Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2019

Of course, not all creative ideas are good ones.) Jaime Casap, chief education evangelist at Google To get a broader perspective, I also posed this question to professionals from different industries, working in film, writing, teaching, museums and technology companies big and small. There is serendipity in the spontaneity. (Of

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2018

Lynda.com similarly compensates instructors for distinct video views. This means that the educators who spend time designing the curriculum and building the course earn pennies on the dollar compared to the profits now earned by the Silicon Valley platforms where the courses are hosted.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Take LiveEdu , for example, a Y Combinator-backed online learning company that touts itself as being the “next-gen Lynda.com,” referring to a platform that offers online courses and skills training. The company claims on its website that it’s near that goal, with more than 7.2

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

They addressed questions like, “How much should public universities let companies fund research?” Last week LinkedIn launched a new platform to connect professionals to Lynda.com courses that are relevant to their careers. universities in his keynote address: “[The U.S.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2017

billion purchase of Lynda.com and Instructure’s initial public offering, both of which took place in 2015. Another two companies, McGraw-Hill and Pluralsight , are also in the portfolio through their acquisitions of two Rethink-backed startups, Engrade and Smarterer respectively. Venture capital for U.S.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

His company has set out to create a digital education platform similar to Lynda.com, but focused on hands-on trades. The company dates back to 2010, when it developed computer-based training simulations and courses for vocational programs serving the energy industry.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5 Education’s Proto-Platforms.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 10, 2020

Of course, media literacy is always evolving as technology and culture shift, and there's no shortage of smart frameworks that each define it slightly differently. Jump down to a section Media Literacy Courses and Curricula. You'll need to pay for each course, but once you do it'll be in your library forever.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

” But of course, that’s not quite true: my first introduction to Papert's work was actually a decade earlier, when I sat at an Apple II and taught a Turtle how to move about the screen. ” This argument is, of course, ridiculously daft, as “the liberal arts” has historically included math and science.

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Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Some say… “What to Ask When Choosing Tech for Schools” – a new Lynda.com course offered by Edsurge (which is funded in part by Lynda.com’s founder. Via The New York Times : “Tech Companies Expect Free High-Speed Internet for Poorer Americans to Pay Off Later.” Small world).

Education 40

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Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

It’s a look back at what’s happened over the course of each year, not simply – to counter that totally overused phrase from hockey player Wayne Gretsky’s dad – to “skate to where the puck is going,” but to examine where it has been. “Higher education is a bubble,” as Peter Thiel has said.

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

” The Trump Administration is calling it “ restoring Internet freedom ,” because of f **g course. ” (It’ll run on LinkedIn Learning , formerly Lynda.com , which means it’ll cost you $24.99 Jeff Fernandez, the co-founder of the online learning company Grovo , has resigned. ” (Wow.

Education 47

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

” I’ve looked at how for-profit colleges , MOOCs , and learn-to-code companies have tapped into these narratives in order to justify their products and services. Robots are much more ideal as workers, because of course they cannot unionize. These have all been separate articles in each series. Bootcamp or Bust.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

Bob Thorpe, is proposing a far-reaching law in Arizona, House Bill 2120, banning virtually every college event, activity or course which discusses social justice , skin privilege, or racial equality. ” They’re suing the company. .” Via The New York Daily News : “A conservative Arizona lawmaker, Rep.

MOOC 40

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

” “Two Wisconsin Republican legislators have threatened to withhold state funds from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in relation to a planned course on racism called The Problem of Whiteness,” Inside Higher Ed reports , hence demonstrating the problem of whiteness. UC Irvine is launching a coding bootcamp.

Education 40

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Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

” StraighterLine , an unaccredited online course provider, will partner with Brookhaven College in Texas to offer a joint associate degree to students this August. Students will complete more than 50 percent of their course work online through the StraighterLine platform. The online education company has raised $12.5

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

Via Education Week : “ DeVos-Backed Company Makes Questionable Claims on Autism , ADHD.” ” “Betsy DeVos Won’t Shed Stake in Biofeedback Company , Filings Show,” The New York Times reports. “Harvard Management Company to Lay Off Half Its Staff,” The Harvard Crimson reports.

Education 40

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