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The Still-Evolving Future of University Credentials

Edsurge

And it was just a few years after the launch of the first MOOCs, putting the online higher ed market newly in the spotlight as it continued its steady growth. The number of open badges awarded nearly doubled from 24 million in 2018 to 43 million in 2020. This trend, too, has seen a jump forward due to the pandemic.

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OPINION: When it comes to liberal-arts education, online learning changes only the tools

The Hechinger Report

Will the 2020 coronavirus pandemic change that? I’d already adapted this class in 2013 as one of Coursera’s free online humanities offerings. For me, it was pretty easy to imagine how I’d supplement the online pre-recorded lectures from my MOOC with discussions with Wesleyan students on the Zoom platform.

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Looking to Grow in China? 3 Lessons for U.S. Edtech Companies

Edsurge

At Coursera, we’ve seen registered users in China climb by more than 500 percent between 2013 and 2016, crossing the one million mark in 2015. When Coursera partnered with Guokr in 2013 , we were featured with only a few other partners. percent of gross domestic product by 2020. billion by 2018. The hurdles? McKinsey & Co.

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Smart Yet Relatable

The Principal of Change

According to the report, the skills that will be in high demand by 2020 are: Complex Problem Solving. September 8, 2016 The #InnovatorsMindset MOOC Starting Soon! IMMOOC April 25, 2013 What’s the measure? Critical Thinking. Creativity. People management. Coordinating with Others. Emotional Intelligence.

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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release

Hack Education

.” – that’s Sebastian Thrun, best known perhaps for his work at Google on the self-driving car and as a co-founder of the MOOC (massive open online course) startup Udacity. 2013 – the apps on the phones too big for their pockets. The quotation is from 2012. 2007 – the phones in their pockets.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2013, 3D printer manufacturer MakerBot launched its MakerBot Academy with a goal “to put a MakerBot Desktop 3D Printer in every school in America.” Siegler: “ The End of the Library.” You can learn anything online, Siegler argued.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Trump’s ideas seem to be a reprise of a proposal the NRA put forward back in 2013. ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Buzzfeed : “ Teachers Unions Think 2020 Is When They Will Defeat The Charter School Democrats.” ” Of course. ” More via Wired.