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The Professor Who Quit His Tenured Job to Make Podcasts and Lecture Videos

Edsurge

The vision was partly to be mobile. We were thinking about ways in which we could be portable and mobile, and that means really having a location-independent business from which we need to replace my salary. The most positive jumping off moment was when I realized I'd made $30,000 in extra income in 2012 or something like that.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

The report is always a big deal in technology circles – “a tech industry event in its own right,” as Wired’s Steven Levy put it in 2012 – and many publications and pundits dutifully cover Meeker’s observations, often adding very little analysis of their own. Udemy (skills training) – $173 million.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“The Future of MOOCs Might Not Be Free ,” suggests Education Week’s Market Brief with an observation that many of us made back in 2012. Via The New York Times : “Dreams Stall as CUNY , New York City’s Engine of Mobility, Sputters.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).