Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

“Hardly Anyone Wants to Take a Liberal Arts MOOC,” Edsurge informed its readers in February. And then there’s the advice from Pearson. Someone’s got to write all these education technology press releases , after all. ’” asked a venture capitalist in an op-ed published by Pearson.

Technology 85

Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In 2012, Pearson, Cengage Learning, and Macmillan Higher Education sued Boundless Learning, claiming that the open education textbook startup had “stolen the creative expression of their authors and editors, violating their intellectual-property rights.” billion by 2025. Pearson PARCC "Spies" on Students. billion by 2023.

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Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Because despite their marketing copy, it remains important to ask: how do employers, in and out of Silicon Valley, respond to these alt-credentials – to MOOC certificates and nanodegrees and microcredentials and badges? ” MOOCs for credit. Keep Away From Coding Schools.” ” “ Flexible, stackable courses.”

Technology 40

Technology Education Secondary Pearson 40

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Founded by former Pearson exec Larry Singer , the company will offer openly licensed resources to schools. The startup, which something something MOOC something something, has raised $9.69 ” More on test scores and ed-tech in the research section below.

Education 40

Education Report MOOC E-rate 40

Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “The University of California, Los Angeles , is planning a major expansion in the online certificate and graduate degree markets that it hopes will reach as many as 15,000 students by early next decade,” Inside Higher Ed reports. .”

Education 45

Education Pearson Report Robotics 45

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Responses to last week’s news about Western Governors University and the audit of its competency-based offerings: Via NPR : “Who Is A College Teacher, Anyway? .” And more on regulating for-profits (or not) in the state politics section above.

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