Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2017

MOOC companies typically account for the bump in the “Post-Secondary” category, but aside from Coursera’s $64 million Series D round, few other companies focused in higher education scored a large deal. We’ve seen the most interest in SaaS (software-as-a-service) models where the product is complementary to an existing platform.”.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

For a long time, arguably the best known anti-cheating technology was the plagiarism detection software TurnItIn. So they turned some of their research on pattern-matching of brainwaves to create a piece of software that would identify patterns in texts. Anti-cheating software isn't just about plagiarism, of course.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2017

In addition to the Engrade and Smarter acquisitions, another Rethink portfolio company, 2U, went public in 2014. He’s never been a fan of digital textbooks or MOOCs.) bought for $75 million in 2014 by Pluralsight, which offers more than 5,000 online courses. Careers, Credentials, Content. Venture capital favors the bold.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 22, 2019

His research into technology-enhanced learning has led to many software development projects within library settings and provides unique insights into new student’s expectations and needs and helps inform the work that he does as the Orientation Services and Environments Librarian for undergraduate students at the University of Illinois.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Updates Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings Conversations Submit a Video or Quote Updates Kicking off OZeLive 2014 - Ed Tech Down Under. Deadlines The free School Leadership Summit online conference, March 27th, 2014 Upcoming deadlines: Presentation proposals are being accepted between now and March 15th, 2014.

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Wired Campus

JUNE 5, 2015

In June 2014, amid growing concern that outside companies were exerting too much influence on the branding and shaping of universities’ online course offerings, four institutions — Colorado State University, Indiana University, the University of Florida, and the University of Michigan — teamed up to form a member-owned consortium they called Unizin.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2014

8+9 #libchat #tlchat #library [link] Free virtual conference - Tuesday, Oct 7, Connected Librarian Day #tlchat #cld14 #library #libchat [link] Sample Post The fourth annual global conversation about the future of libraries takes place October 8 - 9, 2014, with a special pre-conference “Connected Librarians Day” series on October 7.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

” – 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. “Software is eating the world,” investor Marc Andreessen pronounced in a Wall Street Journal op-ed in 2011. The quotation is from 2012.

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

This is a throwback post, first published in March 2014 (and referring to yet another post all the way back in 2007). I’ve taken a MOOC on algorithms and read, in whole or in part, books and articles that contain significant discussions of computer science-y things like time complexity and NP-completeness.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 11, 2014

Wednesday, March 12th at 9am PDT in Seattle, WA Maker Movement at NCCE 2014 with Sylvia Martinez, Join colleagues for a day of hard fun and problem solving — where computing meets tinkering and design. Friday, March 14th at 8:30am PDT NCCE 2014 Keynote: "Making, Love, and Learning" with Gary Stager. Sign up here , and join us here.

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Edsurge

JULY 27, 2017

After two other startups sputtered, Paucek cofounded and runs 2U, which made its debut on the public market in March 2014. That’s what the former MOOCs [such as Coursera and Udacity] have driven toward for a business model and they’re getting some revenue and scale out of it. It's not just software code.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2014

Invent To Learn Hands-on Workshop before ISTE 2014 in Atlanta : Join Sylvia Martinez and Gary Stager on June 28th from 9am - 3pm for an energizing day of “hard fun” as we invent, tinker, and learn how to incorporate hands-on project-based learning in the classroom. See graphics for social media and follow the event to join the campaign!

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Much like “brain training,” “brain scanning” was repeatedly hyped this year as a possible way to improve the efficacy of education software. Or MOOCs even. Hooking up students to headbands to monitor their brain activity has now left the research lab and entered the exhibit hall. Fads fade, of course.

