Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2017

He’s never been a fan of digital textbooks or MOOCs.) There’s a lot of creativity around targeted vocational programs that deliver a definite salary uplift and expand people’s life options,” he says. Among them: Achieve3000, a language arts tool, and Frontline Technologies, a provider of administrative software.

EdTech 60

EdTech lynda.com Education Company 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) But first, a definition (or two) might be helpful. ” MOOCs looked – for a short while, at least – like they were going to pivot to become LMSes.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2017

After pointing out that many of the folks who are investigating “personalized learning”—including both MindWires and EdSurge—have received grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the article goes on to quote grantee after grantee saying variations of the same thing: “Meh. Personalized learning, adaptive learning, potato, potahto.

Personalized Learning 60

Personalized Learning Adaptive Learning Learning MOOC 60

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). 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.”

Education 52

Education Coursera Elsevier MOOC 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Clickers” are definitely not new — indeed, in my research for Teaching Machines , I found examples of classroom response systems dating back to the 1950s. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That). And “free” doesn’t last.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145