Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 25, 2019

Results can be then assessed and graded accordingly, which facilitates the overall learning experience immensely. One example of a platform facilitating the completion of a higher edification is Coursera, a cloud-based service that offers a variety of courses, as well as quite a few specializations and degrees.

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Industry Khan Academy Education Coursera 227

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

Districts expressed interest in additional DreamBox products that address other pandemic-related problems, like its new predictive analytics tool, designed to assess student progress and learning loss in lieu of now-canceled standardized tests. The positive report sent stock values soaring more than 30 percent.

EdTech 188

EdTech Khan Academy Chegg Coursera 188

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2020

We are interested in the power of competency-based assessments that can interpret “equivalent” non-traditional education signals, and other assessments that can predict fit and retention of candidates to ease this friction in the labor market. Employees are also demanding a greater variety of resources, and companies are responding.

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Training Education Learning Industry 176

Edsurge

MAY 21, 2021

They’re about a decade behind their university counterparts, who helped to found edX in 2012 , the same year that startup Coursera launched its competing service, now worth millions. As Tracy Hartzler, president of Central New Mexico Community College, said in the Unmudl report: “Without a doubt we are thinking about lifelong learning.”

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Company Course Coursera Training 167

Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2020

Companies like Coursera, which helps universities build and access online courses, have ridden the momentum from new registrations to secure a $130 million investment in July. Company officials say it has policies and processes in place to remove offending material (though the onus still falls largely on faculty to report them).

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Course Chegg Coursera Company 123

Edsurge

JULY 28, 2021

As a string of online-education companies have gone public, including Chegg, Coursera, Kahoot and others, it seems that investors have decided that there’s enough public interest in digital learning, and they want in. But the company’s growth has been helped by another, more recent offering: an English test.

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EdTech Chegg Mobility Company 164

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Learning Management Systems With learning management systems now installed at nearly all higher education institutions here and abroad, instructors can create course materials, assess student progress and generate custom exams. Most authoring software also integrates assessment tools, testing learning outcomes.

Online Learning 130

Online Learning MOOC Learning Coursera 130

EdTechSandyK

JULY 27, 2014

After a couple of weeks in the course and success on the quizzes, I decided to go ahead and pay for the Coursera Signature Track option, which will allow me to earn a verified certificate. There is a way to report these in Coursera. I''ve spent that much time on the content most weeks. Closer to 2 hours than 4. No harm, no foul.

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MOOC Coursera Course Report 72

Linways Technologies

DECEMBER 14, 2018

It will be crucial for communication and for assessing your students’ needs. But that won’t matter because with so much metrics and data about student information, curriculum, assessment outcomes etc. Everyone are already using smartphones and laptops in their everyday lives, both adults and children alike.

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Smartphone Coursera Outcomes EdTech 81

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

businesses reported difficulty finding appropriately trained workers, up from 32 percent reported in 2015. The likes of Coursera, Udacity, Udemy, MasterClass, Lynda, and Pluralsight have together raised more than $1 billion and represent combined enterprise value of more than $5 billion. And this is just online.

Udemy 84

Udemy Coursera Company Training 84

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 23, 2020

Real online education lets students move at their own pace and includes such features as continual assessments so they can jump ahead as soon as they’ve mastered a skill, Fredericksen and others said. Coursera is providing 550 colleges and universities with free access to its online courses. That’s the more permanent impact.”.

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Tools Coursera Course Survey 117

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

Some of the education sector’s most celebrated and best-funded startups—including Coursera, Minerva, and General Assembly—focus on providing alternatives to traditional postsecondary education, or challenging traditional approaches to higher education.

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Company Trends Kaplan Knewton 92

EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

Coursera is another option for higher ed MOOCS. Number one skill for being successful in learning: the ability to self-assess. When focusing on 1:1, iPads, etc: Focus on teaching teachers to give better feedback and students to self-assess instead of the technology. Example: Working toward self assessment of math.

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MOOC Khan Academy BYOD Libraries 75

Hack Education

JULY 7, 2017

Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Assessing the Travel Ban : What New Data on Overseas Recruitment Does – and Doesn’t – Tell Us.” “ 18 States Are Suing Betsy DeVos Over For-Profit College Rules ,” Buzzfeed reports. ” Education in the Courts.

MOOC 57

MOOC Education Robotics Company 57

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

A recent study from Columbia University’s Teachers College on EdX and Coursera courses indicated that their MOOC certificate programs had completion rates of 15 percent or less. Our users self-report these behaviors in post-course surveys and qualitative interviews. Isn’t this a sign that the form has failed?

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MOOC Coursera Course Comparison 144

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

verified certificates from Coursera and completed 11 social entrepreneurship courses from +Acumen. reported that only 5.5% But the opportunity to use online courses to have students compile a portfolio of real projects that become the basis of assessment could be deployed across a much wider array of disciplines. who these 5.5%

MOOC 105

MOOC Course Coursera Online Learning 105

Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2016

Students like Battushig who used free online courses to achieve world-class education motivated players like Coursera and the State Department to launch initiatives like Learning Hubs and MOOC camps from Vietnam to Bolivia. Clearly, there is potential for disruption and improvement in these markets.

EdTech 60

EdTech Company Secondary Coursera 60

EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 4, 2017

For successful outcomes, plan teacher PD sessions avoiding holidays, weekends, extended school days and reporting/ assessment cycles. Some of these self-paced paced content providers for educators are: Udemy , Future Learn , edX , Coursera , iTunes U , and Youtube for teachers 9.

