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Coursera Co-Founder Andrew Ng Wants to Bring ‘AI to Everyone’ in Latest Course

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In popular culture, artificial intelligence is used to describe anything from product recommendations to self-driving cars and futuristic robotic overlords. With such broad interpretations of AI, Andrew Ng wants to simply things for the average person in a new course called AI for Everyone. Several of the courses Deeplearning.ai

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Robot Teachers, Racist Algorithms, and Disaster Pedagogy

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I am sorry that we're all kicking off fall term online again — well, online is better than dead, of course. I know that this probably isn't how you imagined college would look. I'm not an advocate for ed-tech; I'm not here to sell you on a new flashcard app or show you how to use the learning management system more effectively.

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Online Learning's 'Greatest Hits'

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More than two decades ago, when I was hired at Stevens Institute of Technology, as dean of web-based distance learning—a quaint title for what is now known as online learning—few tools were available to help faculty migrate their on-campus courses online. Sink or swim. All you need is your imagination.”

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Peter Thiel May Finally Get His Flying Cars, Thanks to a New Udacity Nanodegree in 2018

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Perhaps the Silicon Valley tech billionaire should learn how to build one himself—and sign up for a class from Udacity. This four-month intro course, which starts on Oct. Students who complete this introductory course will be eligible to enroll in the more advanced Self-Driving Car or Robotics nanodegree programs.

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What Could Web3 Mean for Education?

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They envision an ecosystem where learners buy access to courses without enrolling in colleges; where teachers profit directly from their teaching; where students track progress on ever-lengthening credential chains; and where people who invest in the right tokens gather in learning groups to explore topics of mutual interest.

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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

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Today, students frequently work in digital environments to read course materials, take tests and complete assignments. More than 4 out of 10 college students wind up in remedial math or English courses, and those that do are even less likely than other students to finish college.

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How a Pandemic Could Change Higher Education

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Jeff Young: Barbara, you have taught literally millions of students in your online course, and many of them subscribe to your weekly email newsletter. What do you see as some of the potential impact for massive online courses or other forms of online education that are outside of the traditional institutions?

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