Edsurge

JULY 28, 2021

Since then, the company has grown and now offers more than 90 courses in 40 languages, including Arabic, Chinese and English, and more regional-specific tongues such as Navajo, Hawaiian, Welsh and Irish Gaelic. Duolingo officially goes public today, with the app-based language tool now has a valuation of outstanding shares at about $3.7

EdTech 166

EdTech Chegg Mobility Company 166

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

They largely market edtech tools and services, like online tutoring and digital courses, directly to consumers, not to institutions. 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.

EdTech 196

EdTech Khan Academy Chegg Coursera 196

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

Its content suite includes online courses on alcohol awareness, character development, financial literacy, sexual violence prevention, workplace conduct, and even touches on more traditional school subjects like STEM. not just deliver software, but also be able to engage with big brands and marry our interests.”

Industry 142

Industry EdTech Coursera Company 142

Kyle Pace

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Google Drive is fantastic for many reasons. The “out of the box” uses for Google Drive are what makes it great – Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, and Drawings. When you first go to their site you will click the Connect with Google Drive button on the home page. A very handy app!

Google 40

Google Khan Academy Coursera Adobe 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2022

The Google campus in Mountain View, California. Opportunity@Work calls such workers “STARs,” because they are Skilled Through Alternative Routes, like workforce training, community college courses and job experience. His first job was a $45,000 “tier one” tech support position with a health care software developer.

Training 126

Training Google Report Coursera 126

Edsurge

MAY 7, 2018

The postsecondary education sector is on a collision course with the world of work. On the talent-acquisition side of the equation, demand—especially in the technology field–is so great that firms such as IBM , Google , Microsoft , Hubspot and a host of others are providing their own public-facing education and credentials.

Education 126

Education Company Coursera Policies 126

EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

These are online representations of an earned skill, often through taking small credit courses aimed toward working and non-degree-seeking individuals. Another is the rise of the MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) or online instructional platforms like edX, Coursera, or Udacity. Or must they take a leave of absence?

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. It was a policy change that greatly encouraged the growth of “telecommunications correspondence” courses. 2011-2020: From Early Adopters To Mainstream Adoption.

Kaplan 163

Kaplan Technology Education EdTech 163

Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2020

In addition, external and internal learning and development content is increasingly being curated and linked to formal educational opportunities for working professionals—via offerings such as Coursera for Business and “ learning experience platforms ” like Degreed.

Digital Badges 196

Digital Badges Coursera Learning Industry 196

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.

MOOC 108

MOOC Kaplan Coursera Report 108

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

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

From the Coursera blog : “Announcing ‘ AI for Everyone ’: a new course from deeplearning.ai on Coursera.” is the new company of Andrew Ng , Coursera’s co-founder.) Via Techcrunch : “ Google partners with MotherCoders to bring tech training to moms in New York City.”

Education 53

Education Coursera Facebook MOOC 53

Hack Education

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Several months ago, I started to jot down ideas about what I'd cover in my annual review of what's happened over the course of the past 12 months in the field / industry /promotion of education technology. Of course, the latter is just wishful thinking. Carnegie Mellon announced it would open source its digital learning software.

Technology 67

Technology Pearson Education MOOC 67

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.). ” Of course, you have to pay $300 for this “features.” ” Of course, you have to pay $300 for this “features.”

Education 52

Education Coursera Elsevier MOOC 52

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

It’s not really “free Internet,” of course – it’s Facebook as Internet. ” Coursera highlights its mentors – its volunteer mentors – on its blog. Google had a big press event this week too, unveiling shiny stuff to a cheering crowd of stenographers. Raise $146.1 A Wi-Fi system.

Education 63

Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Headline changed from “ Coursera ’s Update Will Eliminate Hundreds of Courses” to “Coursera’s Update Will Migrate Hundreds of Courses to a New Platform.” “Should for-profit crash courses get federal funds? “Should for-profit crash courses get federal funds?”

Education 49

Education Coursera Microsoft Company 49

Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

.” That’s Joel Rose ’s School of One software. Via The New York Times : New York governor “ Cuomo to Give Colleges $7 Million for Courses in Prisons.” ” The Google Memo. Via the Coursera blog : “What’s Next in Employee Learning: Virtual Reality.”