Education 47

Education MOOC Training Udemy 47

Edsurge

MAY 24, 2019

A LinkedIn survey of 1,200 workers in human resources and learning development teams across more than 2,100 workplaces worldwide found that the top priorities for talent developers include identifying, assessing and closing skills gaps within their companies. That’s what happened to Coursera, NovoEd, Udacity and several others.

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MOOC Coursera Microsoft Industry 144

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

.” “Three months after the former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner was sentenced to six months in jail for sexual assault, he was released on Friday,” NPR reports. ” “Two assessment companies – Educational Testing Service and Data Recognition Corp. The states in question: Texas and Nevada.

Education 52

Education Coursera Elsevier MOOC 52

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

” More on the report from Pacific Standard. ” “ Turkey has reacted angrily to suggestions that it might tone down its attack on Saudi Arabia over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi if the United States agrees to extradite an opponent of President Erdogan,” The Times reports. on Coursera.”

Education 53

Education Coursera Facebook MOOC 53

Hack Education

AUGUST 12, 2016

.” MIT , New York University , and Yale are being sued by employees, “accused of allowing their employees to be charged excessive fees on their retirement savings,” The New York Times reported on Tuesday. From the US Department of Education’s blog : “Building the Next Generation of Assessments in Education.”

Education 40

Education MOOC Facebook Company 40

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Testing, Testing… “Big changes ahead for how California assesses school performance,” KPCC reports. ” The for-profit: Laureate Education (which once began as the tutoring chain Sylvan Learning and is now an investor in Coursera, I always like to point out). This is a great headline. Meanwhile on Campus.

Khan Academy 40

Khan Academy Education LMS Company 40

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Here’s what caught my eye the week of March 6, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Ever wonder how stories promoted by ‘thought leaders’ on social media get selected? Filter bubbles are bad, including in educational technology.

EdTech 170

EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Graphite Blog

JANUARY 10, 2020

Civic Online Reasoning (by the Stanford History Education Group): This research-based curriculum features foundational lessons and smart assessments for building students' critical thinking skills. Checkology (by the News Literacy Project): Free and paid lessons focusing on fact-checking and journalistic skills, all hosted by experts.

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Resources Classroom Social Media Report 97

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

As education reporter Mikhail Zinshteyn wrote in The Atlantic earlier this year, a loud chorus of researchers in education and labor markets question the notion that workers are unqualified for the growing sophistication of tech jobs. According to the latest jobs report , unemployment in the US is at 4.6%, the lowest since 2007.

Technology 85

Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2018

” (Related: “Theranos investor Tim Draper blames the company’s downfall on an investigative journalist,” Business Insider reports.). Report Says No to a For-Profit Accreditor – but It Might Not Matter.” The word “inquisition” is in the headline on Inside Higher Ed. . ” Testing.

Education 46

Education MOOC Coursera Company 46

Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

“Assessing Betsy DeVos ’ Rollback on Disability Rights ” by Pacific Standard’s David Perry. Edsurge profiles Dr. Chuck about his work on MOOCs with Coursera. ( From the Coursera blog : “Building India ’s Workforce for 2020.” ” Research, “Research,” and Reports.

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MOOC Education Company Coursera 47

Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

I think many of us quickly recognized back in 2012 that, despite the AI expertise in the executive offices of these MOOC companies, there wasn’t much “artificial intelligence” beyond a few of their course offerings; there wasn’t much “intelligence” in their assessments or in their course recommendation engines.

Education 40

Education Robotics MOOC Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

ESSA gives more autonomy and flexibility to states than they had under NCLB through competency-based assessments, which could drive the development of personalized learning technologies. Significantly, ESSA mandates the collection and reporting of per pupil expenditure data at the school level. (The “ Seen ” cheating.).

Data 40

Data Technology Education Software 40

Doug Levin

MARCH 5, 2017

Here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Tagged on: March 3, 2017 How to Tell a Secret in the Digital Age | New York Times → Education reporters take heed.

EdTech 170

EdTech Coursera Data Case Study 170

Hack Education

JULY 15, 2016

. “Ten more states sued the federal government on Friday over a directive to public schools on bathroom use by transgender students , adding their objections to those of 11 states that brought a lawsuit soon after the directive was released in May,” The New York Times reports. Via The Wall Street Journal : “ U.S.

Education 40

Education Blackboard Common Core MOOC 40

Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

From Liberia , “Government to crackdown on unlicensed schools,” New Vision reports. A new project from the Learning Policy Institute and EducationCounsel : “Reimagining College Access: Performance Assessments From K–12 Through Higher Education.” ” The company: Questar Assessment, Inc.

Education 44

Education Elsevier MOOC Knewton 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Daphne Koller left Coursera this year. Remind co-founder Brett Kopf was replaced as CEO by Brian Grey, formerly CEO of the Bleacher Report. These are just the ones that were reported by the press, of course.). Sebastian Thrun stepped down as Udacity’s CEO. Jen Medbery stepped down as CEO of Kickboard.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

MARCH 24, 2017

“Former Lobbyist With For-Profit Colleges Quits Education Department ,” ProPublica reports. Via PR Watch : “ Betsy DeVos Ethics Report Reveals Ties to Student Debt Collection Firm.” It’s just getting started,” says The Hechinger Report’s Jon Marcus. Education Politics.

Education 52

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2016

” The Wall Street Journal reported in April. ” “It certainly makes a mockery of what Silicon Valley darlings Coursera and Udacity call courses,” Caulfield argued. The State Department did partner with Coursera – Laureate Education is an investor – to promote MOOCs globally.

Education 40

Education Technology Company Industry 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145