Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2019

The company, which was started by two Stanford University professors in 2012 and is now one of the most well-funded in the education industry , has always been highly picky about which colleges it works with to develop courses. Colleges have tried to offer courses built around MOOC materials before—and it hasn’t always gone well.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2018

Has the MOOC revolution come and gone? Or will the principles of the MOOC movement continue to influence higher ed? On Tuesday, April 10 the #DLNchat community got together to discuss and debate: How Have MOOCs Impacted Approaches to Student Learning? How many MOOCs have you signed up for and how many have you taken?”

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Edsurge

MAY 3, 2018

You could call extension schools the original MOOCs. Well, unless you count the students in MOOCs, those free online courses, which are offered through a different division of the university. Yet during that same period, another part of the university, HarvardX, has been running MOOCs, massive open online courses.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2018

A majority of online students visit campus to access services and support, or to attend events and in-person courses, in a true blending of online and in-person. Additionally, in another example of blending of online and in-person education, Coursera has begun a pilot offering its online MOOC courses to students at its campus partners.

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 11, 2017

As one of the few online Chinese education companies invited to participate in the event, 51Talk demonstrated its role as an industry leader, and how online education in China is making an important impact on the global stage. One of these advantages is the company’s investment in big data research and expertise.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

This year’s 1 3th edition will swamp San Diego’s waterfront for four days and feature 1,000 speakers, including Thomas Friedman and Margaret Atwood, plus the buzziest for-profit companies in our industry. More than $1 billion in headline-grabbing transactions are likely to be announced at the event. NYSE: PWSC), Duolingo, Inc.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

And it is looking to rebrand its annual conference as well, to stress that the event is just one service offered by the group, not the main attraction. This year’s event will not have a has a specific name, since ISTE officials are still mulling over the idea.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2018

Amid the futuristic glitz and glamour, the company announced plans to roll out a new set of short-term series of online courses, called Nanodegrees, all in part of the company’s growing push towards jobs-training. At the event, which was held at the Computer Science History Museum in Mountain View, Calif.

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2019

In some ways, the San Francisco-based company is arguing that high-quality education can be done cheaper thanks to technology in ways that have been elusive in the past. Minerva is a for-profit company that has raised more than $119 million since its founding in 2012, and it provides online-education services and curriculum.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2018

Earlier in the talk, she admitted to feeling “more at home at events like this—with entrepreneurs, creative thinkers, and doers—than in the stuffier, acronym-laced halls of Washington, D.C.” Betsy DeVos at SXSW EDU 2018. Agarwal had a more Silicon Valley approach to the pace of change in education. “I

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Mitrano, who is running for congress, says a benefit of keeping the internet’s current categorization as a utility means the FCC is able to use methods like taxation and regulation to leverage for-profit companies to bring internet to rural areas. Still, he claims he sides with those who support net neutrality. “I

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

Now that we’ve assembled international crowds of motivated, smart people online in MOOCs, it’s time to think about harnessing their collective intelligence to tackle these urgent cross-boundary issues. We invite up to 1,000 students who have previously completed two or more of our free MOOCs to apply to participate in these challenges.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Speakers from Newsela, New Market Venture Partners and Academic Business Advisors open up about how the lightning-fast pace of edtech development requires companies to produce evidence for schools in a shortened time frame. The Evolution of MOOCs: Six Years Later : Are MOOCs still around? Can Evidence Even Keep Up with Edtech?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2017

With a mixture of playfulness and urgency, organizers named the event “Harvesting Academic Innovation for Learners (HAIL) Storm.” The University of Michigan was a fitting place to host the HAIL Storm (and not just because the rainfall during the event could easily have turned icy).

