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Harvard and MIT Launch Nonprofit to Increase College Access

Edsurge

What would you do if you had $800 million to build a new nonprofit to support innovation in online learning? The $800 million underpinning the effort derived from a controversial decision by the two universities in 2021 to sell their edX online learning platform to 2U.

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Beer making for credit: Liberal arts colleges add career tech

The Hechinger Report

In a survey conducted by Quest Research and the Kaplan test-prep company, they were four times more likely to say they’d hire an English major with a credential in cybersecurity than an English major without one. “We The courses are being run in partnership with Kaplan and will also be available to alumni. “We

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Struggling small colleges are joining the ’sharing economy’ — teaming up to share courses and majors

The Hechinger Report

Asked which candidate they’d hire for a job, people surveyed by Kaplan University Partners preferred an English major who also has a credential in cybersecurity over someone with only an English or only a cybersecurity degree. That doesn’t mean the student then shouldn’t have access to programs that can be considered professional in nature.”.

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Online education stretches to include volunteers, teachers looking to pay their bills

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning well. Melody Serra (top row, center), a former kindergarten teacher, teaches a class to young children over Zoom. BROOKLYN, N.Y. Coronavirus gave many just days.

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April 22 Learning Revolution Mini-Conference: Emergency Remote Teaching & Learning: Survive, Thrive, & Plan for What Comes Next

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

In moving from classroom-based instruction to online instruction, the role of the faculty member changes from the content presenter to the facilitator of online learning. This session will look at what it takes to create an online learning community that is safe, supportive, interactive, and engaging.

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Wednesday's "Emergency Remote Teaching & Learning" Mini-Conference - New Sessions Added

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Bell 1:30 PM Empowering Students in a Distance Learning Environment with John Spencer (60 minutes) 3:00 PM Personalizing the Online Classroom Through Creative Teaching and Learning (60 minutes) with Candy Mowen 4:00 PM Rethinking Students Evaluations as a Tool to Improve Online Instruction (30 minutes) with Steven J.

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K-12 Dealmaking: Investor Weld North, Learn Launch Make Big Moves

Marketplace K-12

For- and non-profit organizations chosen to participate in the program will get financial investment, access to expert services and mentorship. The program is part of AT&T’s $350 million “commitment to empower students to reach their full potential,” the company said in a statement. The Aspire Accelerator application is open thru Feb.

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