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Online Learning's 'Greatest Hits'

Edsurge

In a telephone interview, Phil Hill, edtech guru and co-publisher of the widely followed e-Literate blog , acknowledged that “the LMS is not only part of the university’s core infrastructure, but it also allows faculty and students to use technology creatively in the classroom.” The term MOOC was coined by others in 2008.)

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Just a few weeks after Daphne Koller ’s announcement she was leaving the MOOC startup she co-founded, Coursera unveiled “ Coursera for Business ” this week, marking its pivot from “democratizing higher ed” to “ training corporate employees.” Robots probably won’t take your jobs.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “New mobile features: Transcripts, notes, and reminders.” " It’s lovely to see the big innovation from the MOOC startups in 2017 involves the learning management system. .” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Techcrunch : “ Google and Coursera launch program to train more IT support specialists.” From the press release : “ Knewton Launches Alta, Fully Integrated Adaptive Learning Courseware for Higher Education, Putting Achievement in Reach for Everyone.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Imagine Discovering That Your Teaching Assistant Really Is a Robot,” The Wall Street Journal gushed in 2016 , documenting an experiment undertaken at Georgia Tech in which a chatbot called “Jill Watson” answered questions in a course’s online forum. Robot essay graders — they grade just the same as human ones. Chatbot Instructors.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Imperial College London will teach a class on artificial intelligence on the Coursera platform. Via Edsurge : “ Jefferson Education Accelerator Winds Down, Rebrands to Focus on Edtech Reviews and Procurement.” The “ invisible ” “adaptive learning” company has raised $38.7 million total.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Codecademy, Edsurge contends, is now a competitor to Coursera and Udacity. Via Business Insider : “Online learning may be the future of education – we compared 4 platforms that are leading the way.” ” Not sure why these are the four, but there you go: Udemy , Lynda , Coursera , and Skillshare.