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” (For what it’s worth, Kleiner Perkins made just one major investment in education in 2017, participating in Coursera’s $64 million round this summer. Coursera (online education) –- $64 million. Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million. Coursera (online education) – $210.1

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “New mobile features: Transcripts, notes, and reminders.” “Ed access to VR growing as low-cost options expand,” says Education Dive. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Contests and Awards. ” Spoiler alert: humans.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The USA Today : “Kids on winning robotics team told, ‘Go back to Mexico’ ” The kids were from Pleasant Run Elementary School in Indianapolis. An update on Coursera co-founder Andrew Ng’s employment status in the HR section below. More on UC Berkeley and publicly accessible video content.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” 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. “ Tech is making ed more inclusive, accessible to students with special needs,” says Education Dive.

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The for-profit Charlotte School of Law says it might get its access to federal financial aid restored. ” Codecademy, Edsurge contends, is now a competitor to Coursera and Udacity. .” ” Codecademy, Edsurge contends, is now a competitor to Coursera and Udacity. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.