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— Stephen King (@StephenKing) October 3, 2016. ” Coursera highlights its mentors – its volunteer mentors – on its blog. ” “ Deloitte Publishes 2016 Digital Education Survey,” says Edsurge. Via Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill : “About That Cengage OER Survey.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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His wife is also the founder of the OER organization CK12. Via the Coursera blog : “Announcing the Global MBA from Macquarie University.” Among the findings: “Business majors represented nearly 25 percent of all alcohol transports in the fall of 2016, despite constituting less than 12 percent of the student body.”

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I missed this news earlier in April, via Class Central : financial aid applications for Coursera take at least 15 days. “ OER-Enabled Pedagogy ” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. Creative Commons has released its State of the Commons 2016 report. Not sure why this is called a MOOC. “Why the U.S.

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The US Department of Education released its “ #GoOpenDistrict Launch Packet ,” encouraging schools to use OER. ” That’s the headline describing a conversation between Recode and Coursera ’s Daphne Koller. DOo11lof2f pic.twitter.com/NTi1mCbPOn — CB Insights (@CBinsights) June 30, 2016.

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You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. Amazon Inspire.

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Lots of details this week as tech executives testified in front of Congress about Russian interference in the 2016 election. Via Recode : “ Coursera has ousted several senior executives along with many rank-and-file staffers.” The company is co-founded by Nick Ducoff, formerly of the OER textbook startup Boundless.

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He was an instructor in one of several high-profile Coursera failures back in 2013. ” CSS pic.twitter.com/JYyabJDAS3 — Owen Williams ⚡️ (@ow) June 6, 2016. ” CSS pic.twitter.com/JYyabJDAS3 — Owen Williams ⚡️ (@ow) June 6, 2016. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).