Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

Case in point: Online course provider Coursera reported more than 13 million new registered users since mid-March, a 535 percent increase from the same period last year. College students are turning to digital tutoring platforms like Chegg and online course providers like Coursera, both of which have performed well over the last few months.

EdTech 182

EdTech Khan Academy Chegg Coursera 182

EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Oberlin College, for example, with its motto of “Learning and Labor,” requires students during each month-long “ winter term ” to pursue growth opportunities outside the traditional classroom, such as internships, research, or other projects. That may pertain to issues of crediting experiential work outside the classroom.

Dropout 80

Dropout Digital Badges Coursera MOOC 80

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

But during that same fifteen-year period, we also witnessed the birth and growth of highly influential firms like Google, Amazon, Facebook, Tencent and Alibaba. Internet ubiquity in the classroom led teachers to adopt email and experiment with other technologies. The infrastructure just wasn’t ready.

Kaplan 160

Kaplan Technology Education EdTech 160

Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2020

Working adults are self-directed, bring experience into the classroom and prefer learning that is practical and problem-centered. Recently, Coursera announced a modular MOOC-based bachelor’s degree with the University of North Texas, and edX is experimenting with “ MicroBachelors ” programs as pathways to degrees.

Digital Badges 182

Digital Badges Coursera Learning Industry 182

Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Connexeo (school administration software): $110 million. Coursera (online education): $210.1 Investors in tutoring companies this year included Warbug Pincus, Goldman Sachs, Learn Capital, Y Combinator, the Omidyar Network, Sequoia Capital, TAL Education, Tencent, Google, and of course, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

Trends 93

Trends MOOC Company Edmodo 93

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

A number of colleges have partnered with big MOOC providers, principally Coursera and edX, to offer large-scale online courses at far lower prices, in part to attract new students to their higher-priced online degrees. Boxed-in on campus, some universities have turned to virtual degrees to wriggle out of their tuition squeeze.

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MOOC Kaplan Coursera Report 97

Hack Education

AUGUST 19, 2016

Coursera ’s Daphne Koller announced in a blog post that she’s leaving the MOOC company she co-founded to work at a Alphabet (a.k.a. Google) biotech company, Calico. Coursera’s other founder, Andrew Ng, left the startup several years ago to join the Chinese search engine Baidu. . million people since 2003.”

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MOOC Education Coursera Company 40

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

” It’s now unclear, observers say, if the FTC can regulate companies like Google or Verizon. More on Coursera and certification in the certification section below.). “The San Francisco-based software company will continue a four-year partnership with San Francisco Unified School District. million total.

Education 52

Education Coursera Elsevier MOOC 52

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

” Via The AP : “Police in Vermont say a 15-year-old student was cited after approaching a classroom wearing a clown mask and banging on the windows as clown sightings are viewed as potential public safety threats throughout the country.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Smartphone Explodes in Rowan College Classroom.”

Education 63

Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

John Bel Edwards has agreed to a mandate that cursive writing must be taught in Louisiana ’s public school classrooms.” Headline changed from “ Coursera ’s Update Will Eliminate Hundreds of Courses” to “Coursera’s Update Will Migrate Hundreds of Courses to a New Platform.”

Education 49

Education Coursera Microsoft Company 49

Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

” IHE blogger Joshua Kim offers “25 Million Reasons Why LinkedIn / Microsoft Will Buy Coursera.” ” “The One-Teacher, One-Classroom Model Needs an Upgrade,” says Edsurge. ” From the Google blog : “ Google Science Fair 2018 : Resources for educators to get ideas flowing.”

Education 46

Education MOOC Social Media Report 46

Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

” That’s Joel Rose ’s School of One software. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Andrew Ng , Co-Founder of Coursera , Returns to MOOC Teaching With New AI Course.” ” The Google Memo. Via The LA Times : “Former L.A. ” More via Wired.

Education 45

Education Coursera Khan Academy MOOC 45

Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

That seems to be Coursera ’s business model. ” The Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow has been in trouble with Ohio about how it reports attendance. Google has launched a curriculum called “ Be Internet Awesome ” to encourage digital safety and citizenship. Kiron and Red Hat have joined edX.

Education 46

Education Coursera MOOC Udemy 46

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

But.truth is, the US government isn't the early adopter here; Amazon, Google and Facebook are really the front-line developers of the surveillance state." Tagged on: March 8, 2017 Nevada bill puts cameras in all special education classrooms | Reno-Gazette Journal → A bill proposed by state Sen.

EdTech 170

EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

So instead of a zeppelin, we got to ride in one of Google’s self-driving cars, which was of course the project that Thrun had been working on when he gave his famous TED Talk in 2011 – and that, in turn, was where he heard Salman Khan give his famous TED Talk. Google versus Uber. Efficiency.

Education 40

Education Robotics MOOC Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

.” Microsoft acquired Minecraft in 2015 – which probably speaks volumes right there about its progressive potential – and in January of this year, Microsoft bought TeacherGaming, the maker of a Minecraft version aimed at classroom usage. Google’s Alphabet Inc. What it hasn’t delivered are many jobs.

