “ Digital Badges Are Gaining Traction,” according to MIndwire Consulting’s Michael Feldstein. Related, via Doug Belshaw : “Some thoughts on the future of the Open Badges backpack.”

Education 46

Education Coursera MOOC Udemy 46

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2018

The public sabbatical, the one that I proposed to my university and to Steelcase, centers around being on-site at Steelcase headquarters in Grand Rapids, conducting research on active learning and active learning classrooms and communicating that research to Steelcase audiences and customers.

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Steelcase Company Learning Digital Badges 88

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “Free MOOCs Face the Music,” writes Inside Higher Ed on edX ’s decision to start charging fees. More “MOOC” news under the job training section below. million for its language learning app. Open Learning has raised $8.5

Education 46

Education MOOC Coursera Company 46

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Tony Bates looks at “Brexit and online learning in Europe.” ” She promises that every kid will learn to code (of course) by having the private sector train CS teachers. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Try learning styles, maybe. Priorities. ” “U.S.

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MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

” Via the Tennessean : “ Nashville school district sends families opt-out form as student data battle with state rages on.” ” The districts are protesting a new law that dictates they hand over student directory data to charter school operators. ” Immigration and Education. . Education in the Courts.

Education 45

Education Broadband Company Data 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

” I’ve looked at how for-profit colleges , MOOCs , and learn-to-code companies have tapped into these narratives in order to justify their products and services. For a complete look at who funded learn-to-code companies this year, visit funding.hackeducation.com.). Bootcamp or Bust. ” “ No teachers !”

Robotics 59

Robotics MOOC Training Industry 59

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Inside Higher Ed on the “Return of the College Scoreboard” : “The Department of Education published updated information on the College Scorecard Thursday, including a new feature that allows students to compare data from up to 10 institutions at once.” “ Can machine learning unlock the keys to great teaching?

Education 47

Education Company Data Report 47

Hack Education

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news down in the “labor and management” section below. The learn-to-code company has raised $4.6 SNHU and LRNG are merging “to Create ‘ WeWork for Education ’ Via Digital Badges and Mini-Campuses.”

Education 60

Education Khan Academy Company MOOC 60