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Komarny, formerly the Chief Digital Office at the University of Texas, kicked off the event explaining why some higher-ed leaders are thinking of applying blockchain technology to credentialing. For those curious about starting a company in this space, Santana shared that there have been cases of fraud and abuse in the industry.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

The UC Davis California History Social Science Project frames current events within their historical context , connecting students’ present to the past. We could participate in a number of free Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs), including over a dozen on Chinese History from Harvard University.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2016

This project – something I’ve done every year since 2010 – aims to serve as an in-depth analysis of the noteworthy events and products and politics and financing and tries to piece together the narratives and ideologies that drive ed-tech. Who’s Funding MOOCs in 2016? Education Companies and the Stock Market.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2015

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Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

Yes, I went to ASU+GSV – my first time at the event in the event’s nine year history. VCs often speak of having an “investment thesis” – a strategy for why they fund certain companies. ” Investors go to the event for private meetings. It was everything y’all said it would be.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Join me Thursday, February 28th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com conversation with return guest Roger Schank to talk about his book Teaching Minds : How Cognitive Science Can Save Our Schools , why MOOCs won''t save schools or the world, and why everything you think you know about education is wrong. Log in at [link].

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Companies like Microsoft, Facebook and Google are all dipping their toes into virtual and augmented reality. DeSchryver and Cavanagh will look at how ESSA is guiding the work of edtech companies now and in the future. Will VR Really Impact Student Outcomes? But will VR and AR live up to its hype? EdSurge 9:30 a.m.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2018

The event was part of our EdSurge Live series. Virtually all of the microcredentials that have been launched and offered—and where the enrollments are and where companies appear most interested—are oriented toward professional and technical skills and disciplines. Or watch the complete conversation.

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

” There’s more on legal battles involving student loan companies in the business of financial aid section below. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via The New York Times : “ Stanford History Event Was ‘ Too White and Too Male ,’ Organizer Admits.” million total.

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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. ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2018

Companies have been selling their products – textbooks, workbooks, maps, films, and so on – to schools for well over a century. Many companies – and certainly these two in particular – also have a long history of data collection and data analysis. MOOCs were going to change everything. ”).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

The report is always a big deal in technology circles – “a tech industry event in its own right,” as Wired’s Steven Levy put it in 2012 – and many publications and pundits dutifully cover Meeker’s observations, often adding very little analysis of their own. ” he asks. can make political donations.

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Wired Campus

OCTOBER 10, 2015

Horn, a co-founder of the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, stepped down Friday as director of its education program to begin working more directly with companies in the education market. Critics “think of it as an event as opposed to a process,” says Mr. Horn.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 16, 2020

As members, educators can take part in events, forums, seminars, training and more. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are also excellent resources, offering free classes from world-renowned universities. Attend an annual event. Uncover solutions for educators and students with a Google for Education event.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

Check out our growing list of MOOCs and Courses on the EdSurge Index. First, create a target list of 10-50 companies, as well as employees that work in roles you are interested in at those companies. And what about group in-person networking events? Figure out where they live on and offline.

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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. We are an impact investing firm that funds early-stage companies tackling problems of poverty.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

And thank you too for the theme of this event – your willingness to talk about failures and struggles with education technology rather than, what’s almost always the case, this strange dogma the field demands – that we only offer praise and thanks for the glory of education technology. . ” Hic Sunt Dracones.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

This event is FREE, but does require that you REGISTER. We are grateful for companies and organizations who believe in the power of globally connected learning. Please register HERE to get instant access to the conference AND to receive all the recording links after the conferences.

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

I’m in good company, as Keith Devlin is the first on that list and Veritasium’s Derek Muller is in there as well. In 2013 it was all about Khan Academy; in 2017, MOOCs; today the new hotness is AI. I did, and found that I was being used as a prime example of a Khan Skeptic. What will it be next?

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Wired Campus

MARCH 13, 2015

The event brings together a mix of participants from different parts of education — teachers, administrators, and publishers in elementary, secondary, and higher education. As we look through our notebooks of other sessions at the event, here are some highlights: Student Privacy. “Absolutely not,” said Mr. Pittinsky.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

I’ve called this “the Top Ed-Tech Trends,” but this has never been an SEO-optimized list of products that the ed-tech industry wants schools or parents or companies to buy (or that it claims schools and parents and companies are buying). Beyond the MOOC. The Collapse of For-Profit Higher Education (Or Not).

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

They can be something everybody uses; that’s how 2012 became the year of the MOOC, and why virtual reality will no doubt be widely cited as the trend of 2016. MOOCs continued to increase in number and attendance. Conferences ran streaming video events. By Stephen Downes, National Research Council. Whole-Class Learning is Here.

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