Technology 85

Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Pokémon Go, a free augmented reality game developed by Niantic (a company spun out of Google in 2015), became the most popular mobile game in US history this year. I’ll look more closely at discrimination by design – in software and in algorithms – in the final article in this series.) Students as Cheats.

Data 40

Data Technology Education Software 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

” That for-profit is Laureate Education , the largest chain of for-profit schools in the world and an investor in Coursera. None of those chose for the education section are classroom educators, no surprise. Via The Washington Post : “ Facebook-backed school software shows promise – and raises privacy concerns.”

Education 40

Education lynda.com Knewton E-rate 40

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Marquette University was justified in disciplining a professor who had publicly rebuked a graduate teaching assistant over her handling of classroom discussions of homosexuality, a state judge ruled on Thursday.” Not sure why this is called a MOOC. Don’t click. Never click.

Kaplan 46

Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

Silicon Valley does include Mountain View, where Google is headquartered. Turns out that “free” might not be the best business model for a for-profit company, particularly one that cannot rely on advertising the same way that other “free” products like Facebook and Google can. They aspire to be monopolies.

Trends 64

Trends Company MOOC Edmodo 64

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. The Flipped Classroom". It was probably Sal Khan’s 2011 TED Talk “Let’s Use Video to Reinvent Education” and the flurry of media he received over the course of the following year or so that introduced the idea of the “flipped classroom” to most people. WTF is Unizin ?!

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

Classrooms.” Via Techcrunch : “ Google and Coursera launch program to train more IT support specialists.” “ Google is jeopardizing A frican-American literature sites ,” says The Outline. Via The Chicago Tribune : “ Google’s art selfies aren’t available in Illinois.

Education 44

Education Elsevier MOOC Knewton 44

Hack Education

MARCH 24, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ Coursera Removes Biometric Identity Verification Using Keystroke Matching,” Class Central reports. An update on Coursera co-founder Andrew Ng’s employment status in the HR section below. ” Ng is, of course, the co-founder of the MOOC startup Coursera.

Education 52

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 52

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

” That’s the headline describing a conversation between Recode and Coursera ’s Daphne Koller. Also via NPR : “From YouTube Pioneer Sal Khan , A School With Real Classrooms.” Other updates: an Expeditions app, quizzes in Google Forms, a partnership with TES , a physical coding project. Clair Smith.

MOOC 48

MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

” 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. “ Google Drive will soon back up your entire computer,” says The Verge. I wonder how many schools and districts that use the software have done this?

Education 44

Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Daphne Koller left Coursera this year. The pressure to move towards digital assessments has fueled schools’ investments in hardware and software more than any other argument about the importance of ed-tech. The learning management system is a piece of “enterprise” software after all. The Procurement Problem.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 7, 2018

” Via Chalkbeat : “New early learning initiative brings Sesame Street lessons into Memphis classrooms.” Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill analyzes a recent interview with Coursera ’s CEO and argues the MOOC provider is “betting on OPM market and shift to low-cost masters degrees.”

Education 54

Education MOOC Report Data 54

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

He was an instructor in one of several high-profile Coursera failures back in 2013. “ Apple , Microsoft , Amazon and Google Are Fighting a War for the Classroom,” says Edutechnica , with a look at how many colleges have adopted their competing pseudo-LMSes. Remember Richard McKenzie? ” asks Education Dive.

Education 48

Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

” The article is accompanied by a photo of a classroom full of Asian students – as if Asian is not American. ” For those keeping track of how ed-tech is intertwined in all this, here’s a list of Yuri Milner ’s education investments : 17zuoye, Remind, Coursera, Clever, Codecademy, ClassDojo, and General Assembly.

Education 45

Education Facebook Company Report 45

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” Via Education Week : “The Ohio education department could seek repayment of more than $80 million from nine full-time online schools , based on audits of software-login records that led state officials to determine the schools had overstated their student enrollment.” Remember the Thiel Fellows ? to 2020, to Reach $1.83

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

Hack Education

OCTOBER 19, 2018

“ James Damore is moving his lawsuit against Google out of court,” The Verge reports. Via Forbes : “This Company Could Be Your Next Teacher: Coursera Plots A Massive Future For Online Education.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Google Brings Computing Courses to 10 Colleges.” Pay writers.

Education 51

Education MOOC Robotics Panasonic 51

Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

” Via Education Week : “ Iowa schools to stop using $14M testing software after audit.” ” 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.”

Education 46

Education Data Report Software 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2016

million in charges from a Minnesota company over a software system that repeatedly failed during mandatory statewide elementary school testing.” ” “ Coursera Monthly Subscriptions Channel Lynda and Pluralsight ,” says EduKwest’s Kirsten Winkler. ” “What If We Stopped Calling Them Classrooms ?”

Education 40

Education Report E-rate Company 40