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As Corporate World Moves Toward Curated ‘Microlearning,’ Higher Ed Must Adapt

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employers spent nearly $71 billion on training in 2016—a figure that was flat compared to 2015. Well-funded MOOC providers Coursera, Udacity and EdX have evolved their business models to focus squarely on corporate learning and serving professionals seeking credentials. According to the Association for Talent Development, U.S.

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Guest Blog Post: Online Learning – a Perfect Confluence or a Bad Influence?

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The way technology affects learning processes has an impressive effect on the overall educational system. In April 2015, the American Association of Community Colleges released the results of a survey , which showed a 4.7% increase in student enrolment in online courses from fall 2013 to fall 2014. Learning is a life adventure.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The startup was later sold to Valore Education in 2015 , which was in turn acquired by Follett in 2016 , which in turn shut down the Boundless site in 2017. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Trump administration on Thursday withdrew 2015 guidance issued by the Obama administration that barred student loan guarantee agencies from charging collection fees to defaulted borrowers who start repaying their loans quickly.” ” This includes, of course, billionaire Betsy DeVos.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” “Behind Randi Weingarten ’s secret meeting with Steve Bannon ” by Mike Klonsky. ” For those keeping track of how ed-tech is intertwined in all this, here’s a list of Yuri Milner ’s education investments : 17zuoye, Remind, Coursera, Clever, Codecademy, ClassDojo, and General Assembly.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via ProPublica : “Meet the Hundreds of Officials Trump Has Quietly Installed Across the Government.” ” Via The Washington Post : “ Muslim students tried to meet with a lawmaker. ” Via The Financial Times : “ Coursera chief on the future of online learning and the Trump era.”

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Education's Online Futures

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.” Five years after “ the year of the MOOC ,” the acronym does not appear on the website of any of those high profile online course providers. Coursera also brought on a new CEO : Jeff Maggioncalda, whose previous job was in the financial planning industry. Udacity’s CMO Shernaz Daver left that company.

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