Education 45

Education Coursera Khan Academy MOOC 45

Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2018

One selling point of MOOCs (massive online open courses) has been that students can access courses from the world’s most famous universities. In fact, three of the 10 most popular courses on Coursera aren’t produced by a college or university at all, but by a company. But that isn’t always happening.

Coursera 127

Coursera MOOC Course Company 127

Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

” IHE blogger Joshua Kim offers “25 Million Reasons Why LinkedIn / Microsoft Will Buy Coursera.” ” From the Google blog : “ Google Science Fair 2018 : Resources for educators to get ideas flowing.” ” Also from the Google blog : “More tools for homeschoolers.”

Education 46

Education MOOC Social Media Report 46

Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

That seems to be Coursera ’s business model. University joins growing number of institutions opting to outsource online course development on fee-for-service basis.” Google has launched a curriculum called “ Be Internet Awesome ” to encourage digital safety and citizenship.

Education 46

Education Coursera MOOC Udemy 46

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

"This sort of pie-in-the-sky belief that simply getting more computers in kids' hands and more app-development elective courses in schools will make the future bright is an oversimplification of a complex issue." " Hopefully, not shades of future conversations about learning analytics.

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. Efficiency. That’s the goal of the self-driving car.

Education 40

Education Robotics MOOC Company 40

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.

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.) “ Seen ” cheating.).

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. 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. Some say the earth is flat.

Education 40

Education lynda.com Knewton E-rate 40

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

“Is there an elegant way to administer exams in online courses ?” I missed this news earlier in April, via Class Central : financial aid applications for Coursera take at least 15 days. CNN tries to explain “Why Google , Apple and Microsoft are battling for education.” Not sure why this is called a MOOC.

Kaplan 46

Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

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. It also includes Cupertino, where Apple is headquartered.

Trends 64

Trends Company MOOC Edmodo 64

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. And “free” doesn’t last. Um, they do.)

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 8, 2016

. “ ‘Top universities to offer full degrees online in five years’ ” says the BBC, citing a prediction made by Coursera ’s Daphne Koller. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “For Students Taking Online Courses, a Completion Paradox.” ” Institut Mines-Télécom joins edX.

Education 49

Education Report Company Coursera 49

Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

” WV is West Virginia , of course. Of course, Harvard doesn’t keep quiet about anything, does it.). Via Techcrunch : “ Google and Coursera launch program to train more IT support specialists.” “ Google is jeopardizing A frican-American literature sites ,” says The Outline.

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. The founder, of course, has a degree from an Ivy League school.

Education 52

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 52

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

You’ll remember Gove, of course, from his role as the former education secretary and as special friend of News Corp's Joel Klein. ” She promises that every kid will learn to code (of course) by having the private sector train CS teachers. Presidential Campaign Politics. Hillary Clinton unveiled her tech platform this week.

MOOC 48

MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Even without providing you the final tally of funding for 2016, I can point to other signals about what’s happened to ed-tech startups over the course of the last twelve months – their sustainability, their viability. (Or Daphne Koller left Coursera this year. Why, schools of course. What Do Venture Capitalists Want?

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Big HR news about Coursera in the HR section below. Via Raw Story : “BUSTED: Trump Treasury pick took 4-week course on Dartmouth campus and called it a degree.” Coursera has a new CEO: Jeff Maggioncalda. ” From the HR Department. Don’t.

Education 44

Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 7, 2018

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.” Via e-Literate : “Experience Economy: Enterprise software view into persistence and future of LMS market.” million total.

Education 54

Education MOOC Report Data 54

Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

” Via Education Dive : “ Coursera ’s Tom Willerer talks personalization, access.” ” “ Online courses will eventually replace traditional education ,” The Daily Californian predicts. ” Google profiles Niji Collins , a winner in the latest Google Code-In contest.

Education 45

Education Pearson Report Robotics 45

Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Launches Online School to Teach Software Development.” More MOOC job changes: Techcrunch reports that “ Coursera ’s chief product officer just left to become a VC.” It’s one of a number of departures from Edsurge recently: Mary Jo Madda is now at Google.

Education 48

Education Coursera MOOC Report 48