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2U Buys edX for $800M, In Surprise End to Nonprofit MOOC Provider Started by MIT and Harvard

Edsurge

The nonprofit will also “explore promising new ideas for making online learning more effective, engaging and personalized,” said Reif in his letter. Anant Agarwal, founder and CEO of edX, said at a webinar for the media on Tuesday that he initially “had some misgivings” when 2U approached him about a possible acquisition.

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Week of July 30, 2011 - Live and Interactive Webinars in Blackboard Collaborate

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Below are this week''s public, free, and interactive Webinars through LearnCentral.org , the social learning network for education that I work on for Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). Thanks for your attention, and see you online! see learnspace Webinar gallery for link to recordings.)

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Thursday Interview - Finkelstein on Virtual PD, Non-Traditional Learning Environments, and Badges

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Join me Tuesday, June 12th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with Jonathan Finkelstein, founder and executive producer of LearningTimes , the "global leader in creating innovative, interactive online learning solutions." psid=2012-06-12.1711.M.9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr&sid=2008350

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Tonight - A True History of the MOOC

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Join me today, Wednesday, September 26th, for a one-hour live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar on the "true history" of the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) with Dave Cormier, Alec Couros, Stephen Downes, Rita Kop, Inge de Waard, and Carol Yeager. psid=2012-09-26.0742.M.9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr&sid=2008350

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Hero Awards finalists: 18 schools and educators dedicated to learning

eSchool News

Colorado vendors and school districts are required by the state to facilitate safe online learning experiences. in 2012 and the platform continues to serve districts across the nation as School Way. They are accredited by Cognia and offer supportive online learning to students both in Florida and around the world.

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The Emergency Home Learning Summit Final Week - 24 Amazing Interviews Start Tomorrow

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

in theoretical physics, he retired in 2019 as Professor of Educational Technology at Newcastle University in England, after 13 years there including a year in 2012 as Visiting Professor at MIT MediaLab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. In 2004, she started her Rethinking Learning blog in My eCoach.

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The History of the Future

Hack Education

Online learning will be the "silver lining" of the coronavirus — Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy (2020). It's a great moment" for learning — Andreas Schleicher, head of education at the OECD (2020). "In People can now see just how impractical and inferior it is to face to face classrooms. The world tried it, for months.