Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

When the unemployment rate spiked during the spring of 2020, jobs that required a college degree declined more than those that didn’t, and new college graduates were hit the hardest. In 2008, it was global experience. Surveys suggest that employees stay longer at companies that offer formal training pathways.

Training 184

Training Company E-rate Software 184

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

In a telephone interview, Phil Hill, edtech guru and co-publisher of the widely followed e-Literate blog , acknowledged that “the LMS is not only part of the university’s core infrastructure, but it also allows faculty and students to use technology creatively in the classroom.” (The term MOOC was coined by others in 2008.)

Online Learning 124

Online Learning MOOC Learning Coursera 124

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

For example, when one child offers some M&Ms to another child, and that child happily accepts the offer, we would label this as an instance of sharing. Other examples of rivalrous goods include my car, my socks, and my chewing gum. Examples of excludable goods also include my car, my socks, and my chewing gum. Type of Good.

OER 60

OER Resources Education Pearson 60

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

The program, called UPSTART, was developed by a nonprofit company and advertises itself as a kindergarten-readiness program. Now, a small but growing number of nonprofits and for-profit companies are saying they can deliver at least some of these experiences — and benefits — via the internet, and thousands of parents are signing up.

Laptops 152

Laptops Accessibility Online Learning Company 152

Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

She seemed to fail to grasp some of the basics of education policy – the difference between “ proficiency ” and “ growth ,” for example, and the federal rules surrounding disability rights and education. And this prompted me to update my list of education / technology companies that are ALEC members.).

Education 40

Education Pearson E-rate MOOC 40

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). Without revenue the company will go away. And “free” doesn’t last.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Clayton Christensen and Michael Horn, for example, predicted in their 2008 book Disrupting Class that by 2019 half of all high school classes would be taught via the Internet. Tom Willerer, Coursera’s chief product officer, left the company to become a venture capitalist. Adam Medros became edX’s president and COO.

MOOC 55

MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 55