Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

The US Department of Education released its “ #GoOpenDistrict Launch Packet ,” encouraging schools to use OER. Via ABC News : “ A defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone magazine over the magazine’s debunked article about a University of Virginia gang rape was tossed out by a judge Tuesday. ” Rebrand.

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MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, Um, they do.) This “reverse engineering,” the publishers claimed, violated copyright.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

He was an instructor in one of several high-profile Coursera failures back in 2013. I’m not sure what this means as the article talks about both “authenticity” (whatever that is) and the gender of instructors on various MOOC platforms. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).

Education 48

Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

From the Coursera blog : “Coursera pilots a new course format.” ” More via I Programmer on Coursera ’s decision to remove old courses from its platform. .” ” More via I Programmer on Coursera ’s decision to remove old courses from its platform. ” Amazingly dumb.

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Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” And I am not even linking to the National Review article promoting this racist crap. In Move Towards More Online Degrees, Coursera Introduces Its First Bachelor ’s.” Edsurge on the business of OER.

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Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47

Hack Education

OCTOBER 26, 2018

*Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “ Coursera ’s 2018 Revenue Estimated to be $140 million,” Class Central estimates. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. (Oh National) Education Politics.

Education 60

Education Khan Academy Company MOOC 60

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Coursera announces on its blog that it’s expanding to Brazil. Here’s Coursera arguing “Why Everyone Should Learn Sales.” Perhaps I need to start a new section in this article where I look at these sorts of b t predictions and proclamations and cliches. .” “Whatever Happened To MOOCs ?”

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Education OER Pearson Report 47

Hack Education

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Remember in 2012 when Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller said in her TED Talk that her company’s goal was to “take the best courses from the best instructors at the best universities and provide it to everyone around the world for free”? .” MOOCs are not particularly "open."

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MOOC Technology OER Coursera 40

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Coursera ’s New Strategy Takes Inspiration From Netflix – and LinkedIn.” ” Via the Coursera blog : “Announcing Coursera for Governments & Nonprofits.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

.” According to this Techcrunch article , MOOCs like Udacity and Coursera weren’t working out for AirBnB so now it is “running its own internal university to teach data science.” ” ( No disclosure in this article that Edsurge shares investors with Guild Education.). .”

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Education Data Report Software 46