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Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Law Could Force Rural Residents Off Information Superhighway.” More on Coursera and certification in the certification section below.). Via The Washington Post : “Meet the parents who won’t let their children study literature.” ” More via Techcrunch.

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From the FCC : “Fact Sheet on Broadband Consumer Privacy Proposal.” ” Coursera highlights its mentors – its volunteer mentors – on its blog. Data and “Research” Via Vox : “A bot crawled thousands of studies looking for simple math errors. Raise $146.1 The results are concerning.”

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.” “Modern E-Rate Puts Telephones On Hold in K–12,” Education Week reports , noting that schools are struggling to pay for phone service (still totally necessary) as well as expanded broadband. Via Mic : “Crime-prediction tool PredPol amplifies racially biased policing , study shows.”

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Via Education Week : “ FCC Delays, Denials Foil Rural Schools’ Broadband Plans.” Edsurge profiles Dr. Chuck about his work on MOOCs with Coursera. ( From the Coursera blog : “Building India ’s Workforce for 2020.” “Reviving the MOOC ” – an op-ed by Stephen Downes.

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” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Big HR news about Coursera in the HR section below. Coursera has a new CEO: Jeff Maggioncalda. ” Via Edsurge : “Education Technology Tools for Adult Learners Get Mixed Results From SRI Study.” ” From the HR Department.

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Daphne Koller left Coursera this year. ” “Taking action,” in this case, meant releasing some case studies and posting a notice on the Federal Register about how a competitive grant program could provide a more “innovative” way to build assessments. Sebastian Thrun stepped down as Udacity’s CEO.

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Via Wired : “ Ajit Pai ’s Plan Will Take Broadband Away From Poor People.” Imperial College London will teach a class on artificial intelligence on the Coursera platform. Inside Higher Ed on professor pay : “Faculty members earn 15 percent less than others with advanced degrees, study finds.