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Will the Pandemic Lead More Colleges to Offer Credit for MOOCs? Coursera is Pushing for It.

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But today, the company announced that it will continue to offer a limited version for free. That’s because it might make the idea of adopting MOOC content acceptable to professors “skeptical about the integrity of online education,” he adds. I’d like to use some stuff that was created by other institutions.

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The Future Belongs to Online Learners — But Only If Programs Can Help Them Succeed

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The company also uses a customizable assignments generator that it acquired, for an undisclosed amount, from a Bulgarian startup in 2019. Still, completion rates among people who have paid for a Coursera course hover around 50 percent, according to figures shared by the company. But learning online remains a hard nut to crack.

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Virtual Reality in education brings the future closer

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It’s a great tool to engage students and its benefits are far more numerous than its shortcomings. Some popular uses of VR in educational topics include Biology, Geology, Architecture, Medical training , and many more. I recently saw another nice use of VR from a company that does educational experiences.

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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

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Teaching at colleges is often done without any formal training. Newkirk calls his company Acuitus , in hopes of encouraging sharpness of thought. He co-founded the company in 1999 with Maria Machado, who also got her start in the semiconductor industry before turning her attention to education.

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10 Experts’ Predictions for Education and Technology in 2016

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Educators will soon need to start thinking like game designers if they want to keep their students engaged. “To To win student attention, educators will soon need to start thinking like game designers.” This will require a shift in the way teachers are trained too. GoConqr Click To Tweet. GoConqr Click To Tweet.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via NPR : “Training For The Olympics Is Hard Enough. Weapons training and metal detectors are ed-tech. From the Amazon PR department : “ University of Oklahoma Expands Student Engagement with Alexa Skills.” Yes, this is ed-tech.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ TU Delft Students Can Earn Credit For MOOCs From Other Universities.” The Business of Job Training. Via The New York Times : “ School Shooting Simulation Trains Teachers for the Worst.” million total.

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