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EdSurge HigherEd Year in Review: Our Top Higher Education Stories of 2018

Edsurge

While not quite the “Year of the MOOC,” 2018 saw a resurgence in interest around the ways these massive open online courses are delivering free (and more often these days, not free) online education around the world, and how these providers are increasingly turning to traditional institutions of learning.

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How AI Can Compliment Educators, Not Replace Them

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51Talk (or “China Online Education Group”), China’s leading online education platform and the first from China listed on the NYSE (NYSE: COE), was invited to attend the summit alongside education industry leaders such as Pearson, Amazon, and YouTube.

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Former Pearson, edX Exec Raises $7.5M to Build AI-Powered Digital Courseware

Edsurge

Shrier has led graduate business courses at institutions including Oxford, MIT and Imperial College; Porter was a vice president at Pearson and edX, the nonprofit online course platform developer. Esme wants to transform the effectiveness of online learning, increasing both student engagement and the quality of course content.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) ” MOOCs looked – for a short while, at least – like they were going to pivot to become LMSes. Pearson is Not a Platform. Pearson does not have a platform.

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Events + News - Library 2.0 Spring Summit - Free-Range Kids - Testing "Chaos" and Opting Out - Student Debt - Will College Survive?

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

This is coupled with free online learning, career based mentoring and apprenticeship. This is done through the development of skills in ICT, employable skills as well as entrepreneurship. At the end of the program, the youth are empowered to start their own ventures and equipped to thrive in the labour market.90%

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STEMxCon - Today Is the Final Deadline for Proposals; Great Keynotes + Sessions; Need Volunteers!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Smith, Director of Programs Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for STEM - Revolutionary or Evolutionary? Cantwell, Instructional Services Librarian (Asst.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via The Diplomat : “ Online Learning in North Korea.” Via TPM : “No Test Left Behind – How Pearson Made a Killing on the US Testing Craze.” .” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. ” asks Edsurge.