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Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the credential section below. Via Class Central : “Analysis of 450 MOOC -Based Microcredentials Reveals Many Options But Little Consistency.” MasteryConnect acquired Socrative in 2014.). Because of course.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

“Hardly Anyone Wants to Take a Liberal Arts MOOC,” Edsurge informed its readers in February. Michael Teitelbaum, a scholar on the history of STEM, said in 2014 to an audience of education reporters that the post-war U.S. We’ve seen this before in the MOOC world. See: the LMS, the MOOC. Only “1.86

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Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Microsoft -Branded MOOCs for K–12 Leaders.” ” That’s after paying £4,327 in UK taxes in 2014. Via The Washington Post : “ Facebook-backed school software shows promise – and raises privacy concerns.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Something something Brexit something something MOOCs will save British higher ed. The social-collaboration-software-for-schools startup has previously raised $1 million. Education Department Awards 41 States and the District of Columbia $28.4

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That). It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. billion by 2025.

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Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

This is part of the push for MOOCs, we must be honest.). ” I made that selection in part because several ed-tech companies indicated that year that this was what they hoped to become – the MOOC startups, for example, as well as Edmodo, a social network marketed to K–12 schools. ” Despite raising some $87.5

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Lots of MOOC PR appeared in the news this week. ” “What if MOOCs Revolutionize Education After All?” “Now that MOOCs are mainstream, where does online learning go next?” And more on MOOCs in the credentialing section below as well.

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Hack Education

JULY 15, 2016

” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Are MOOCs Forever ?” Via Education Week : “Ed-Tech Software Group Objects to Messages in Feds’ #GoOpen Campaign.” ” asks The Chronicle of Higher Education in an interview with Coursera’s Daphne Koller.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 13, 2016

If you want a job as a software developer in the technology industry, you’ll need a college degree. million ads for software-developer jobs nationwide. million ads for software-developer jobs nationwide. ” MOOCs for credit. Preferably from Stanford.) Keep Away From Coding Schools.” Microcredentials.

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Technology Education Secondary Pearson 40

Hack Education

JULY 8, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “ Safety, Risk, and Informed Decisions ” – Common Sense Media’s Bill Fitzgerald writes about how to evaluate the privacy of ed-tech software (and how to evaluate Common Sense Media’s privacy evaluations ). ” Like, 99%.

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

She and her husband also donated $200,000 to AFC’s charitable arm in 2014 and 2015 through the Dick and Betsy DeVos Family Foundation. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “Why Haven’t MOOCs Eliminated Any Professors?” ” asks IHE blogger Joshua Kim.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 5, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ CSU signs deal to record, broadcast classroom lectures,” says the San Francisco Examiner. Via Boing Boing : “Automated book-culling software drives librarians to create fake patrons to ‘check out’ endangered titles.”

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” ” From the press release : “ MOOCs and books initiative launched by Springer and Federica Weblearning.” a month.). .” ” Oh.

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Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Inside Higher Ed on online education at Simmons College. More on MOOC and online education research in the research section below. The company, which makes multimedia presentation software, has raised $30.2 ” Here’s the Department of Education press release.

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Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

Kaplan is closing Dev Bootcamp , a coding bootcamp it acquired in 2014. Edsurge profiles “ personalized learning ” software used in a virtual school that has some 450 incarcerated students. ” Adaptive software is not the same as personalized learning , says eSchool News. and from Hacker News.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

” I’ve looked at how for-profit colleges , MOOCs , and learn-to-code companies have tapped into these narratives in order to justify their products and services. These have all been separate articles in each series. “More Americans just need the right training.” ” The company in question is HireVue.

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Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” Via Education Week : “The Ohio education department could seek repayment of more than $80 million from nine full-time online schools , based on audits of software-login records that led state officials to determine the schools had overstated their student enrollment.” More on HR changes at UofP in the HR section below.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

The defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone for its 2014 story “A Rape on Campus: A Brutal Assault and Struggle for Justice at UVA ” has begun. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ XuetangX : A Look at China’s First and Biggest MOOC Platform.” million.

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Education Company Pearson E-rate 40

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “With two executive orders, Gov. “Is Estonia the new Finland ?”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ MOOCs : A Postmortem” by Jonathan Rees. Meanwhile, Campus Technology offers “7 Tips for Listing MOOCs on Your Résumé.” ” Story says “could be.” ” Tech PR gonna PR. Via the FTC ’s website : “ VIZIO , Inc.,

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